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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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Jack Carson and Doris Day head for a cab in the parking lot of Schwab’s in “My Dream Is Yours” (1949)
I love it when Hollywood movies went out on location, thereby preserving iconic architecture, albeit only on film. This is a screen shot of Jack Carson and Doris Day flagging a cab in the parking lot of Schwab’s in “My … Continue reading
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Night shot of Schwab’s Pharmacy at 8024 Sunset Blvd
When the Schwab brothers opened their pharmacy at the Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights corner in 1935, I wonder if they knew how long its fame would extend, how we’re still fascinated with it, and how many of us wish … Continue reading
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Interior of Schwab’s Pharmacy, Sunset Blvd
It’s not that hard to find photos of the exterior of Schwab’s Pharmacy, but good interior ones are rare. This is probably the best I’ve seen in a long time, and shows how crowded it was all day long. At … Continue reading
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Schwabs menswear store, 6358 Hollywood Boulevard.
Schwab’s Pharmacy – the famous one on Sunset across the street from the Garden of Allah – was only one of a mini chain of pharmacies across Los Angeles. I’d never heard that they opened a menswear store at 6358 … Continue reading
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Schwab’s Pharmacy and its neighbor, Googies coffee shop at Sunset Blvd & Crescent Heights, circa 1950s
Here’s a quintessential L.A. photo: Schwab’s Pharmacy and its neighbor, Googie’s coffee shop near the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights, putting it opposite the Garden of Allah Hotel, which stood on the west side of that intersection. If … Continue reading
Schwab’s Pharmacy near the southeast corner of Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights in 1945.
Schwab’s Pharmacy near the southeast corner of Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights in 1945. It was the most famous of the half-dozen Schwab’s Pharmacies around Los Angeles and was across the street from the Garden of Allah. I’m not saying … Continue reading
Vine Street, Hollywood at night
In this very “film noir” shot of Vine Street in Hollywood (complete with streets slick with rain) we can see another of the six Schwab’s Pharmacies (the most famous one being, of course, on Sunset Blvd opposite the Garden of … Continue reading
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Sunset Medical Building / Crescent Heights Shopping Center at the corner of Sunset Blvd & Crescent Heights
This wonderful building stood at the southeast corner of Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights across the street from the Garden of Allah. Built in 1931, it was known the “Sunset Medical Building” to the late 30s, and from then until … Continue reading
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Googies Coffee Shop next to Schwab’s Pharmacy near the corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights.
Googie’s Coffee Shop next to Schwab’s Pharmacy near the corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights (and across the street from the Garden of Allah). Googie’s kooky style of architecture gave rise to its own form, a subdivision of futurist architecture … Continue reading
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