Looking west along Wilshire Blvd toward Bullocks Wilshire from Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, 1929

Posted on February 28, 2020 by

Looking west along Wilshire Blvd toward Bullocks Wilshire from Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, 1929In this photo from 1929, we’re looking west along Wilshire Blvd from Virgil Ave. The striking building with the tower is the Bullocks Wilshire department store, which would have still been a new sight at the time because it opened on September 26, 1929. But what I find really interesting about this shot is the glimpse it affords us of the large houses that used to line the whole length of Wilshire. Very few (if any) of them exist today but back in 1929, many of them were still around.

The same view in May 2019:

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One response to “Looking west along Wilshire Blvd toward Bullocks Wilshire from Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, 1929”

  1. Jim Lewis says:
    February 28, 2020 at 6:41 am

    And peeking into the corner of the picture is the Sheraton Town House which, I believe, began life as an apartment-hotel. Very swanky!
    This section of Wilshire Blvd. was quite wonderful in its time.

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