Yesterday’s photo showed a closer daytime view of the electrified Christmas trees that used to decorate Hollywood Blvd for the holidays. This one give us an idea of how they looked all lit up at night. I’m so glad this photo is in color so that we can see how pretty the boulevard used to look back then. The photographer was standing on the northeast corner of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave looking west. We can glimpse the Owl Drug Store on the left (i.e. the southwest corner) and as this photo is circa 1950, the Hollywood Hotel would still have been standing on the right as it didn’t come down until 1956.

This is roughly how that view looked in July 2024. Hollywood Blvd isn’t normally closed, so I’m guessing there was a big movie premiere happening later that day.