In a still from a 1919 silent short called “Waiting at the Church,” we’re treated to an early view of La Brea Ave looking north from (I’m guessing) around Lexington Ave. Now a major north/south thoroughfare, back then La Brea was mostly a few houses and some overgrown grass. The white building directly above the head of the motorcyclist on the right is the then-new Charlie Chaplin studios at 1416 N. La Brea (now the Jim Henson Studios) which were built in 1918. And halfway up the hill at around the center of the image we can see the Bernheimer estate, which went up in 1913 and is now the Yamashiro Japanese restaurant.

Roughly the same view in 2022.