In this 1928 photo, we’re looking west along Hollywood Blvd from around Las Palmas Ave. I don’t often get to say this, but much of what we can see here is still with us. Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre (even the vertical blade sign is there) as is its neighbor, the Pig ‘N Whistle Café are still around. The high rise was the Hotel Christie, which is now a Church of Scientology building. The tower with the turret is the First National Bank of Hollywood building, currently empty, but still there. The blockish building in the distance with the radio tower on top was the El Capitan Theater, which became the Hollywood Paramount in 1942, and then in the 1990s, Disney bought it, renovated it back to its former glory and restored the El Capitan name. All in all, that’s a pretty good preservation ratio over a 80+ year time span.

Roughly the same view in March 2019: