It looks like it was a busy day on Sunset Boulevard in 1924. The photographer was standing on the corner of Ivar Ave – you can tell because Hollywood Laundry was at 1620 Cahuenga Blvd, the next corner down where the building with the arch window still stands today. It is, however, the only one that remains. These days, the building on the left side is now occupied by the striking white-and-red Amoeba Records building, and the corner beyond that is dominated by the 15-story CNN headquarters. But that white building in the distance is still there: it’s the Hollywood Athletic Club.
Hollywood Laundry Service listing in the Los Angeles City Directory for 1929:
The same view in April 2018:
Amoeba Records building at Sunset and Cahuenga Blvds, Hollywood, April 2018:
It looks like it was a busy day on Sunset Boulevard in 1924. The photographer was standing on the corner of Ivar Ave – you can tell because Hollywood Laundry was at 1620 Cahuenga Blvd, the next corner down where the building with the arch window still stands today. It is, however, the only one that remains. These days, the building on the left side is now occupied by the striking white-and-red Amoeba Records building, and the corner beyond that is dominated by the 15-story CNN headquarters. But that white building in the distance is still there: it’s the 
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