** UPDATE ** – Apparently this photo was taken in 1954.

In this atmospheric shot taken at dawn (I assume, because there’s little traffic), we’re looking north up Vine St toward the Taft building on the southeast corner of Hollywood Blvd. This shot gives us an idea of how massive that “Miller High Life Beer” sign was. It’s no wonder it’s so prominent in photos taken of the area at the time. (This photo is circa 1950s.) We can also see electric signs for Western Airlines and the Brown Derby Coffee Shop. Another one is for a popular bar at the time called The Office, which I assume was named so that wayward businessmen could legitimately tell their wives “But darling, I was at the office!”

This is roughly that same view in June 2021.