This circa 1937 shot looking north up Vine Street from Selma Ave shows all the places I’d visit when I jump into that time machine: The Lux Radio Playhouse, the Plaza Hotel, the Broadway-Hollywood department store, the Taft Building (where the Academy had its offices) and of course the Brown Derby. I’d happy spend my 1937 day right there. The most shocking thing about this shot is how different it looks today.
The same view in February 2018:
Thanks. That is a great old photo of some fine vintage buildings. Modern buildings have no soul.