I love the film-noir-ish feel of this nighttime shot of Vine Street in Hollywood looking south from half a block north of Hollywood Blvd. Maybe it’s just the angle of the shot, but I don’t recall seeing so many streetlights lining Vine. This shot was taken in the 1950s, when the Plaza Hotel was still a viable hotel before it later went to seed. That horizontal neon sign in the far distance says “Ravenswood” for the apartment building at 570 N. Rossmore Ave. Vine St becomes Rossmore south of Melrose. It was built in 1930 by nearby Paramount Studios and is still there in all its 1930s glory. But look at the angle of this photo. The photographer is at least two stories up—what was he standing on in the middle of Vine Street?
Looking south down Vine St from Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 1942
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I believe that Mae West lived at the Ravenswood for about 50 years.
She did. And as it happens, I know the people who live in her old apartment and have been there several times. As you might imagine, it has a wonderful vibe.
Any reports of paranormal activety in West’s old apartment? Read of such things decades ago by the then tenants. Doubtfull I know; just wanted to hear if certain “tradations” carried on.
They suspect they’ve witnessed something but I haven’t felt it any of the times I’ve been there.
Yeah, I thought the building looked familiar.
Such a great old Art Deco building. I found some interior shots online, and some apartments still have those old Art Deco bathrooms.
Vines street is a steep hill from Yucca up to Franklin