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Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, with the Town House Hotel and Bullocks Wilshire tower, 1955
A little part of me claps like a kid at the circus when I find a vintage color photo of Los Angeles. This one shows us Wilshire Blvd looking east toward downtown LA. The two striking features are the Town … Continue reading
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Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1934
I’m not sure why the Ambassador Hotel on was set so far back from Wilshire Boulevard, but at least the architects thought to provide a covered walkway to the street. I’m pegging this photo at around 1934—that’s the year that … Continue reading
Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, circa 1930
In this circa 1930 view of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, we can see how undeveloped the land was around it. Lost of wide-open spaces and places to park. I’d say this was the view from Beverly Drive from which you … Continue reading
Entrance to Beverly Hills Hotel, circa 1920s
Seeing as how the Sunset Bridal Path wasn’t too far from the Beverly Hills Hotel, I guess I shouldn’t have been too surprised to see this photo of a group of people riding horses down the hotel’s driveway. Judging from … Continue reading
Color evening view looking north on Vine Street from Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, 1950s
I know I’ve posted shots like this before, of the view up Vine Street from the NBC studios on the Sunset Boulevard corner. Maybe it’s the color, maybe it’s the night view with all the neon, but this one seemed … Continue reading
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Looking north from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel showing Beverly Hills City Hall in upper-left and the Victor Hugo Restaurant at center-right, circa 1938
If, for some reason, you were standing atop the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in 1938 and you looked north across Beverly Hills, this would be your view: the ornate Beverly Hills city hall rising like a lighthouse among a sea of … Continue reading
Bellevue Terrace Hotel at Figueroa & 6th, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1890
What a sight turn-of-the-century Los Angeles must have been with buildings like these. Back then, “Los Angeles” was largely what we now think of as “downtown L.A.” – no urban sprawl from here to Tijuana! – but it was dotted … Continue reading
Van de Kamp Dutch Bakery at Ivar St and Yucca Ave, Hollywood, 1940
The windmills of the Van de Kamp bakeries and coffee shops were a common sight all over Los Angeles, starting in 1921. This shot is of the store at Yucca St and Ivar Ave, just a block north of Hollywood … Continue reading
Vintage postcard of the Garden of Allah Hotel, 8152 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1930s
I’ve been reading, researching, and writing about the Garden of Allah Hotel for 10 years. So you’d think by now I’d have acquired an artifact or memento from it. Alas, no. There just aren’t that many, and the few that … Continue reading
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Pershing Square and Biltmore Hotel, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1920s
Up until WWII, Los Angeles still had a center, which was Pershing Square in downtown L.A. Until 1952, when the Powers That Be decided a multi-level parking lot ought to be built beneath it, Pershing Square was a quiet, leafy … Continue reading