Glendale Air Terminal - a photo on Flickriver

Former Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale, California, a block west of the Southern Pacific (now Union Pacific) tracks. Once upon a time it was the Los Angeles area's main airport. Seen as the San Antonio bus terminal in Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Comics artist Dave Stevens drew its north face (the side facing us here) into a panel in the Cliff's New York Adventure volume of his The Rocketeer adventures, and it looks suspiciously like the Genovian airport terminal building seen at the beginning of the second Princess Diaries movie.

Damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake had left it unoccupied but still standing. It inspired the City of Glendale's float in the 2008 Rose Parade in Pasadena. On property now owned by the Disney company, this was also the setting for a photograph of the Los Angeles Who Framed Roger Rabbit animation crew, which may be seen at animator David Nethery’s The Inkling Chronicles blog.

Gentleman (and ladies), start your search engines and enter "Grand Central Air Terminal" for lots of fascinating Web information on this place. And fellow Flickrers have posted other interesting views.

Taken in: United States / California / Glendale / Grand Central (show map)

Taken on: April 1, 1988

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