This cleanly streamlined Art Deco building on the southwest corner of Sunset Blvd and Fairfax Ave in Hollywood reminds me of yesterday’s photo of Beverly Buick. It housed an unusual combination – a Thrifty pharmacy and an A&P grocery store. I’m guessing it must have been a busy location all day, every day. I especially love the vertical signage on the right, and wish we had been able to hold onto more of it in LA. This image is circa early 1940s.
That building is still there. Well, the bare bones of it, anyway. And interestingly, it’s still a pharmacy. (That circular building behind it is the home of the Directors Guild of America. As in “film director.”) This image is from May 2022.
The Rite Aid is now planned for redevelopment.
I’m not surprised in the least to hear about that.
William, I’ve been searching online for info about what redevelopment you mention is being planned for that address, 7900 Sunset Blvd., but I cannot find anything out about that. (?) Are you sure you’re not referencing the development directly across the street that’s been approved, 7901 Sunset Blvd., where a gas station has been for at least 7 decades? It would not surprise me if 7900 was being planned for redevelopment as any property that has a very large parking lot, like coffee shop style restaurants, seems to be redeveloped one after the other currently.