{"id":209,"date":"2011-07-07T21:10:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T04:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2011\/07\/07\/photo-friends-of-the-los-angeles-public-library-presents-the-wilshire-slides-1978-79\/"},"modified":"2011-07-07T21:10:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T04:10:28","slug":"photo-friends-of-the-los-angeles-public-library-presents-the-wilshire-slides-1978-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2011\/07\/07\/photo-friends-of-the-los-angeles-public-library-presents-the-wilshire-slides-1978-79\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Friends of the Los Angeles Public Library Presents: &#8220;The Wilshire Slides, 1978\u201379&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?app_id=190090267703672&amp;href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curatingla.com%2Fblog-index%2F2011%2F7%2F7%2Fphoto-friends-of-the-los-angeles-public-library-presents-the.html&amp;send=false&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=35\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/organizations\/LAPLPhotoFriends_logo.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1310074368777\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span>Los Angeles is a city always in flux. Sometimes in what seems like a blink of an eye that familiar building that you passed on your way to work or school is gone, only to be replaced by a new structure, or worse &#8211; a parking lot. The same can be said for businesses, which come and go along our commercial corridors and shopping districts on a regular basis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rapidity of change in Los Angeles and our short memories are two of the reasons I&rsquo;m so intrigued by Annie Laskey&rsquo;s collection of slides taken along Wilshire Boulevard during a two-year period in the late 1970s. They promise to transport us back in time &ndash; to remind us of what this storied boulevard looked like during a brief period over three decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>The story of how this slide collection came to be sounds as interesting as the slides themselves. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laconservancy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Conservancy<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/photofriends.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Photo Friends of the Los Angeles Public Library<\/a>, Annie and her mother, Marlene, &ldquo;&hellip;spent about a dozen Tuesday afternoons in 1978-9 walking Wilshire; Marlene taking notes and Annie taking pictures. The result was over 1,000 Kodachrome slides, documenting L.A.&rsquo;s iconic street from its great landmarks to its empty lots.<\/p>\n<p>Marlene went on to study Urban Planning at UCLA, but passed away from cancer in 1989 before earning her degree. After pursuing a career in theatre, Annie&rsquo;s life came full circle: for the past eleven years, she has run the architectural walking tour program at the Los Angeles Conservancy, and her photos often appear in their publications and on their website.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Wilshire slides themselves, they gathered dust in the Laskey garage for years. Then Annie learned about the Los Angeles Public Library&#8217;s (LAPL) photo collection and determined to sort, label, and donate the slides. Enlisting the help of Shannon Simonds and Eric Lynxwiler, friends she&rsquo;d met through the Conservancy&rsquo;s tour program, the slides were put in order, indexed, and finally donated to LAPL in 2010.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One example of this fascinating collection is this photo of Zachary All, the well-known clothing store located on Wilshire in the Miracle Mile. If you lived in LA during the 1950s, 60s and 70s, you&rsquo;ll likely remember both the store and its television commercials, which often featured Edward G. Nalbandian (December 29, 1927 &ndash; February 22, 2006), owner of Zachary All Clothing, asking viewers to &#8220;Come on down to 5-4-6-7 Wilshire Boulevard&#8221;. Today that address is home to a Walgreens drug store.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/buildings\/zacharyall_Laskeyphoto.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1310073959277\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span class=\"thumbnail-caption\" style=\"width: 507px;\">Photo by Annie Laskey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you want to see more of these images and learn the story behind the entire project, mark your calendars for a slide presentation that&rsquo;s scheduled for this Saturday. It&rsquo;s sure to be a fascinating look back in time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What<\/strong>: The Wilshire Slides, 1978&ndash;79<br \/>Presented by Annie Laskey, Shannon Simonds, and Eric Lynxwiler<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Saturday, July 9 at 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: Taper Auditorium, Central Library, located at <span style=\"color: #262626;\">630 W. 5th Street Los Angeles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parking<\/strong>: Available at 524 S. Flower St. Garage (show your LAPL library card at the Central Library&rsquo;s information desk to receive validation for reduced rates).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Transportation<\/strong>:<span style=\"color: #262626;\"> The Metro Blue Line and Metro Red Line both have stops near Central Library. Most buses that come downtown stop near the Central Library. Check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mta.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0f4cc9;\">MTA web site <\/span><\/a>for rates, routes and schedules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #262626;\">Transportation around downtown Los Angeles is easier if you take the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladottransit.com\/dash\/\" target=\"_blank\">DASH<\/a><span style=\"color: #262626;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost of Event<\/strong>: Free<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong>:<br \/>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/events.lapl.org\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Public Library<\/a><br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/photofriends.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Photo Friends of the LAPL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/organizations\/LAPLPhotoFriends_logo.jpg\" alt=\"laplphotofriends_logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles is a city always in flux. Sometimes in what seems like a blink of an eye that familiar building that you passed on your way to work or school is gone, only to be replaced by a new structure, or worse &#8211; a parking lot. 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