Tag Archives: Hollywood Hills
“Bright Spots of Hollywood” matchbook/map, circa 1940s
Lucky visitors to Hollywood in the 1940s had this handy-dandy map/matchbook showing them where all the “Bright Spots of Hollywood” were. On the other hand, maybe they weren’t so lucky—this map is far from geographically accurate and probably was responsible … Continue reading
Photograph of the Hollywood hills taken from Mulholland Drive by Cross & Dimmit
I don’t know when this view of the Hollywood hills from Mulholland Drive was taken, but I can’t imagine it could have been much later than the early 1920s, perhaps even the late 1910s. The photograph was © Cross & … Continue reading
High Tower Drive elevator, Hollywood, 1931
This is one of my favorite places to take people in Los Angeles. It’s a hidden gem back behind the Hollywood Bowl called High Tower. It’s a small development of homes built into a hillside overlooking Hollywood separated only by … Continue reading
Japanese-style Bernheimer Estate, Hollywood Hills above Franklin Ave, circa 1925
Aerial view of the Japanese-style Bernheimer Estate in the Hollywood Hills above Franklin Avenue, circa 1925. What a wonderfully uninterrupted view they must have had then! The estate is now Yamashiro’s Restaurant.
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Behind the Hollywoodland sign, pre-1945
I love finding views from behind the Hollywood sign. This one must have been taken before 1945 because the letters you can see here spell out the L-A-N-D end of the sign back when it was the Hollywoodland sign. Plus, … Continue reading
Building castles in the Hollywoodland Hills, mid 1920s
Back in the early days of Hollywoodland (early to mid 1920s) the few people who ventured up into the Hollywood hills had the room to build homes that sometimes resembled castles. If you’ve got that cash and the room, why … Continue reading