This is a 1946 photo of the Crosby Building at 9028 Sunset Blvd, at the western end of the Sunset Strip. It got that name from Bing Crosby whose company was headquartered there from 1936 to 1977. More than “just a singer,” Bing’s company perfected audiotape, and later videotape recording. Also housed in this building was Finlandia Baths, which was a popular Finnish bathhouse, which opened in 1937 and quickly became a place where many Hollywood stars—Humphrey Bogart and his pal Peter Lorre were frequent regulars—came to relax in the steam room and sauna, and maybe get a massage—or just get away from the unrelenting pressures of being a public person.

The building is still there. This is how it looked in May 2018: