tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post3464825385454764488..comments2024-03-25T04:53:09.576-07:00Comments on Big Orange Landmarks: No. 162 - William Mulholland Memorial FountainFloyd B. Bariscalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-2356440363714079322016-09-08T07:49:53.933-07:002016-09-08T07:49:53.933-07:00This fountain is still a fond memory of mine as my...This fountain is still a fond memory of mine as my grandfather Archie L. Lock used to tell me how A. L. Lock & Sons plumbing company (then located at 3rd and Western) did the plumbing on this. Of course plumbers don't usually get listed in credits, it still means a lot to us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14210203954482027848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-7943655201012213382009-03-23T14:41:00.000-07:002009-03-23T14:41:00.000-07:00Thanks, Rob.Thanks, Rob.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-42423165289708142242009-03-23T14:20:00.000-07:002009-03-23T14:20:00.000-07:00Very Cool and informative! thanksVery Cool and informative! thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-30859883955666222022008-07-21T21:21:00.000-07:002008-07-21T21:21:00.000-07:00Spectacular photograph. I am amazed at the colors....Spectacular photograph. I am amazed at the colors. I must have passed by the fountain 100s of times in the 70's going from Highland Park to Los Feliz and I don't remember it. I will make sure to go explore it soon. I had been reading RIVERS IN THE DESERT: W. Mulholland & the Inventing of LA by Margaret Leslie Davis but been getting frustrated by Ms. Davis' incorrect references on geography of Owens Valley that I started to doubt other information. Again - wonderful post.Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098034737961019226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-86619004385205406952008-07-21T21:19:00.000-07:002008-07-21T21:19:00.000-07:00Thanks, Darrell. Every post I do makes me want to ...Thanks, Darrell. Every post I do makes me want to visit five more sites. Seeing what's left (if anything) of St Francis is on my list.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-61068388448013866242008-07-21T19:48:00.000-07:002008-07-21T19:48:00.000-07:00Beautiful night photos, you've outdone yourself! W...Beautiful night photos, you've outdone yourself! Wish they still built fountains like that one.<BR/><BR/>By coincidence, a few months ago I drove by the St. Francis Dam site for the first time since my father showed it to me as a kid.Darrell Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214799664037325735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-88516343090093578092008-07-19T10:13:00.000-07:002008-07-19T10:13:00.000-07:00Thanks, anonymous. Catherine Mulholland has done a...Thanks, anonymous. Catherine Mulholland has done a lot to maintain a positive legacy of her grandfather. I used her book, <I>William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles</I>, as a source for this post. Just this past spring, she donated a large collection of "family memorabilia" - books, papers, clothing, photos, and even 78 rpm records - to Cal State Northridge.<BR/><BR/>Mulholland had some very powerful friends, friends who could easily get such a monument put up only a dozen years after the dam collapse (which today would be like honoring a man whose work was largely responsible for the deaths of some 450 people back in 1996.)Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-22999176672394415142008-07-19T09:10:00.000-07:002008-07-19T09:10:00.000-07:00Great stuff as usual. Mulholland still has at lea...Great stuff as usual. Mulholland still has at least one grandaugher still alive - Catherine Mulholland. If I recall she was a prof of history at UC Berkeley.<BR/><BR/>It is interesting that the dedication came after the St. Francis dam collapse. I had thought his reputation had suffered greatly after the dam collapse. Apparantly not. Keep up the fantastic work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-23754808589204290022008-07-18T20:51:00.000-07:002008-07-18T20:51:00.000-07:00Thanks, Michael. Yeah, I don't know what the deal ...Thanks, Michael. Yeah, I don't know what the deal is. You figure the <I>Times</I> would've gotten the address right. On the other hand, you'd think this guy would remember an event like Mulholland dying across the street, even if it was seventy-three years ago. Of course, a little research downtown would solve this question quickly.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-82452177829291931322008-07-18T19:51:00.000-07:002008-07-18T19:51:00.000-07:00Fantastic post with great night shots! (I always e...Fantastic post with great night shots! (I always enjoy your landmark tours.) As for the house, I once looked at a home on N. Wilton between Beverly and Melrose that the realtor said once belonged to Mulholland. I never saw any proof for that claim, however. It did look very similar to the one you photographed, so I wonder if it wasn't a case of "mistaken identity."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com