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Looking south down Rodeo Drive from Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, 1932
Oh my, how some things change. In this photo, we’re looking south down Rodeo Drive from Santa Monica Blvd toward the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Rodeo now has a line of palm trees down the middle, which I’ve always liked, but … Continue reading
Driving north on South Rodeo Dr, heading toward the Brown Derby, Beverly Hills, circa early to mid 1950s
Oh, those krazy kids! There are at least eight of them packed into (and onto) an MG (this a mid-50s “TF” model, so I assume this is a mid-50s photo) heading up South Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills. They’re probably … Continue reading
Aerial view of Beverly Hills in 1921, showing Rodeo Drive and its bridle path on the far left.
A few days ago, I posted a photo of the bridle path that used to run down the center of Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. In this aerial shot from 1921, we can see it more clearly, running down the … Continue reading
Rodeo Drive bridle path, Beverly Hills, circa 1925
This photo sheds light on a snippet of LA history I never knew about until this morning. Here we see a bridle path along Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, which ran between Sunset Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd. Originally it … Continue reading
The entrance to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel at Wilshire Blvd & Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, circa 1929
In 1928, the Beverly Wilshire Apartment Hotel opened at 9500 Wilshire Boulevard, right where Wilshire meets a (then) little-known street, Rodeo Drive. This photo was taken around a year later, and shows us the rather splendid awning, which allowed guests … Continue reading
The London Shop – Rodeo Drive, Wilshire Blvd, & Hollywood Blvd
The London Shop in the Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood Blvd: The London Shop at 3359 Wilshire Boulevard, next to the Brown Derby Restaurant: The London Shop, 303 North Rodeo Drive, at Dayton Way, Beverly Hills (1947)
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Wilshire Blvd looking east toward Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, 1944
This is Wilshire Blvd looking east from a couple of blocks west of Rodeo Drive in 1944. You can see the Brown Derby restaurant sign outlined on the left hand side of the street. I wonder if those people whose … Continue reading
Ephemera from The Tropics restaurant, 427 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills
In 1936, Harry “Sugie” Sugarman opened The Tropics restaurant at 427 North Rodeo Dr in Beverly Hills. (In 1953 it became The Luau.) 1935 advertisement for The Tropics, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills:
Interior of Brown Derby at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills
The Brown Derby restaurant on Vine Street was famous for its caricatures of the famous faces that dined there. This shot is from the one on Wilshire Blvd on the corner of Rodeo Drive where they hung photos instead. It … Continue reading
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Steve Crane’s The Luau at 427 North Rodeo, Beverly Hills, opened in 1954
The Luau at 427 North Rodeo, Beverly Hills, opened in 1954 and closed 1978. It started out life as “The Tropics” in 1936 and was one of the earliest of the Pre-Polynesian Pop placed that catered to the motion picture … Continue reading
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