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Large neon sign for the Fox Film studio, on the southwest corner of Pico Blvd and Fox Hills Drive, Century City, Los Angeles
The Fox Film Corporation really wanted Angelenos to know they were driving past their movie studios with this huge neon sign that stood on the southwest corner of Pico Blvd and Fox Hills Drive in Century City. The sign and … Continue reading
A Pacific Electric Red Car train stops on the new Pico Blvd viaduct, Los Angeles, November 2, 1927
From 1927 to 1963, a long viaduct bridge stood where Pico Blvd meets San Vicente Blvd. This photo, taken on November 2, 1927, gives us an idea of what traffic was like back then (very light compared to today!) City … Continue reading
Moviegoers wait to get into the grand opening of Pico Drive In, the first drive-in theater in California, at Pico Blvd and Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, September 9, 1934
These movie-going motorists snaking all the way to the street (and probably beyond) were waiting to get into California’s very first drive-in theater on September 9, 1934. Because there weren’t any others, it was simply named Drive-In Theater. Located on … Continue reading
Los Angeles’s first drive-in theater opens at 10860 W. Pico Blvd, September. 9, 1935
Monday September. 9, 1935 marked the beginning of a new era in movie-going in Los Angeles with the opening of the first drive-in theater creatively named The Drive-In Theatre. It was on Pico Blvd just west of Westwood Blvd (where … Continue reading
The Igloo ice cream store, 4302 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1928
If you’re going to open an ice cream store, why wouldn’t you build it in the form of an igloo? Makes perfect sense to me. The Igloo ice cream store stood at 4302 West Pico Boulevard, not too far from … Continue reading
Los Angeles Consolidated Electric streetcar at Pico Heights, decorated for Washington’s Birthday, circa 1892
In this circa 1892 photo, we can see that Angelenos got into the holiday spirit by decorating a streetcar from the Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway (a predecessor of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad) for the George Washington birthday holiday. … Continue reading
Looking south down La Cienega Blvd at Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, 1935
In this photo, we’re looking south down La Cienega Blvd from Pico Blvd. What worries me is that there appear to be no lane lines painted on the road, which makes it look as though the prevailing law was “I’ll … Continue reading
Fox Hills Studio (later Twentieth Century-Fox studios), Pico Blvd, Century City, October 1928
In 1935, the struggling Fox Film studios merged with Twentieth Century Pictures and created Twentieth Century-Fox on Pico Blvd in Century City. (And also gave us the world’s most famous fanfare.) Previously, the studio lot was known as “Fox Hills … Continue reading
Roberts Drive in restaurant, corner of Pico and Sepulveda Boulevards, Los Angeles, 1945
It looks like this was the nightly battle of the drive-in restaurants. I don’t know the one on the right, but on the left is Roberts drive-in, which was on the corner of Pico and Sepulveda Boulevards, Los Angeles. All … Continue reading
Aerial shot of new development between Wilshire Blvd and Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, 1924
It’s hard to think Los Angeles land ever being this empty, even as recently as 1924, when this aerial was taken. We’re looking a swath of land to the immediate west of what we now think of as Century City. … Continue reading
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