Why These 3 Properties May Die Due to “Demolition by Neglect”
Demolishing a historic building with a wrecking ball is sure to attract the attention of historic preservationists. Those loud, sign-waving villains are […]
Category: 1960s
Cutaways from the 1960s (1960 to 1969).
Kraft Suspense Theater: The Gun
It ran only from 1963 to 1965, but Kraft Suspense Theater (later titled Crisis) had some of the underpinnings of a great […]
Richard Reibold: Shady Ad Exec and Talman Raid Party Host
Shady ad executive figures into a 1960 scandal that almost brought down TV actor William Talman.
When TV D.A. William Talman Got Busted For Narcotics and Lewd Vagrancy
1960 scandal involving TV actor William Talman and seven others at a West Hollywood apartment.
Paramount Studios, 1970: Let’s Film on the Studio Today
One sub-niche of 1960s and 1970s television is the show that demonstrates the studio backlot for what it is. It’s a fascinating […]
Haverhill’s and Its Whacked-Out Ads
Haverhill’s: a weird stuff-emporium of the 1960s and 1970s, with goofy ads in big magazines like LIFE. Let’s start with the name, […]
Death Behind Flagstone: Tom Neal, Palm Springs, and Studio City
Tom Neal was a middling movie actor from the late 1930s to the 1950s who was more known for his off-screen escapades […]
Bell Telephone Company Pittsburgh Office Snack Bar, 1960
June, 1960: The world is alive. From Architectural Forum, we hear of a snack bar. The 1,600 employees in the Bell Telephone […]
Hong Kong Bank of China as Giant Protest Sign
As some of us sit around in the burgs and hamlets of the United States, knitting our fingers and wondering about the […]