When viewed at night in this circa 1930 photograph, it’s easy to see why this building on the northeast corner of Wilshire Blvd and Hamilton Dr was called the Sunset Clock Tower Market. It looks to have been quite a large place with plenty of parking. That square building on the right was the gas station, but I’m left wondering what was housed in the large two-story building with the clock.
** UPDATE ** – According to the Evening Vanguard on November 1, 1935, there were two car dealerships/showrooms and repair shop facilities.
Here are some daytime photos:
Imagine my surprise when I found the Sunset Clock Market is still around. This image is from August 2022.
I am so happy that this building has survived. You folks in LA have had so many iconic structures and it is great to see when one is still here for all of us to admire.
It makes for a surprise happy ending, doesn’t it!
Yes, indeed!
The building in the 2022 looks like a Bently dealership. There is a May 2024 google shot, what looks like Constuction advertisement on the fence on the Wilshire side is about to take place. But it looks like it is still open for Business
Always a beautiful place then and now. Glad some of these locations were not completely torn down. And the clock survived!
Glad everything isn’t torn down! And the clock survived! What a treat. The photos from 1930 are a real treat.
It looks to me like this building has – miraculously – survived intact!
I worked directly across Wilshire in the Wilshire theater building and always admired this beautiful structure. It was Zipper Porsche at that time (ca.1990) and Chrysties Bar and Grill was my employer.
I worked many years ago in the 3000 block on Wilshire, I think the building was at 3333 Wilshire, directly across the street from the famous Ambassador Hotel. One day on a lunch break, I went across the street to the Ambassador and you can feel the history, also where Bobby Kennedy was shot. Both happy and sad times there. Funny thing is, I had no idea I was working so close to LA history.
What era would that have been? I’m wondering how intact the Ambassador Hotel was by the time you saw it.