In this shot from 1925, the photographer was probably standing just south of where Charleville Blvd crosses South Beverly Drive and is looking north toward Wilshire Blvd. Amid that clump of buildings on Wilshire, we can see the distinctive onion-dome of the Beverly Theatre, which would have only just opened. (May 18, 1925.) Interestingly, what we’re seeing is the beginnings of development along Beverly Dr. – they’ve started to pave it and street lights have been erected in anticipation of all those stores that would eventually fill in the entire block.
How that block looks in 2019:
The Beverly Theatre in 1955 with Love is a Many Splendored Thing and Night of the Hunter.”
In this shot from 1925, the photographer was probably standing just south of where Charleville Blvd crosses South Beverly Drive and is looking north toward Wilshire Blvd. Amid that clump of buildings on Wilshire, we can see the distinctive onion-dome of the Beverly Theatre, which would have only just opened. (May 18, 1925.) Interestingly, what we’re seeing is the beginnings of development along Beverly Dr. – they’ve started to pave it and street lights have been erected in anticipation of all those stores that would eventually fill in the entire block.
Do you know when the Beverly theater removed the dome & minarets?
This is the most comprehensive history of the Beverly Theatre that I could find:
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/beverly-theatre.html