Panoramic view of Hollywood looking east toward the intersection of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave from Whitley Heights, 1906
The photographer who took this shot in 1906 would have been standing on the hillside we now know as Whitley Heights. We’re looking east toward the intersection of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave. Right in the middle, nestled among a copse of trees, is the Hollywood Hotel, which would only have been three years old at the time. It’s kind of amazing to see how widely spread the homes are. Everybody had tons of room! But then those frivolous people from the flickers had to come into town and ruin everything.
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Love when you do comparison photos…..today versus back in the day! I can only imagine what that same area looks like today! Thanks for all of the awesome pictures!
You’re very welcome, Scott. I’m glad to know that you enjoy these photos as much as I do.
Your welcome! I save all of them! Thanks again!
Okay, I could be nutz…but I think the large missiony-like structure is Paul DeLongpre’s place. The curving road at the bottom of the photo may be tracing the route of Highland before it shoots straight southward x-ing past Prospect Avenue (Hollywood Blvd.). There were few trees in that eastern section, most of them were grouped around the central area by Cahuenga which was the core of the old townsite. The Hollywood Hotel would therein lie out of view to the right.
Er, “western section”.