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Garden of Allah Hotel pool looking north toward the main house and the Hollywood Hills behind
For those of you who indulge in daydreaming about what it would be like to sit poolside at the Garden of Allah Hotel (where my 9-book series of novels are set) this photo is probably about as near as we’ll … Continue reading
Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Grauman’s Chinese Theatre to the Roosevelt Hotel, circa 1960
Photo enhancement by Donna Hill. The photographer who took this circa 1960 shot was probably standing outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre when he snapped the Roosevelt Hotel (where the very first Academy Awards ceremony took place.) The Cinegrill was a wonderful … Continue reading
Exhibitor’s Herald, December 25, 1926, announcing the plan for The Garden of Alla(h) Hotel on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles
You’d think that after a dozen years researching and writing about the Garden of Allah Hotel, that somewhere somehow I’d have come across this announcement in the Exhibitor’s Herald, December 25, 1926 that Alla Nazimova planned to turn her movie-star … Continue reading
Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from around Las Palmas Ave, Hollywood, 1928
In this 1928 photo, we’re looking west along Hollywood Blvd from around Las Palmas Ave. I don’t often get to say this, but much of what we can see here is still with us. Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre (even the vertical … Continue reading
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The main driveway of the Beverly Hills Hotel, Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1925
In a city like Los Angeles, where everything always seems to be in a state of flux and change and “progress”, it’s nice to know there are some places that rarely change and look pretty much as they did 100+ … Continue reading
Looking west along Hollywood Blvd past Grauman’s Chinese Theatre to the Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, February 1954
Looking west along Hollywood Blvd past Grauman’s Chinese Theatre to the Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, February 1954This photo looking west along Hollywood Blvd was taken from the corner of a street that no longer exists. Orchid Ave used to … Continue reading
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St. Mark’s Hotel on the northeast corner of Windward and Ocean Avenues, Venice, California, 1905
Developer Abbot Kinney had a grand idea to build a seaside amusement complex. He called it Venice of America and, complete with canals, it opened in 1905. This photo of St Mark’s Hotel was taken that same year. That bunting … Continue reading
Transporting a house along narrow Marmont Lane behind the Chateau Marmont Hotel, Los Angeles, February 15, 1950
Quite honestly, it amazes me that they can chop a house in two, lift it up on a truck, and drive it to some other location where they can set it down again. But I can’t even begin to imagine … Continue reading
Horses and carriages wait outside hotels on the 500 block of Pearl Street (later Figueroa Street), downtown Los Angeles, 1895
Taken in 1895, we see a couple of horse-drawn carriages parked outside what looks to be a trio of hotels on the 500 block of Pearl Street (later renamed Figueroa Street) in downtown Los Angeles. The hotels are, of course, … Continue reading
Wilcox Drug Store, 6500 Selma Ave, corner of Wilcox Ave, Hollywood, circa 1942
This photo of the Wilcox Drug Store on the southwest corner of Selma and Wilcox Avenues in Hollywood was taken around 1942. It looks to me like it was a quintessential mid-century corner American drug store: Coca-Cola sign, sells liquor, … Continue reading