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Beverly Hills Hotel, 1924
This shot of the Beverly Hills Hotel was taken in 1924 when there was still a lot of space and elbow room in them thar hills. Beverly Hills, that is. Swimmin’ pools, movie stars . . . and a lot … Continue reading
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Beverly Hills City Hall in 1932, the year it opened.
The beautiful and striking Beverly Hills City Hall in 1932, the year it opened. Thankfully, this is one of the buildings we haven’t lost, and I cannot conceive of a situation where anyone would have the guts to announce they’re … Continue reading
William Powell’s swimming pool
How’s this for a backyard pool? It belonged to William Powell. It was installed in the dream house he built at 809 N. Hillcrest Rd, Beverly Hills in the mid-1930s. His next-door neighbor was actor Richard Barthelmess, who got his … Continue reading
Inside Charlie Chaplin’s “Breakaway House” in Beverly Hills
Inside Charlie Chaplin’s house in Beverly Hills. Built primarily in 1922 by studio carpenters, the house became known as the “Breakaway House” because of how quickly it started to fall apart. The carpenters who built it were used to constructing … Continue reading
Beverly Hills Brown Derby restaurant, corner Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Drive
This is the third Brown Derby to open. It stood on the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Drive. And opened in 1931. It was more popular with the Beverly Hills crowd so it was busiest on Thursday nights which … Continue reading
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The big Hollywood opening of Currie’s ice cream store in Beverly Hills
Currie’s ice cream store—home of the jumbo malts and mile high cones comes to Beverly Hills I 1936 with all the fanfare of a movie premiere. And why shouldn’t it – after all, the malts are jumbo sized and the … Continue reading
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Steve Crane’s The Luau at 427 North Rodeo, Beverly Hills, opened in 1954
The Luau at 427 North Rodeo, Beverly Hills, opened in 1954 and closed 1978. It started out life as “The Tropics” in 1936 and was one of the earliest of the Pre-Polynesian Pop placed that catered to the motion picture … Continue reading
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Aerial view of Beverly Hills in 1920
Beverly Hills in 1920. Oh, to have a Way Back Machine! We could jump back to 1920 and grab all that empty land for next to nothing. We could also drop in on Mary and Douglas and see how the … Continue reading
Beverly Hills bridal path crossing sign
We always think of Beverly Hills has been a thoughtfully-planned, immaculately-clipped, spread of beautiful homes on landscaped blocks of land. This photo from Life magazine shows it wasn’t always like that – especially not with a bridal path crossing sign!
Reading the menu with binoculars at Scandia Restaurant on Sunset Blvd
Scandia Restaurant opened in 1946 by natives of Copenhagen on Sunset Boulevard just west of Doheny. I’m guessing that the “you have to use binoculars to read the menu” thing was their gimmick but really, wouldn’t it have been easier … Continue reading