tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post4364232581774788236..comments2024-03-25T04:53:09.576-07:00Comments on Big Orange Landmarks: No. 144 - 2054 Griffin Avenue ResidenceFloyd B. Bariscalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-25086423125072213052016-09-20T19:14:20.053-07:002016-09-20T19:14:20.053-07:00I used to live in this house circa 1992-93 (Boehne...I used to live in this house circa 1992-93 (Boehner was my landlord), and I don't recall the two lower windows on the north side at all! I recall that whole lower part of the north wall being solid. Cool house with interesting spaces inside and out.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-49765972735719587722012-07-19T14:34:38.328-07:002012-07-19T14:34:38.328-07:00Yes, I hadnt noticed how that window looked from t...Yes, I hadnt noticed how that window looked from the outside. I can assure everybody that it is part of the staircase. It is almost at the top of the staircase. <br /><br />In regards to the crazy family member living in the attic, maybe.... I personally have not gone up since I bought the house.victorian home ownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858800998597533713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-17995148177792554612011-07-28T22:08:32.804-07:002011-07-28T22:08:32.804-07:00I don't even know how I stumbled upon this blo...I don't even know how I stumbled upon this blog but I LOVE IT! I sure hope you continue posting.Connie Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112860706520621190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-16734661311735211432009-07-05T18:44:50.811-07:002009-07-05T18:44:50.811-07:00Hi, Electra. I can't say how many Griffin Aven...Hi, Electra. I can't say how many Griffin Avenue homes date to 1882, but I'd be surprised if any did. I would search the L.A. Public Library's city directories, dating back to 1872. There's a good chance, though, you may not find house numbers there, either, but if the family lived on Griffin much later than 1882, the numbers may start to pop up. Good luck.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-44648439543991676622009-07-05T14:14:03.018-07:002009-07-05T14:14:03.018-07:00Would you by chance have any information about hou...Would you by chance have any information about houses still in existence on Griffin Ave from 1882? I have letters written from LA at this time, but they don't show a street address. They are family letters from the house where I run a B&B in Fulton, MO. Thanks for any help you might be able to offer.Electrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561623935768496015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-86080929170859697522008-05-21T22:54:00.000-07:002008-05-21T22:54:00.000-07:00That's what I thought at first, but then there's t...That's what I thought at first, but then there's the tall first floor window right beneath it - that would be right under the landing. Maybe it's the lack of any other windows up there that throws me. You're probably right, though. I just have trouble imagining it.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-44219367317431582932008-05-21T22:19:00.000-07:002008-05-21T22:19:00.000-07:00You mean the small window above the brick belt cou...You mean the small window above the brick belt course? Looks like a window that would be just above the landing in the stair hall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-74916913841714880302008-05-20T11:35:00.000-07:002008-05-20T11:35:00.000-07:00you guys are funnyyou guys are funnyPasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-38657281432951830622008-05-19T22:48:00.000-07:002008-05-19T22:48:00.000-07:00Oh, not the front window among the shingles. I'm t...Oh, not the front window among the shingles. I'm talking about the one around the corner (you can't see it too well in these shots). I thought it went without saying the front one was for the crazy/deformed aunt/son.<BR/><BR/>I agree about the neighbor. For what it's worth the house on the south side appears mainly original.<BR/><BR/>From lincolnheightsla.com, this excerpt would go a long way explaining why Griffin was pro Jeff Davis:<BR/><BR/>"In addition to his brother-in-law being Confederate General Albert Sydney Johnston, the #2 ranking general in 1862 (ahead of even Robert E. Lee at that time), Griffin's uncle was William Clark (of Lewis and Clark). On the Strother side Griffin was also related to General (later Pres.) Zachary Taylor, and thus to Jefferson Davis (whose first wife was Taylor's daughter, Sarah). Through Strothers he was also related to Pres. John Tyler."Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-84520660372775245492008-05-19T11:55:00.000-07:002008-05-19T11:55:00.000-07:00That is a strange little window up there amongst t...That is a strange little window up there amongst the fishscale shingle…I suspect that’s where they keep the crazy aunt, or deformed son, or something equally cinematic, who in the crash of lightning can be seen cackling manically. <BR/><BR/>I took a look at the old photo on the City Planning HCM list and was shocked to see what had happened to Griffin’s neighbor at 2058…ooch. Nice enclosed porch and acres of stucco. Ok, well shocked isn’t the right word. In fact I’d be surprised if they didn’t. The bane of this part of the world.<BR/><BR/>I drive Griffin all the time and never knew he was an old Unreconstructed…check out the Robert E. Lee beard. And a Virginian yet, like Jefferson, Washington, Monroe, Madison, and, uh, Robert E. Lee. Let’s understand Griffin’s Lincoln cheers in their historical context. There was a time when Honest Abe wasn’t so deified. I mean, Lincoln didn’t fight the war to free slaves (he [uh, slaveowner, btw] didn’t even free them in Kentucky) so that argument about sainthood is out—and he was a pretty nasty guy—he nixed freedom of the press, imprisoned political opponents and war protesters, suspended the writ of habeas corpus, etc. (Of course no-one mentions Lincoln’s armies and their slaughter of Native Americans, e.g. the Sand Creek Massacre.) Not to say that Lincoln wasn’t a just and vocal opponent of slavery—Frederick Douglas was a fan of his even before the election. (We also shouldn’t assume that Griffin was pro-slavery, either.) But the war? Until a historical rewrite it was for decades generally held by north and south that the blood of 600,000+ men was on Lincoln’s hands, a war he started to keep power away from Seward and Chase, who were sort of the Dick and Rummy of their day. (Read Lincoln’s first inauguration speech; in it, he lies to get us into war. Yeah, there’s a lot of comparisons to be made between then and now. But then, this isn’t that sort of blog, my apologies. Let’s get back to fishscale shingle.)<BR/><BR/>At least the residents of Griffin will be mighty perplexed when I drive by and whoop a Bo and Luke Duke “Yee-Haw” at the house.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221725198973543096noreply@blogger.com