Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Walking Within the Bradbury


Many of you maybe very familiar with the historical building in Los Angeles known as the "Bradbury".
The building was constructed around 1892 by Lewis L. Bradbury, the owner of  a gold mine located in Sinaloa, Mexico. It is located on Broadway and 3rd Street and has been featured in many films and TV series over the years. It has a unique style of architecture that make it extremely memorable. It served its purpose for many years as an office building, with a variety of businesses from sandwich shops to firms to the LAPD.


The things is I have never been to the Bradbury myself. I only actually referenced the scene in the movie Bladerunner, unaware of the other 22+ movies and numerous TV spots it was in. I was surprised myself that it was a real place, and checked it out as the locations name was briefly shown in the movie. In Bladerunner, the building was shown to be in the far future of 2019 (lol....yeah...technology isn't there) and was a decrepit and rundown building. However, I remember the place as brand new and walking the landings, going up and down the stairs, and traveling in the elevators. Something I never did.....but yet I did. I would have these dreams as a kid, the place was mostly empty when I walked the halls and it was daytime. No one else was in the building except for a few rooms you were brought to. I had a tendency to wander off, someone was escort me to a room. Told me to sit and wait. Yet I would get up and walk out side because I wanted water.
I was very quiet, trying not to make noise since my footfalls would echo. The people who escorted me in were always human, dressed in suits, male caucasians. They didn't speak much other than "follow me, wait here, sit, I will be back, do not be afraid of the doctor (not sure if medical or psychological). The smell was always cool, but also like a vet or hospital smell.





Although the building is over 100 years old, there is nothing paranormal about it in the least. Other than the fact that the architect, George Wyman, consulted his deceased brother about the project. It is alleged that he used a planchette and board to talk to his brother and received the following message, “Take Bradbury Building. It will make you famous.” Though the word “Bradbury” was written upside down.
Other than that it is the current location of LAPD's Internal Affairs.

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