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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Looking west on Hollywood Blvd. toward Ivar Avenue & the Guaranty Building.
http://life.time.com/
I want to point out the building on the southeast corner of Hollywood & Ivar (circled in red).
Many people forget that nitty-gritty Hollywood Boulevard used to be a fairly high class shopping district.
Believe it or not, I. Magnin once had a store directly across from the Guaranty Building (as seen below).
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=61625
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It was, I believe, the first actual I. Magnin branch outside of the Bay Area. The store had "shops" in a couple of hotels in southern California, but this was a real store. I. Magnin left it to move to its Wilshire Boulevard store in the 1930s. Subsequent owners have really trashed it, although the "bones" are still there.