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Lawry’s Prime Rib, Beverly Hills, circa late 1930s
Lawry’s Prime Rib chophouse has been on La Cienega Blvd in Beverly Hills since 1938—that’s quite an achievement by LA’s standards. I don’t know when this photo was taken, but judging by that large car parked out front, I’d say … Continue reading
Club Trocadero, 8524 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, circa late 1950s
Los Angeles had so many Troc’s, it’s hard to keep track of them all! The most famous one was, of course, Café Trocadero at 8610 Sunset Blvd, opened by the Hollywood Reporter’s Billy Wilkerson. There was also the Trocadero Café … Continue reading
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Vegetarian Restaurant / Cafeteria, 315-319 West Third St, downtown Los Angeles, circa turn-of-the-century
Dr Brian Smith says: “That was part of the Saint Helena Sanitarium operated under the auspices of the Seventh-Day Adventists who also ran the College of Medical Evangelists in Loma Linda – now called Loma Linda Medical University and the … Continue reading
Sunset Medical Building (Crescent Heights Shopping Center), Sunset Blvd, 1938
We often see photos of Schwab’s Pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard, but we don’t often see a wider shot of the gorgeous building it was a part of. It was called the Sunset Medical Building (although it was more widely known … Continue reading
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Interior of Schwab’s Pharmacy Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a photo of the inside of Schwab’s Pharmacy in Sunset Blvd when it wasn’t packed to the gills, every seat taken, people standing, waitresses busily buzzing about. It’s little wonder the place garnered the … Continue reading
Coffee Dan’s at corner of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave, circa 1940s
I wasn’t even around when this photo of Coffee Dan’s at the corner of Hollywood and Highland was taken (late 40s, maybe?) and yet somehow I long for the days when that Bank of America wasn’t a Ripley’s Believe it … Continue reading
The Hut, 11100 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA
From the look of the artwork on its menu, it seems like The Hut was around in the 1950s. The back of its menu shows they were around for at least 17 years. Interestingly, it sat on the same site … Continue reading
Union Air Terminal (now Bob Hope Airport) Burbank, Los Angeles, California
The airport located at Burbank, California has had a number of names through the years: United Airport (1930–1934) Union Air Terminal (1934–1940) Lockheed Air Terminal (1940–1967) Hollywood-Burbank Airport (1967–1978) Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (1978–2003) Bob Hope Airport (2003–present) From Wikipedia: United Airport … Continue reading
Hody’s restaurant at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, circa 1957
From 1955 to 1969 the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine was occupied by Hody’s coffee shop, name after (I assume) owner Sidney Hoedemaker. (For the previous 15 years it had been a Melody Lane, and before that, a Coco … Continue reading
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