Jet Inn Motel - Los Angeles, CA

This postcard shows the Jet Inn Motel, located at 4542 West Slauson Ave. in Los Angeles. The card depicts a fabulous mid-century modern motel building, it's pool and a shot of the lobby as it looked back when the place was shiny and new.
The photos that follow show the same place, some decades of decay later.
I originally took these pictures in the fall of 2002 while also photographing the former Wich Stand location turned Simply Wholesome next door.
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Considering the age and location, this place does not look too bad. The vegetation around the building has grown considerably and now blocks the view of the lobby. I did not go around it to see what the lobby looked like. I doubt that it looks as cheerful as our postcard view.




One of the places that was the most need of repair at the time I took these, was the pool area. It had been drained and a chain-link fence with nylon mesh had been put up around it to keep out the curious skateboarder no doubt.




A rusty section of disused staircase leads to a high concrete-block wall that separates the motel from Simply Wholesome's parking lot.




The old sign still looks great in the twilight of the fading day.



Color TV, by RCA no less, is still being touted as the greatest thing since sliced bread in this classic signage seen at motels around the U.S.