These days, the Los Angeles cityscape is filled with Rite Aid and CVS pharmacies who all look the same and feel interchangeable. It seems a shame that we no longer have individual pharmacies with their own personalities. This lovely shot is of the Lakeside Pharmacy at 10100 Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake, on the southwest corner at Mariota Ave. This shot is circa 1975, but the style of architecture suggests the building dates from much earlier.
** UPDATE ** – This scene from the WC Fields movie, “Never Give a Sucker an Even Break” (1941) shows us the wider view, including the adjacent Lakeside Market.
I’m happy to say that the building is still there. Lakeside Pharmacy is long gone, of course, but much of the original building is intact. This image is from July 18, 2022. (My thanks to David Ginsburg for sending me the vintage color and the current photos.)
Quite a lovely photo, David!
There are a few episodes of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In where they filmed some of their outdoor comedy bits around this location!
Even down in Australia back in the 1970s, we knew about “beautiful downtown Burbank.”
I was watching the show emergency on TV and the showed Lakeside Pharmacy as they passed it
That show is great for spotting LA locations from back in the day!
It is a beautiful sight to see. I love old vintage photos. Thank you !!
By the way I think “Murder She Wrote” with Angela Lansbury has the Lakeside Pharmacy in one of the show’s episodes.
Just saw s4 ep4 of Murder She wrote and I saw the pharmacy building and looked it up.