This photo treats us to a birds-eye view of Beverly Hills looking northwest from the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Doheny Drive in 1939. That peaked tower we can see in the distance I the Beverly Hills City Hall. Interestingly though, if we look to the far left of the photo, we can see that the strip of land between Wilshire and the alley that run parallel to its north is still empty.

That same intersection in January 2018: