#delongpre

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The old Hollywood police station at DeLongpre and Cahuenga shows up in a 1953 episode of The Abbott and Costello Show.

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Lost Hollywood -  L.A.'s Iconic Buildings That Have Been Destroyed

Pan Pacific Auditorium, The Brown Derby, Marion Davies Beach House, The Ambassador Hotel's massive jungle-themed nightclub, the Cocoanut Grove, Garden of Allah Hotel, Hollywood Hotel, Paul de Longpre Mansion

http://www.laweekly.com/news/historic-los-angeles-buildings-that-have-been-torn-down-8118824

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Hollywood street scenes in Weekend of Fear (1966)

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Demolition Site of the former Fox Studios at DeLongpre and Western

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Horace McCoy describes the unnerving little park at DeLongpre and Cherokee in his bleak Hollywood novel I Should Have Stayed Home.

Decades after he composed the novel, the park has remained the same.

For almost 100 years, it has served the local working class community in its unassuming way.

The shrine to Rudolph Valentino has been here since 1930.

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The Wilcox Arms at DeLongpre Ave near the Bail Bonds on Wilcox - as seen in Adam-12 in 1975 versus Google Street View

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Adam-12 in Hollywood proper - somewhere near DeLongpre and Hudson Ave

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A landmark of Hollywood that most people overlook. This tiny patch of a park has not one, but TWO monuments honoring Rudolph Valentino.

One is a bust of the silent film star that is almost 50 years old and the other is a full body, art deco statue that is 90 years old.

You’d think this would be called Valentino Park, but instead its named after a French real estate developer named DeLongpre who only lived in Hollywood for five years.

There is also a dormant fountain in this park that appeared in a Laurel and Hardy two-reeler and a few other Hal Roach comedies.