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Teasing the stuff that dreams are made of because this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Yesterday, I wrote the two sweet words you get to type after you finish the first draft of a new novel you thought would take three months but ended up taking four. I never like to give out hints of … Continue reading
Hill Street tunnels as seen from the Temple St end, downtown Los Angeles, October 11, 1954
The Hill Street tunnels that used to connect Temple and First Streets in downtown Los Angeles are long gone. (Grand Park is there now.) But when they were around, they sure made for an atmospheric sight, especially on foggy evenings … Continue reading
The night of the 22nd Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, March 23, 1950
I’d say this photo is about as Hollywood as a Hollywood photo can be. A single, powerful searchlight shines a bright beam into the sky over the RKO Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Blvd as the hopeful and the notable arrive … Continue reading
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Nighttime view looking east toward Union Station from the top of Los Angeles City Hall, downtown L.A., 1943
Sitting on the Pacific coast, Los Angeles was subject to blackouts and dimouts during WWII, so the city wasn’t lit up nearly as much as it had been before Pearl Harbor. But if you stood on the observation deck atop … Continue reading
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Color postcard of the Vine Street Brown Derby at night, Vine St, Hollywood, circa 1940
While I’d prefer a Kodachrome photo of the Vine Street Brown Derby, I’ll happy take this color-tinted postcard if it gives us an idea of what it was like to go there for dinner at night. Parked out front is … Continue reading
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Los Angeles City Hall welcomes in the new year, downtown Los Angeles, 1951
As we prepare to say goodbye to the rollercoaster ride of 2020 and eagerly welcome in 2021, I thought an appropriate photo to post today would be this shot of Los Angeles City Hall welcoming in 1951 exactly seventy years … Continue reading
Looking east along Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave at night during a holiday season, Hollywood, circa 1950s
Yesterday’s photo was looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave during the holiday season. This photo was taken looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Highland. This is from sometime in the 1950s. I wish we could see what was … Continue reading
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Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave, Hollywood, Christmastime, 1946
If this photo is anything to go by, the holiday season in Hollywood must have been such a charming time of year. The city put up metallic Christmas trees along Hollywood Blvd and—here’s something I’ve never noticed before—alternated them between … Continue reading
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Looking northeast across Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and Hollywood Blvd from the Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, at sunrise, 1951
Most photos of Hollywood Blvd are filled with cars and people, hustle and bustle. So this one taken from the roof of the Roosevelt Hotel at sunrise on some quiet morning in 1951 makes for a refreshing change. The parking … Continue reading
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Looking east along Hollywood Blvd from around Highland Ave, at night, circa 1950
This night photo looking east along Hollywood Blvd from around Highland Ave is a buffet of neon lights. We can see: a travel ticket office, the Vogue Theatre, Warner Bros. Theatre and radio towers, Equitable building, Pantages Theatre, Taft building, … Continue reading
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