In this aerial view of Hollywood in what I’m guessing is the 1930s, of the three major buildings we can see—Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the Hollywood Hotel, and the Hollywood First National Bank building—two of them are still with us, which is remarkable. Only the hotel is long gone; it fell to the wrecking ball in 1956. Also gone is Orchid Ave’s access to Hollywood Blvd – that’s the street immediately above Grauman’s. Once upon a time it connected Franklin Ave with the boulevard but these days it’s only half as long. The Dolby theater, where the Oscars are held, now stands on that land.
It looks like it was holiday time. There are what appear to be Christmas trees with a star on top at the lower right (actually all along both sides of the street). There are stars and bells strung across the boulevard. The Griffith Park Observatory makes an appearance on the hill at the upper left.
In this aerial view of Hollywood in what I’m guessing is the 1930s, of the three major buildings we can see—Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the Hollywood Hotel, and the Hollywood First National Bank building—two of them are still with us, which is remarkable. Only the hotel is long gone; it fell to the wrecking ball in 1956. Also gone is Orchid Ave’s access to Hollywood Blvd – that’s the street immediately above Grauman’s. Once upon a time it connected Franklin Ave with the boulevard but these days it’s only half as long. The Dolby theater, where the Oscars are held, now stands on that land.
It looks like it was holiday time. There are what appear to be Christmas trees with a star on top at the lower right (actually all along both sides of the street). There are stars and bells strung across the boulevard. The Griffith Park Observatory makes an appearance on the hill at the upper left.