Looking west along Wilshire Blvd from Lafayette Park toward the Town House Hotel and Bullocks Wilshire, circa early 1940s
The photographer who took this shot was standing at Lafayette Park on Wilshire Blvd as it curves gently to the left and heads west toward the Pacific. On the right we have the Town House Hotel and on the left rises the copper-topped tower of Bullocks Wilshire department store. Both buildings are still there. Judging by the cars, this shot was taken sometime during the early 1940s. Given how light the traffic is, I wonder if it was taken sometime after the spring of 1942, when wartime rationing meant that gasoline was in short supply.
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The palm trees grew a lot taller.
They did!
And traffic was still light that day in March 2020.
You’re right, Gordon. And by the length of the shadows, it don’t even look like it’s first thing in the morning.
Still no traffic—looks like shot early morning biased on the shadows.