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Color photo of Ben Frank’s Googie-inspired restaurant, 8585 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, circa 1962
One of the things I like most about Googie-inspired architecture is that you never really know what form or shape they’re going to take. This one, with all sorts of planes and angles heading all direction is Ben Frank’s, which … Continue reading
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Huge rock balls are piled up during excavation to straighten Sunset Blvd west of Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles, 1907
Imagine working on the crew assigned to straighten Sunset Blvd (west of Silver Lake Blvd) in 1907 and as you dig into the hillside, you come across these boulders. What do you do? You stick them in a pile and … Continue reading
Cafe Trocadero, 8610 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood after its 1938 facade remodel
The Hollywood Reporter owner, Billy Wilkerson, opened his Café Trocadero at 8610 Sunset Blvd on the Sunset Strip on September 18, 1934, transforming the warehouse where he’d stored alcohol after the repeal of Prohibition. It was right there on the … Continue reading
An early menu from the restaurant of the Garden of Allah Hotel, 8152 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, March 23, 1934
It’s always nice to see a new piece of Garden of Allah ephemera. This one popped up on Dave DeCaro’s site – a menu from their restaurant. From the look of that gorgeous logo, I’d say that it’s from early … Continue reading
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Color photo looking north up Vine St at the NBC studios at Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa late 1950s
I love this off-the-cuff photo taken from inside a car driving north up Vine St as it approaches Sunset Blvd. We can glimpse what it was like to be driving around Hollywood on a regular day with regular people going … Continue reading
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Color photo looking east along Sunset Blvd to the Cinerama Dome theater, Hollywood, 1965
These days, the Cinerama Dome is crowded in on three side with developments of all types, so it’s a little strange to see it out there on its own during its early days. It opened in 1963 and this photo … Continue reading
Sunset Blvd with Pacific Electric Railway lines, Los Angeles, circa 1912
Apparently, we’re looking at a stretch of Sunset Blvd somewhere in Los Angeles, circa 1912. That cliff on the right doesn’t look familiar, so I’m not sure where the photographer was standing. Then again, this shot is from 110 years … Continue reading
Earl Carroll Theater at night, 6230 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, 1943
It’s hard to imagine a photo dripping with more atmosphere than this 1943 nighttime image of the Earl Carroll Theater at 6230 Sunset Blvd. Open between 1938 and 1948, it was at the time the world’s largest nightclub. Not only … Continue reading
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Tagged Color photo, Earl Carroll Theatre, Night photo, Nightclubs, Sunset Blvd, WWII
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Looking south from the Hollywood Hills over the Sunset Strip toward Hollywood, undated
I don’t have a date for this photo looking south from the Hollywood Hills over the Sunset Strip toward Hollywood. However, what we do know is that the Sunset Tower, which is the white tower to the left of the … Continue reading
Neon lights up the Mark C. Bloome gas station and tire store at 6210 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, 1943
I would imagine that by day, the Mark C. Bloome gas station and tire store on the southwest corner of Sunset Blvd and El Centro Ave in Hollywood would have been unremarkable. But come nightfall, with the lights switched on, … Continue reading