“Everything in Los Angeles is too large, too loud and usually banal in concept… The plastic asshole of the world.” William Faulkner
I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinion. What Hollywood looked like when Mr. Faulkner deigned to spend time here… This is the corner of Highland and Hollywood Blvd. The building is still there. This is Hollywood Blvd. Grauman’s Chinese Theatre is at the bottom of the frame. He may have stopped at Sardi’s, designed by Richard Neutra for a drink… Or picked up some paper for his typewriter here, at the stationer’s store… And perhaps feeling a little worse […]
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