These days, the northeast and southeast corners of Sunset Blvd and Vine St in Hollywood are home to a bank and an office tower. But back in circa 1932, those two corners were far more interesting. We’re looking north up Vine St (we can see the huge neon sign for The Broadway Hollywood store in the far background) and the restaurant closest to us is The Pig Stand on the southeast corner, which had opened the year before. Across Sunset, we can see the sign for Carpenter’s Sandwiches drive in on the northeast corner. The Pig Stand seem to be doing a lively trade, and I assume the equally popular Carpenters would have been, too.

This is the closest approximation I can make to the same view. This image is from May 2022.