In this aerial view from 1920, we’re looking at Wilshire Blvd near the bottom, La Brea Ave to the left, and Highland Ave to the right. (I didn’t know it used to bend like that.) There’s acres and acres of empty land, then dozens of oil wells, and the waaaaay off in the distance civilization begins at I’m guessing it’s Santa Monica Blvd and fills in everything to the feet of the Hollywood hills.