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Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard, as seen from Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, circa 1936
In this photo we’re looking south down Rodeo Drive to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard. Aside from the addition of domed awnings over those curved windows, the hotel is remarkably unchanged from how it looked in this circa … Continue reading
Original owner of the Beverly Hills Hotel, Margaret S. Anderson in front of her hotel, circa 1920s
With all the articles and blog posts I’ve read about the Beverly Hills Hotel, somehow it escaped my notice that the original owner was a woman. Her name was Margaret S. Anderson and this circa 1920s shows her parked out … Continue reading
The Gentleman’s Grill at the Hotel Alexandria, 501 S Spring St, Los Angeles
This color postcard gives us a glimpse of the Gentleman’s Grill at the Hotel Alexandria on Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. In its early-20th-century heyday, the Alexandria was THE hotel in Los Angeles. It brings to my mind two … Continue reading
Looking north up Vine Street toward the Hollywood and Vine intersection, Hollywood, circa 1930s
These days, of course, Vine Street is built up with office blocks and apartment buildings. But back in the (circa) 1930s, when this photo was taken, it was really more of just a local street with a used car lot … Continue reading
Miracle Mile Easter Parade traffic heading west along Wilshire Blvd at Kenmore Ave, Easter Sunday, April 13, 1941
With bumper-to-bumper traffic inching its way along Wilshire Blvd, you’d think this photo was taken in 2019, not 1941. I doubt that Wilshire often saw traffic like that but this was taken on Easter Sunday in 1941 following the Miracle … Continue reading
Lytton Plaza on the former Garden of Allah site on Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, 1966
This collage of photos gives us an idea of what the corner of Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights Blvd looked like in 1966. It had been the site of the Garden of Allah Hotel, but in the summer 1959, the … Continue reading
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A morning ride with the Los Angeles Riding Academy, which opened its second branch at The Beverly Hills Hotel
It’s amazing to me that people used to go for morning horse rides around Beverly Hills at all, let alone to start and end at the Beverly Hills Hotel. These oh-so-properly dressed riders were with the Los Angeles Riding Academy, … Continue reading
Hotel Arcadia, the first upscale hotel on Santa Monica beach, circa late 1800s
California’s plentiful sun and fresh sea air has long been a draw for ailing and half-frozen Easterners. So finally landing on California soil must have been a relief—especially if this is where they dug in their toes. This is the … Continue reading
Aerial view of Wilshire Blvd from MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, circa 1930s
In a view that I can only assume was taken from an aircraft, we’re looking east along Wilshire Blvd after it passes through MacArthur Park, makes a 45-degree turn, then heads due west. We can see the striking tower of … Continue reading
Free shuttle bus from La Grande Station to the Occidental Hotel, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1910s
And here was I thinking that free hotel shuttle buses were a new thing. This circa 1910s photo shows the free transport offered by the Occidental Hotel at 438 S Hill Street for guests who were arriving into downtown Los … Continue reading