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Buster Keaton at his Italian Villa, Pamela Drive, Beverly Hills
Buster Keaton may have been known as The Great Stone Face, but there was nothing inert about his Italian Villa on Pamela Drive in Beverly Hills. That’s not a bad back yard, is it? Unfortunately, this marvelous estate didn’t bring … Continue reading
Panoramic photograph of Beverly Hills, California, 1913
This panoramic landscape taken in 1913 shows us how forward-thinking the developers of Beverly Hills were. All I see here is empty land for miles around, but they saw the chance to build a housing development and turn it into … Continue reading
Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, circa 1930
In this circa 1930 view of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, we can see how undeveloped the land was around it. Lost of wide-open spaces and places to park. I’d say this was the view from Beverly Drive from which you … Continue reading
View of Beverly Gardens Park at the corner of Beverly and Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, 1920
Beverly Gardens Park is the landscaped park along Santa Monica Blvd at Beverly Dr. It opened 1911, five years after the Beverly Hills development started. This panoramic photo was taken in 1920, and with only one house in view, it … Continue reading
Looking southeast along Canon Drive toward the Warner Bros. Theater on Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, 1936
Wouldn’t it be great if Beverly Hills was still like this? Popular, but not packed. Worth going to, but not so that parking is impossible. In this photo we’re looking southeast along Canon Drive toward the Warner Bros. Theater on … Continue reading
Entrance to Beverly Hills Hotel, circa 1920s
Seeing as how the Sunset Bridal Path wasn’t too far from the Beverly Hills Hotel, I guess I shouldn’t have been too surprised to see this photo of a group of people riding horses down the hotel’s driveway. Judging from … Continue reading
Beverly Hills city limits, circa 1920s
It’s hard to imagine that Beverly Hills was every a rural backwater with signs posted at their city limits reminding motorists that “Bridal path crossing – Saddle horses have right of way.” I wonder if they still do?
Looking north from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel showing Beverly Hills City Hall in upper-left and the Victor Hugo Restaurant at center-right, circa 1938
If, for some reason, you were standing atop the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in 1938 and you looked north across Beverly Hills, this would be your view: the ornate Beverly Hills city hall rising like a lighthouse among a sea of … Continue reading
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Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, 1937
This 1937 photograph of Rodeo Drive (at, I presume) the Dayton Way corner) in Beverly Hills shows us that before a dividing strip was put down the middle of Rodeo Dr. there was enough room for front-in parking. And back … Continue reading
Looking south down Rodeo Drive from Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, 1932
Oh my, how some things change. In this photo, we’re looking south down Rodeo Drive from Santa Monica Blvd toward the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Rodeo now has a line of palm trees down the middle, which I’ve always liked, but … Continue reading