In this circa 1929 photo, we’re looking at an intersection that no longer exists. It’s where Carlton Way meets Van Ness Ave in Hollywood. Carlton runs left to right (i.e. west to east); Van Ness runs from the bottom to the top (i.e. south to north.) As we can see, this part of Hollywood was still semi-rural, with that orchard on the right, lots of empty land, and no fences between those three houses in the middle.
This photo is part of a wider panorama taken that day:
This intersection was demolished when the Hollywood Freeway was built in the 1950s. This is as far as Carlton Way goes these days. This image is from April 2019:
My thanks to David Ginsburg for his help identifying this image.
No visible signage for Hollywoodland on hills yet…could this be somewhat earlier than 1929, like maybe 1925-6? And there’s not even a free standing garage big enough for a Model T in this scene. All within walking distance of the streetcar services.
Ah yes, Al, good point about the Hollywoodland sign on the hills. You could be right about this photo being earlier than 1929.
Kind of appropriate. Looney Tunes was once based at the 1300 block of North Van Ness and what they did to Hollywood for that freeway was definitely a cartoon moment.