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Aerial view of Wilshire Blvd from MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, circa 1930s
In a view that I can only assume was taken from an aircraft, we’re looking east along Wilshire Blvd after it passes through MacArthur Park, makes a 45-degree turn, then heads due west. We can see the striking tower of … Continue reading
Looking east along Wilshire Boulevard from the top of the Town House Hotel, Los Angeles, circa 1940s
In this glorious 1940s view looking east from the top of the Town House Hotel we can see where Wilshire Blvd bends at Lafayette Park. In the lower right corner is Simon’s drive-in restaurant at the Hoover St corner, which, … Continue reading
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Looking east along Wilshire Blvd toward the Fairfax Ave intersection, Los Angeles, 1929
In this photo, we’re treated to a view looking east along Wilshire Boulevard. The intersection in the middle is Fairfax Ave, which means the northeast corner where the billboard (for Newmark’s Mountain Grown Coffee) is the future site of the … Continue reading
The May Company under construction, Wilshire Blvd circa 1939
It’s not hard to find a photo of the May Company department store on Wilshire Blvd but this is a rare one showing the store under construction in 1939. Little would those construction workers know that what they were building … Continue reading
Wilshire Boulevard neon lightshow, Los Angeles, 1945.
This 1945 shot shows us was a buffet of neon Wilshire Blvd could be at dusk. At just one corner we have a “READ EXAMINER WANT ADS” with a Richfield gas station and a Simon’s Sandwiches drive-in restaurant. The “Examiner” … Continue reading
History of various Los Angeles drive-in locations
6290 Sunset Blvd SE corner at Vine Street PIG STAND BBQ / CARPENTER’S / STAN’S This is where Carpenter’s moved when its first Sunset & Vine stand was to be demolished. Originally though it was a rival drive-in operated by … Continue reading
Los Angeles timeline – 38,000 BC to 2013
Los Angeles timeline Circa 38,000 BC – Los Angeles has been pulling in visitors for tens of thousands of years, as a future fossil is trapped inside what are now the historical La Brea Tar Pits. Circa 8000 BC – … Continue reading
Wilshire Blvd looking east toward downtown L.A., 1929
In this 1929 photo, we’re on Wilshire Blvd looking east toward downtown L.A. The corner facing us with the billboard is the corner where the May Company department store would go in 10 years later. On the opposite corner where … Continue reading
Corner of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave before May Co department store (1939)
This is a corner we see photos of a lot of, but I’ve never seen it look like this before. It’s the northeast corner of the Wilshire Blvd / Fairfax Ave in 1939, just before worked started on the iconic … Continue reading
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Aerial view of Wilshire Blvd, looking west from Commonwealth Ave, circa 1940s (?)
Here we have a west-looking view of Wilshire Boulevard as seen from Commonwealth Ave. The drive-in restaurant Simon’s is at the lower left, the Town House Hotel is opposite (a little past it but out of sight is the original … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial photographs, Brown Derby, Bullocks Wilshire, Hotels, Restaurants, Stores and Shopping, Wilshire Blvd, WWII
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