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Corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, mid-1950s
Of all the intersections in Hollywood, it’s the corner of Sunset and Vine that seems to have been photographed the most—and I’m not complaining, especially when the photographer thought take it in glorious Kodachrome. This is from the mid-1950s, and … Continue reading
Kodachrome of upper Angels Flight station, Bunker Hill, 1960.
There’s just something about those old Kodachrome photographs, isn’t there? So eye-catching – especially when it’s of something as colorful as these two buildings. This is the upper Angels Flight funicular station, in its original Bunker Hill location. Next to … Continue reading
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NBC radio studios, corner of Sunset Blvd & Vine St, Hollywood (in Kodachrome color)
In my next novel – “Searchlights and Shadows” – there are a couple of scenes that take place at the NBC radio studios on the corner of Sunset and Vine. So I’ve been particularly on the look out for photo … Continue reading
Richfield Building, downtown Los Angeles (color)
Kodachrome postcard of the Richfield building, downtown LA. Can there be any doubt that this amazing jewel was Los Angeles’s single most grievous architectural loss of the 20th century?
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