Street view of the Hollywood Athletic Club, located at 6525 Sunset Blvd, shown here in 1929. Designed by the same architects who built Grauman’s Chinese Theater and the Egyptian Theater, it was built in 1924. It was where Johnny Weissmuller trained in the pool for his “Tarzan” films. In 1949, it was used in 1949 for the first televised Emmy Awards. And–wonder of wonders–it’s still around!
If only the Hollywood Athletic Club would re-institute their mid-week rhumba buffet parties, we’d all be able to deal better with our Hump Day blues. (1941):
Street view of the Hollywood Athletic Club, located at 6525 Sunset Blvd, shown here in 1929. Designed by the same architects who built Grauman’s Chinese Theater and the Egyptian Theater, it was built in 1924. It was where Johnny Weissmuller trained in the pool for his “Tarzan” films. In 1949, it was used in 1949 for the first televised Emmy Awards. And–wonder of wonders–it’s still around!
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