The 1950s and '60s were a very drowsy time. It wasn't just a matter of piling paint on a canvas, as much as just living the life out here in LA. The movies were out here, the beach, the freeways, the desert. It had an accelerated pace to it; it was a fast city, but it didn't have the cultural depth that New York had, and probably still does.
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| Hollywood & Vine c.1952 |
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| The Brown Derby Restaurant |
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| Hollywood Blvd & Orange c.1952 |
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| ABC Vine Street Theater c.1966 |
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| Carolina Pines Jr. Restaurant |
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| Grauman's Chinese Theater c.1959 |
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| Ciro's Night Club |
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| Chinese Theater Forecourt 1950s |
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| Hollywood & Vine 1960s - American Airlines |
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| Hollywood & Vine 1950s - Hody's Restaurant |
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| Hollywood Boulevard 1960s |
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| Hollywood & Vine 1950s - Hody's Coffee Shop |
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| Hollywood & Highland 1950s - Coffee Dan's |
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| Hollywood Blvd. & Wilcox 1950s. Featuring the Warners Building - now the Pacific Building |
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| Vine & Sunset - Hollywood Recreation Center, Bowling |
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| Vine & Sunset 1950s - Radio City, NBC Building |
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| Hollywood Blvd. 1950s. Toffs Coffee Shop, First Federal, Barker Bros. |
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| Hollywood Blvd 1950s - Roosevelt Hotel, Cinegrill |
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| Mother of Good Counsel Church |
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| Saharan Motel - Sunset & Alta Vista 1950s |
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| Sunset & Vine 1950s - Wallick's Music City |
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| Sunset & Vine 1960s - Self Service Records |
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| Sunset & Vine 1950s |
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| Sunset Blvd & Ivar 1960s - Cinerama Theater |
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| Capitol Records Building 1950s |
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| Sunset Blvd & N. Clark Street 1960s |
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| Vine Street 1960s - Dupar's Restaurant, Broadway Hotel |
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This is the best post ever here in my opinion :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice ... I used to live around the corner from Mother of Good Counsel Church. Thems were the days.
ReplyDeleteI love to look at sunny 50s and 60s photos of the Hollywood area AND most of California. It instantly elevates my mood. Oh, what it must have been like to live there back then. Every day must have been so exciting! Today, and back then, are night & day :-))!!
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