This view looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd, Hollywood on July 27, 1948 makes me want to go for an after-dinner stroll just so that I could take in all those lights in real life: NBC radio, the Brown Derby, the Hollywood-Broadway department store, Tom Breneman’s Hollywood restaurant. We can even see the sign for Benson Fong’s first restaurant – Ah Fong’s – which opened in 1946 ahead of a second location in Beverly Hills. On my stroll, I’d also spend a moment to enjoy that atmospheric street light and semaphore traffic signal. Anyone care to join me?
Fantastic photo, I didn’t know about the Hollywood Ah Fong’s…I loved the Beverly Hills location, always a delicious surprise awaited as you walked down the stairs.
Absolutely dreamy photo
Yes would love to
How funny. I never knew Benson Fong was Ah Fong’s owner. Thanks for the info!
That would be lovely!
Great photo! I used to love the whirring sound as the semaphore signals changed from Stop to Go.