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Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, 1929
In this 1929 photo of Wilshire Blvd, we can see the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, which at this time would have only been open a year. It’s facing Rodeo Drive whose eastern corner is a vacant lot (!) western corner would, … Continue reading
View of Hollywood Blvd during atom bomb blast, 1951
I was so focused on marveling at how empty Hollywood Boulevard looked in this 1951 shot (as well as the empty lot next to Grauman’s and how the Hollywood Hotel is lit up) that I failed to noticed the light … Continue reading
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Sardi’s Restaurant on Hollywood Blvd, 1942
This photo is a bit of a mystery. Sardi’s Restaurant opened at 6315 Hollywood Blvd by the Montmartre’s Eddie Brandstatter in 1932. It was open until 1936, when it was destroyed by fire. Here we have a photo that we … Continue reading
Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood Blvd, 1940.
One day when I get my hands on that elusive time machine (do you think maybe that Elon Musk is secretly working on one…?) I’m heading straight to 1939 and one of the places on my agenda is to visit … Continue reading
A horse-drawn streetcar on Main Street, downtown Los Angeles, in front of Pico House, 1870
This is the earliest photo I’ve ever posted: A horse-drawn streetcar on Main Street, downtown Los Angeles, in front of Pico House, 1870. This is the year that Pico House—a 33-room hotel considered the most lavish hotel in Southern California … Continue reading
“Hotel Hollywood” at night, Hollywood Blvd, 1936
Here is a wonderfully atmospheric shot of the Hollywood Hotel captured by a Life magazine photographer in 1936. Interestingly the hotel’s sign across the front reads “HOTEL HOLLYWOOD” rather than the other way around. In the second photo below, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood Hotel, Hotels, Night photo
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Sunset Blvd looking west with Garden of Allah villas on the left and Chateau Marmont on the right, circa mid 1930
I’ve been researching and writing about the Garden of Allah Hotel for more than ten years now, so it isn’t often that a new photo surfaces—but it IS exciting! We’re looking west along Sunset Blvd from Crescent Heights Blvd. On … Continue reading
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Undated postcard of the Ambassador’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
I don’t have a date for this postcard of the Ambassador’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub, but it looks to me like it was taken at the peak of its popularity, which was the 1920s or maybe the 30s. the Cocoanut Grove … Continue reading
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Bullocks Wilshire tower, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1956
The date on this photo of the Bullocks Wilshire department store tower on Wilshire Boulevard is 1956, but in a funny sort of way, it’s timeless—which isn’t something I often get to say about Los Angeles architecture. The Bullocks building … Continue reading
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Tagged Bullocks Wilshire, Hotels, Stores and Shopping, Wilshire Blvd
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Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California, 1958
These days with its two theme parks, Downtown Disney, and multiple approaches, Disneyland is a whole world unto itself. It’s nice to be reminded that once upon a 1958 ago, it was a lot simpler than that. The Disneyland Hotel … Continue reading