Looking west along Wilshire Blvd from Vermont Ave toward the I. Magnin store at 3240 Wilshire, Los Angeles, circa 1940s
In this photo we’re looking west along Wilshire Blvd from Vermont Ave. In the medium distance we can see the I. Magnin department store at 3240 Wilshire Blvd, which had some major competition a couple of blocks east: Bullocks Wilshire. This photo was taken circa 1940s when Wilshire was a busy commercial thoroughfare, but, as we can see here, was still had a feeling of spaciousness that it no longer has. I’d love to see the full United Airlines billboard on the right and know how much airfares to San Francisco were back then.
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Any idea what happened to these wonderful street lights when they were taken down. There mus have been thousands replaced which is unfortunate. So love getting your posts every day Martin. Thanks for all the effort you put into this project.
That’s a good question, Richard. I don’t know but I’ll see if I can find out. I assume most of them were trashed but that would have been an awful shame.
Regarding the beautiful old streetlights:
https://bsl.lacity.org/museum.html
Another is the Public Art ‘Urban Light’ installation in front of LA County Museum on Wilshire:
http://www.publicartinpublicplaces.info/Urban-Light-2008-by-Chris-Burden
Speculation only guess – Most, if not all, of the original streetlights were removed in the ’60s when developer William Zeckendorf and Alcoa Aluminum partnered to build Century City with all of their “modern” aluminum streetlights and buildings.
I’d say that’s a pretty good guess, Matt.