The Sunset Strip looking east toward the Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles, 1950
Yesterday I drove down the Sunset Strip for a literary event at Book Soup. It was the first time I’d driven the Strip in a while and it struck me how super-built-up it’s become, especially with the opening of two new hotels. It was a stark contrast to how the Strip looked in 1950, when this photo was taken, with its vacant lot just down from the Chateau Marmont and all that elbow room for motorists. #1950sEnvy
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SO HARD TO LOOK AT WHAT ONCE WAS BEAUTIFUL….WITH ALL THE DESTRUCTION OF HOLLYWOOD,SENSELESS AND TRAGIC, CHEERS D.E.
P.S. Someday I shall tell you my story re the Chateau Marmont. More love, L&M
This brings back so many memories of when I drove this route on my way to work (at Y&R) until 1954. Love you and Bob, L&M.
Louella, would love to hear your story of the Chateau Marmont. And no doubt your drive to work was a far cry from what the strip has self-destructed into. I haven’t been to LA in about 7 or 8 years and I’ll bet there are still more changes than the last time I was down there. I just about cry when I drive by what Sony has turned MGM into.
In Martin’s pic, so many things to enjoy seeing again – my eye went right to the RCA billboard with Nipper the pup. Here’s a 1949 pic of the RCA Victor building on Vine between Hollywood and Sunset Blvds. Louella, you probably remember that building.
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Thanks, Martin, for all you do to keep alive the Golden Age of Hollywood!
Jean