- April 10th, 2023, 12:41 pm#4981028
With the Ghostbusters' Firehouse becoming a principal location again at the end of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and also in the new film planned for release later this year... And with the Firehouse's interior filming location, Fire Station №23, being renovated for potential use as a Youth-Arts Center in Los Angeles's skid row... It seemed appropriate to finally make a definitive topic to concentrate all of the information that's been posted on this forum over the years... As well as to showcase some of the new information that's come to light thanks to the historical archives on Newspapers.com.
Part of this new topic will be "The Marble Palace": a definitive history of Fire Station №23, a dissertation/thesis which be posted in this topic, and will chart the early origins of Fire Station №23, the scandals surrounding the building, and the station's later life as a silent star of Hollywood's motion picture industry.
"The Marble Palace" will feature transcriptions of the quoted historical news articles, so those who are interested can read a little further into the various stages in the station's conception, and later life... And where possible, present period photographs of the station.
This new topic will also eventually feature an updated set of floor plan drawings, substantially revising the previous effort posted back in 2008-2010.
To kick things off, here's a concept illustration that was produced by architects Hudson & Munsell, which was featured in the 13th June 1909 edition of the Los Angeles Times:
Part of this new topic will be "The Marble Palace": a definitive history of Fire Station №23, a dissertation/thesis which be posted in this topic, and will chart the early origins of Fire Station №23, the scandals surrounding the building, and the station's later life as a silent star of Hollywood's motion picture industry.
"The Marble Palace" will feature transcriptions of the quoted historical news articles, so those who are interested can read a little further into the various stages in the station's conception, and later life... And where possible, present period photographs of the station.
This new topic will also eventually feature an updated set of floor plan drawings, substantially revising the previous effort posted back in 2008-2010.
To kick things off, here's a concept illustration that was produced by architects Hudson & Munsell, which was featured in the 13th June 1909 edition of the Los Angeles Times: