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The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, as seen from Orange Drive, 1927
On May 15, 1927, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel opened at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. It was financed by a group that included Louis B. Mayer, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Sid Grauman, which possibly explains why the first Academy Awards ceremony … Continue reading
The California Limited train stops at the Santa Fe depot in Pasadena, California, en route to Chicago, circa 1900
I do like the way this photographer has framed this shot. It’s a circa 1900 photo of the California Limited train during its stop at the Pasadena depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway en route to Chicago. … Continue reading
Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Las Palmas Ave, Hollywood, 1925
In this 1925 photo, we’re reminded how tranquil Hollywood Blvd was back then. We’re looking west from La Palmas Ave, with the Paulais Café on the southwest corner, Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre next door (opened 1922) and the Hotel Christie (also … Continue reading
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Looking north up Fair Oaks Ave past the Acme Hotel on the southwest corner of Dayton St, Pasadena, California, circa 1898
This photo takes us back to Pasadena in around 1898. We’re looking north up Fair Oaks Ave from the southwest corner of Dayton St. On the left we can see the Acme Hotel (surely they could have come up with … Continue reading
Looking south down Vine St from Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 1942
I love the film-noir-ish feel of this nighttime shot of Vine Street in Hollywood looking south from half a block north of Hollywood Blvd. Maybe it’s just the angle of the shot, but I don’t recall seeing so many streetlights … Continue reading
Women motorists parked outside Hotel Virginia, Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California, April 1916
I don’t know the reason for this photograph, but we’ve got four women motorists standing in front of their automobiles outside the Hotel Virginia on Ocean Blvd at Magnolia Ave in Long Beach. The hotel opened on April 1, 1908, … Continue reading
Looking north up Vine St from Selma Ave to the Huntington Hartford Theatre, Plaza Hotel, The Broadway department store, Vine St, Hollywood, 1957
In this photo from 1957, we’re looking north up Vine St from Selma Ave. On the left we can see what was then known as the Huntington Hartford Theatre (now the Montalban), the Hollywood Plaza Hotel (now a retirement home), … Continue reading
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Looking south along Grand Ave across Second St in front of the Richelieu Hotel, downtown Los Angeles, 1886
No matter how many photos I see of 19th century downtown Los Angeles, it’s still hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that it’s the same city I know so well. Case in point: this photo facing … Continue reading
Looking west along Hollywood Blvd at dusk from Bronson Ave, Los Angeles, 1959
This 1959 photo reeks of cruising down Hollywood Blvd on a Saturday night looking for trouble in all the wrong places—and probably finding it at the Movie Town Motel. Past the Hawaii Theatre on the right was the Florentine Gardens, … Continue reading
The St. Angelo Hotel, 237 N. Grand Ave, (currently the Music Center site), downtown Los Angeles, 1928
The Music Center at the top end of downtown Los Angeles (or the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, as it’s officially known) is where a lot of theater happens: musicals, plays, opera, ballet, and in the 70s and … Continue reading