{"id":25409,"date":"2022-08-30T07:14:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T14:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=25409"},"modified":"2022-08-30T07:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T14:14:09","slug":"aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-fairfax-ave-and-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles-1954-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/08\/30\/aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-fairfax-ave-and-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles-1954-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerial photo of the intersection of Fairfax Ave and Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1954"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/08\/30\/aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-fairfax-ave-and-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles-1954-2\/aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-fairfax-ave-and-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles-1954\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-Fairfax-Ave-and-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1954.jpg?fit=720%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,504\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Aerial photo of the intersection of Fairfax Ave and Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1954\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-Fairfax-Ave-and-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1954.jpg?fit=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-Fairfax-Ave-and-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1954.jpg?fit=640%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25410\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-Fairfax-Ave-and-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1954.jpg?resize=640%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Aerial photo of the intersection of Fairfax Ave and Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1954\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-Fairfax-Ave-and-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1954.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-Fairfax-Ave-and-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1954.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>This aerial photo gives us a wonderful bird\u2019s-eye view of the busy intersection of Fairfax Ave and Wilshire Blvd in 1954. The May Co. department store, which opened in 1940 on the northeast corner, dominated the corner then as it does now. We can see their huge parking lot. The popular Simon\u2019s drive-in that stood on the northwest corner during the 30s and 40s is now gone, and not yet replaced by Johnie\u2019s. On the other side of the May Co, there is a long flat building I don\u2019t recognize\u2014does anybody know what it was?<\/p>\n<p>This is a satellite view of that same intersection in January 2020. The May Co is now the Academy Museum, the Johnie\u2019s building is still there but is now empty, and the flat building is now LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art.)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/08\/30\/aerial-photo-of-the-intersection-of-fairfax-ave-and-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles-1954-2\/jan-2020-16\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jan-2020.png?fit=698%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"698,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jan-2020.png?fit=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jan-2020.png?fit=640%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25411\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jan-2020.png?resize=640%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jan-2020.png?w=698&amp;ssl=1 698w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jan-2020.png?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This aerial photo gives us a wonderful bird\u2019s-eye view of the busy intersection of Fairfax Ave and Wilshire Blvd in 1954. 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