Tag Archives: Hollywood and Vine

Vine Street, Hollywood in color, 1948

Posted on November 16, 2015 by

A couple of days ago I posted a photo of Hollywood Boulevard near Vine Street and talked about how the Hollywood Broadway department store dominated the skyline. This shot (from 1948) was taken from the Sunset Blvd / Vine Street … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Blvd near Vine St showing Broadway department store and I. Magnin’s, early 1930s.jpg

Posted on November 14, 2015 by

One of the buildings that dominated the Hollywood skyline was the popular The Broadway department store. You can see it—or its huge neon sign—in most photos of Hollywood in the 30s and 40s. But what I like about this shot … Continue reading →

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Night view looking down Vine Street from Hollywood Blvd

Posted on November 10, 2015 by

Of all the photos I’ve seen looking up and down Vine Street, I’ve never noticed that you could spot the sign on the Ravenswood Apartment building (where Mae West lived) all the way from Hollywood Boulevard. I just wish the … Continue reading →

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Newsstand at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, circa 1940s

Posted on October 29, 2015 by

Here in this one photo taken at the corner of Hollywood and Vine we have a number of things we no longer see: the corner newspaper stand; the semaphore traffic light; a sailor walking around the city streets; a guy … Continue reading →

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Hody’s restaurant at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, circa 1957

Posted on October 1, 2015 by

From 1955 to 1969 the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine was occupied by Hody’s coffee shop, name after (I assume) owner Sidney Hoedemaker. (For the previous 15 years it had been a Melody Lane, and before that, a Coco … Continue reading →

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Dramatic aerial view of Melody Lane diner at Hollywood and Vine

Posted on September 1, 2015 by

I’ve posted a lot of photos of the Hollywood and Vine corner, but I’ve never come across a view of LA’s most famous intersection from such a dramatic angle. This was taken atop the 12-story Taft Building, which was the … Continue reading →

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Napkin from the Hollywood Plaza Hotel and It Cafe, circa late 1930s

Posted on August 11, 2015 by

Isn’t it amazing how some things survive? I’d love to know how this one did. It’s a paper napkin from the Hollywood Plaza Hotel and It Café, which stood just south of the Hollywood and Vine corner. The hotel’s café … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Blvd, near Vine Street, circa 1926 or 1927

Posted on June 23, 2015 by

Looks like it was a busy day on Hollywood Boulevard when this photo was taken, circa 1926 or 27. On the far right, we can see a vertical sign for Henry’s Café at 6315 Hollywood Boulevard, near Vine St and … Continue reading →

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Opening night of Pantages Theatre Hollywood Blvd, June 4, 1930

Posted on June 17, 2015 by

This shot shows us the opening night of the Pantages Theatre on June 4, 1930. The opening program was hosted by Al Jolson, and featured MGM’s “The Floradora Girl” starring Marion Davies; a Metronome News (MGM’s newsreel), a Walt Disney … Continue reading →

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Looking north up Vine Street from Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, circa 1940s

Posted on June 11, 2015 by

Yesterday, I was writing a scene where Marcus and Kathryn leave the Vine Street Brown Derby in a hurry and run down Vine toward Sunset. So I went looking for a photo that showed me what Vine Street looked like … Continue reading →

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