In this glorious color photo, we’re looking north up Vine St in Hollywood. The cross street ahead of us is Sunset Blvd where the NBC studios were still standing on the northeast corner. The photo was taken in 1962, by which time NBC had converted their radio studios to television. A couple of years later those studios would be gone altogether. At the extreme right side of the frame, we can see the sign for Stan’s drive-in restaurant. I don’t know when it closed, but I suspect it didn’t last much longer, either.
** UPDATE ** – Glen N says: “If this was 1962, we should see the “5-Star” streetlights North of Sunset. They were installed along that stretch of Vine from 1960-61. But, they’re not here in this photo–dating it to around 1960. Maybe the cars provide a hint?”
This is that same view in May 2022. Vine St is more crowded these days, but those shade trees are a welcome addition.
Ooooooh, that’s a good one. The NBC studios building had a restaurant on the Vine Street side…northwest sector. Saw a movie recently looking out of those windows across the road. Shocking! So it turns out there’s a menu from it listed IIRC on Worthpoint. Now, if I can only remember which movie had that interior shot.