In this photo from 1934, we’re looking east on Wilshire Boulevard from the Vermont Avenue corner. In the background we can see the iconic tower of the Bullocks Wilshire department store. In the foreground, though, the corner building houses all the stores we still have: drug store, garage, groceries (“12 bottle of Coca-Cola 50 cents” across the street sounds like a good deal to me!) but look at the character of that building with its corner clocks, decorative motifs, that arched doorway on the right, and those second story window shutters. The glass-and-steel tower that stands there now doesn’t exactly have the same atmosphere and curb appeal, does it?
In this photo from 1934, we’re looking east on Wilshire Boulevard from the Vermont Avenue corner. In the background we can see the iconic tower of the Bullocks Wilshire department store. In the foreground, though, the corner building houses all the stores we still have: drug store, garage, groceries (“12 bottle of Coca-Cola 50 cents” across the street sounds like a good deal to me!) but look at the character of that building with its corner clocks, decorative motifs, that arched doorway on the right, and those second story window shutters. The glass-and-steel tower that stands there now doesn’t exactly have the same atmosphere and curb appeal, does it?
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