In this photo, we’re looking west along Sunset Blvd toward Vine Street, Hollywood. For years that photo was dominated by the NBC radio studios, but they were torn down in 1964. This photo was taken in 1965, and we can see on the right past the palm trees the dirt lot where NBC had stood since 1938. That corner (northeast) seems so empty and desolate. But we can clearly see the enormously popular Wallichs Music City store, and its neighbor, Dot Records. And that white building in the distance is the Hollywood Athletic Club, which is still around today as a rentable event and filming space.

This is the same view from May 2022. At least the palm trees are still there.