Category: Architecture

December 12, 2012 /

A STRIKE AND A NIGHT VIEW AT THE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY

Waiters outside the Hollywood Brown Derby – on strike in 1934: A night view in Hollywood some thirty years later… You can see the Brown Derby’s neon sign glowing on the right:

December 12, 2012 /

1939 – THE BROWN DERBY ON WILSHIRE

You can cross reference with the handy map in the previous post! This is the dessert case:        

December 10, 2012 /

1948 – THE MAYOR TRAVELS DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE IN HOLLYWOOD

Mayor and Mrs. Bowron progress past the Frolic Room and the Pantages Theater – still there!

December 10, 2012 /

1945 – A CHRISTMAS PARADE PAST THE EGYPTIAN THEATER

Sparkling Pine trees line Hollywood Blvd. for the 1945 Santa Claus Lane Parade:

December 10, 2012 /

HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS

1936 – the “Santa Claus Lane” parade down Hollywood Blvd., in front of Grauman’s Chinese:

December 6, 2012 /

DISNEY’S HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS – PAST AND PRESENT

Season’s greetings, poppets! This is an image floating around the interwebs from the January, 1940 edition of Better Homes and Gardens. A year or two ago this same house sold to a perfectly beguiling man who fully appreciated the home’s heritage. He did a sensitive restoration, and, when he happened…

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December 4, 2012 /

THE HOLLYWOOD FREEWAY – DOWNTOWN – 1957

Looking toward downtown and city hall: . 1956 – construction: . 1956 – at Vineland and Acama:

December 4, 2012 /

THE STOCK EXCHANGE – LOS ANGELES – AKA THE MONEY

Designed by Samuel E. Lunden and built between 1929 and 1930. Artist’s rendering 1929: Spring Street in the 1930s: Main entrance 1957: Inscription over entrance 1957:

November 25, 2012 /

THANK YOU MR. DE MILLE

From whence much interesting information flows:

November 20, 2012 /

THE ELEGANT DINING ROOM -1942

A study in contrasts: