In this photo, we’re looking east on Wilshire Boulevard at Vermont Avenue in 1934. These days, LA is growing vertically, with hotels and apartment blocks, and office towers reaching ever upward. I love finding photos like this because it reminds us that Los Angeles was once a horizontal city of open spaces and broad, wide skies. From Vermont Ave we can clearly see the tower of the Bullocks Wilshire department store. Standing on that same spot today you can still see it, but it’s a much more crowded view.
In this photo, we’re looking east on Wilshire Boulevard at Vermont Avenue in 1934. These days, LA is growing vertically, with hotels and apartment blocks, and office towers reaching ever upward. I love finding photos like this because it reminds us that Los Angeles was once a horizontal city of open spaces and broad, wide skies. From Vermont Ave we can clearly see the tower of the Bullocks Wilshire department store. Standing on that same spot today you can still see it, but it’s a much more crowded view.
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