In this aerial photo, we’re looking east across the Goldwyn movie studios in Culver City. That’s Washington Blvd on the left and Culver Blvd on the right. Sam Goldwyn bought the Triangle Studios (named for reasons that are obvious is this photo) in 1918 and this photo was taken in 1919. In the foreground we can see the back of an enormous set standing at what looks to be the western edge of the lot. And below that stretches completely empty land, which gave Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer room to grow when they took over the lot in 1924.
Aerial photo looking east across the Goldwyn movie studios, Culver City, Los Angeles, 1919
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Are you sure Goldwyn bought Triangle Studios in 1819? Seems a might early; if so, Goldwyn was quite the visionary!
Oops! Thanks for catching that, Matt!
typo 1819…
Line 3 typo — 1819
Cool! I grew up in that vast open land on the right side of the photo. I went to the Catholic school on the other side of the studio lot. You can see the old church on Washington Blvd. Here’s a closer look:
https://st-augustine-church.org/our-parish-history
It was built in 1887, so it pre-dated the studio by several decades.
Venice Short Line running along right outbound where it will soon encounter the junction with the Redondo via Del Rey Line. Santa Monica Air Line, after leaving Four Tracks (south of downtown) at AMOCO, swings northwest here crossing over for its’ run into the old reserve area across from south Santa Monica. In steam days the tracks were separated with a viaduct, but with electrification this area became a natural meeting point.