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A street scene near the Cutts Building (now the Great Western Building) 706 South Hill St, downtown Los Angeles, 1942
It looks like grandma and grandpa accompanied their daughter and brand-new bundle-of-joy out for a day in downtown Los Angeles in 1942. I love how grandma’s in her best hat with a great big bow while grandpa is equally sartorial … Continue reading
Los Angeles Civic Center buildings lit up by the light on an atomic bomb blast in Nevada, 1955
When I first saw this 1955 photo of the Los Angeles Civic Center buildings lit up at night, I thought “Oh, how pretty!” But then I read the caption and learned the whole of downtown was being lit by the … Continue reading
Looking east on Wilshire Boulevard at Berendo Street, Los Angeles, 1936
It’s not often that I can show you three large buildings in Los Angeles in one photo and declare that they’re all still existing. This was taken in 1936 at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Berendo St. The church … Continue reading
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Looking east on 5th Street across Olive St toward Erlanger’s Biltmore Theatre in downtown Los Angeles playing “Room Service” in 1938
In this view of 5th Street across Olive St in downtown Los Angeles, we’re treated the sign of the long-gone Biltmore Theatre. Attached to the Biltmore Hotel, the theater was a major stop on the national touring circuit. (Erlanger was … Continue reading
“Eat In Your Car” drive-in restaurant, Los Angeles, March 1949
This photo was taken in March of 1949 when the concept of eating in your car was so new that they had to advertise that it was now an option. Of course, it was easier to do back when cars … Continue reading
Clifton’s Brookdale Cafeteria, 648 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, 1936
It’s rare that I can present a photograph of a place that is not only still around today, but even better than it was back in 1936, which this shot was taken. Clifton’s Cafeteria quickly became a Los Angeles fixture … Continue reading
Bankers Building, 629 S. Hill St., downtown Los Angeles, circa late 1930s (now the Los Angeles Jewelry Center)
Here’s an Art Deco / Streamline Moderne gem in downtown L.A. that I’ve never come across before. Built in 1929, it was known as the Bankers Building at 629 S. Hill St., downtown Los Angeles. Get a load of that … Continue reading
Wilshire Blvd looking east towards La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 1954
This 1954 view along Wilshire Blvd looking east towards La Brea Ave. That’s the E. Clem Wilson building at La Brea and Wilshire, which was built in 1929 and is still standing. What I like about this shot is the … Continue reading
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Canter Brothers Delicatessen, 2323 Brooklyn Ave. (now Cesar Chavez Avenue) in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles (1939)
One of the feels-like-it’s-been-there-forever fixtures on LA’s restaurant scene is Canter’s 24-hour delicatessen on Fairfax Ave, just up from CBS and The Grove. But that wasn’t its original location. Canter Bros first opened at 2323 Brooklyn Ave. (now called Cesar … Continue reading
El Royale Apartments, 450 N Rossmore Ave, Los Angeles, 1931
The grandly named (and grandly designed) El Royale Apartments at 450 N Rossmore Ave, Los Angeles opened in 1927. This photo was taken in 1931 from the Rosewood Ave corner where we can see that the land around it was … Continue reading