tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post7755867067955490039..comments2024-03-04T17:35:10.483-08:00Comments on Big Orange Landmarks: No. 215 - Bob's MarketFloyd B. Bariscalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-48312003054999795132010-06-30T20:40:47.570-07:002010-06-30T20:40:47.570-07:00Thanks a lot for the nice comment, Anonymous. Have...Thanks a lot for the nice comment, Anonymous. Have fun venturing beyond downtown LA, and best of luck with those squatters.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-65003207368323324792010-06-30T05:33:23.969-07:002010-06-30T05:33:23.969-07:00I just came across your site after deciding to pur...I just came across your site after deciding to pursue a career in adaptive reuse real estate. I've lived in LA my entire life with stints in Paris and have always missed the historical buildings of Europe. I am so excited that others enjoy the simple pleasures of researching a bygone era as well. Thank you for such a wonderful resource, amazing posts, and the fact that you included a link to the Armenian Genocide. As an Armenian American, I thoroughly appreciate it. I've been focusing on researching Downtown LA but your site has spurred me to venture to other neighborhoods that had succumbed to the pitfalls of neglect and time, or so I thought. <br /><br />I also noticed the engine company #23 that is in significant disrepair while exploring Downtown, and per your post I have decided to become a squatter, pay the property taxes and refurbish the place. If only I could figure out a way to supersede the other squatters' seniority, hmmm..<br /><br />THANK YOU!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-7941144363976348472009-12-22T21:42:04.725-08:002009-12-22T21:42:04.725-08:00in the early 60's i lived with my family in a...in the early 60's i lived with my family in a duplex across the street from bob's market. i knew that place well. my mom would send me to buy groceries. we moved just down the street to marion ave. around 1965 so i continued to shop at bob's until i left Los angeles to attend college in 1973. i enjoy going back to that neighborhood, taking pictures and, of course, shopping at bob's marketsvaldez724https://www.blogger.com/profile/07930926095137154810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-31082677609531196332009-02-23T08:59:00.000-08:002009-02-23T08:59:00.000-08:00I'm feeling the beat. Rumor has it that "Office of...I'm feeling the beat. Rumor has it that "Office of Historic Resources" is going to be on the reality show Battle of the Bands.<BR/>So true..we haven't heard much from Harry Smookler as of late. I may name my kitten after him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-85563389093074905312009-02-22T12:26:00.000-08:002009-02-22T12:26:00.000-08:00Hey, all I was saying was give them a slight chast...Hey, all I was saying was give them a <I>slight chastisement.</I> Whose fault is it if they can't live with the terrible burden of their shame and overpowering guilt? <BR/><BR/>Maybe it'll become all the rage, and all the kids'll be dancin' the dance craze sweepin' the nation, "Committing a Harry." It's like the Frug, but has this finger-wavy chastisement move, and then your partner does this two finger to the upper palette blam-thing, and then you both shake a tail feather. I give that platter a nine! (The original pressing of the 45, by high school garage band "Office of Historic Resources," is going to be a much sought-after collectable, I assure you.)<BR/><BR/>I bet nobody's talked about Harry Smookler this much in a number of years. Wherever he is, his ears are burning. (Not to insinuate that parts of him should be inordinately warm, wherever he is.)Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221725198973543096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-44127939069869822222009-02-22T09:06:00.000-08:002009-02-22T09:06:00.000-08:00If you want to commit a Harry, listen to Nathan. T...If you want to commit a Harry, listen to Nathan. <BR/><BR/>The Smookler residence has a gloss of hip going for it. I do wish Bob's market had the dough for repairs. Such a charming shop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-12074104108108402932009-02-21T22:35:00.000-08:002009-02-21T22:35:00.000-08:00Don't like you taking photos, eh? Well, they prob...Don't like you taking photos, eh? Well, they probably wouldn't like the volume one could write on what looks like water intrusion and wood rot, but that's true with a lot of these "protected structures." Hope they're enjoying their Mills Act.<BR/><BR/>I say you get yourself a cheap dark suit, white shirt, dark tie, dark glasses, and a Crown Vic. If they give you trouble you can give them a card with your name on it in an officious-looking font. Or a blank card. Hey, you're not impersonating anyone. <I>They're</I> obviously the guilty ones.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, and look around a lot and talk into your hand. They hate that.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221725198973543096noreply@blogger.com