It’s not often that I get to post a photo of a Los Angeles building that has remained largely unchanged. This is known as Holmby Hall and stands on the northwest corner of Westwood Blvd and Weyburn Ave in the Westwood area of Los Angeles. Built in 1929, it was the first building of stores (six in all) in the area, and also housed the first dormitory for female student at nearby UCLA. This photo is dated August 8, 1932. The main difference between then and now is that the corner store used to be a Janss drugstore and is now a 7-Eleven.
This image is from July 2021:
The drug store and its lunch counter survived into the 1980’s when I taught at UCLA.
Nice old shot. I attended UCLA, so I’ve seen lots of old pictures. Some are of the campus when basically the only buildings were Royce Hall and Powell Library. My grandmother sometimes took us shopping in Westwood Village when I was really little, and I miss those days.
What is it with vintage Westwood Village buildings missing their original second story window shutters & first floor rooftop urns? Also think it kind of sad original contrasting materials given a universal slathering of white paint. Nit-picking for sure, & mighty grateful hasn’t been replaced with some glass fronted box.
I’m not sure about the shutters, but I think the roof top urns “fell” victim to earthquake building ordinances.
I would assume so, Gordon – like most decorative urns around town.