{"id":14989,"date":"2018-06-26T07:14:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T14:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=14989"},"modified":"2018-09-27T21:37:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T04:37:57","slug":"looking-east-down-wilshire-blvd-in-beverly-hills-toward-victor-hugo-restaurant-and-the-beverly-wilshire-hotel-circa-late-1930s-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2018\/06\/26\/looking-east-down-wilshire-blvd-in-beverly-hills-toward-victor-hugo-restaurant-and-the-beverly-wilshire-hotel-circa-late-1930s-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking east down Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills toward Victor Hugo restaurant and the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, circa late 1930s"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14990\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2018\/06\/26\/looking-east-down-wilshire-blvd-in-beverly-hills-toward-victor-hugo-restaurant-and-the-beverly-wilshire-hotel-circa-late-1930s-2\/looking-east-down-wilshire-blvd-in-beverly-hills-toward-victor-hugo-restaurant-and-the-beverly-wilshire-hotel-circa-late-1930s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Looking-east-down-Wilshire-Blvd-in-Beverly-Hills-toward-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-and-the-Beverly-Wilshire-Hotel-circa-late-1930s.jpg?fit=1024%2C575&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,575\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1488741512","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Looking east down Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills toward Victor Hugo restaurant and the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, circa late 1930s\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Looking-east-down-Wilshire-Blvd-in-Beverly-Hills-toward-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-and-the-Beverly-Wilshire-Hotel-circa-late-1930s.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Looking-east-down-Wilshire-Blvd-in-Beverly-Hills-toward-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-and-the-Beverly-Wilshire-Hotel-circa-late-1930s.jpg?fit=640%2C359&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14990\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Looking-east-down-Wilshire-Blvd-in-Beverly-Hills-toward-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-and-the-Beverly-Wilshire-Hotel-circa-late-1930s.jpg?resize=640%2C359&ssl=1\" alt=\"Looking east down Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills toward Victor Hugo restaurant and the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, circa late 1930s\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Looking-east-down-Wilshire-Blvd-in-Beverly-Hills-toward-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-and-the-Beverly-Wilshire-Hotel-circa-late-1930s.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Looking-east-down-Wilshire-Blvd-in-Beverly-Hills-toward-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-and-the-Beverly-Wilshire-Hotel-circa-late-1930s.jpg?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Looking-east-down-Wilshire-Blvd-in-Beverly-Hills-toward-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-and-the-Beverly-Wilshire-Hotel-circa-late-1930s.jpg?resize=768%2C431&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>In this circa late 1930s shot, we\u2019re looking east down Wilshire Blvd from the Rodeo Drive corner. On the right, we can see the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, and on the left, the Victor Hugo restaurant. Its listing in the Los Angeles Guide for 1941 said: \u201cThe Victor Hugo \u2013 233 N. Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills. Couvert after 9pm. The continental lunch is a gourmet\u2019s favorite. First-rate French cuisine. Advance reservations necessary for the movie star\u2019s impromptu Sunday night shows with dancing to name-bands.\u201d Sound fun to me!<\/h3>\n<h3>The same view in January 2018:<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14991\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2018\/06\/26\/looking-east-down-wilshire-blvd-in-beverly-hills-toward-victor-hugo-restaurant-and-the-beverly-wilshire-hotel-circa-late-1930s-2\/screen-shot-2018-06-26-at-6-53-06-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-26-at-6.53.06-AM.png?fit=925%2C573&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"925,573\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-06-26 at 6.53.06 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-26-at-6.53.06-AM.png?fit=300%2C186&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-26-at-6.53.06-AM.png?fit=640%2C396&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14991\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-26-at-6.53.06-AM.png?resize=640%2C396&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-26-at-6.53.06-AM.png?w=925&ssl=1 925w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-26-at-6.53.06-AM.png?resize=300%2C186&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-26-at-6.53.06-AM.png?resize=768%2C476&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The Victor Hugo restaurant was originally at 623 South Hill St in downtown Los Angeles:<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2018\/06\/26\/looking-east-down-wilshire-blvd-in-beverly-hills-toward-victor-hugo-restaurant-and-the-beverly-wilshire-hotel-circa-late-1930s-2\/the-victor-hugo-restaurant-623-south-hill-st-los-angeles\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-623-South-Hill-St-Los-Angeles.jpg?fit=590%2C369&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"590,369\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"The Victor Hugo restaurant, 623 South Hill St, Los Angeles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-623-South-Hill-St-Los-Angeles.jpg?fit=300%2C188&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-623-South-Hill-St-Los-Angeles.jpg?fit=590%2C369&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15622\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-623-South-Hill-St-Los-Angeles.jpg?resize=590%2C369&ssl=1\" alt=\"The Victor Hugo restaurant, 623 South Hill St, Los Angeles\" width=\"590\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-623-South-Hill-St-Los-Angeles.jpg?w=590&ssl=1 590w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-Victor-Hugo-restaurant-623-South-Hill-St-Los-Angeles.jpg?resize=300%2C188&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this circa late 1930s shot, we\u2019re looking east down Wilshire Blvd from the Rodeo Drive corner. 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