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Originally Posted by tovangar2

I was just noticing that this block hasn't changed at all in 60 years.

The plating company buildings are still on the right and the cement works beyond Sycamore. The gas works on the other side of La Brea, is, of course, gone. That's now a big Best Buy / Target shopping center (I can't remember what was there before that). The only other thing on that block is the Formosa Cafe. It occurs to me I've never seen a photo of the Formosa or the Pickford Fairbanks Studio that shows the gas works. They're always taken from the other angle.


RKO Radio Pictures / netflix


gsv



P.S.
I take it back. Here's two shots showing the gas works (too early for The Red Post Cafe/Jack's Steakhouse/Formosa):


http://www.hollywoodphotographs.com/...&c=-1&i=1&r=96

Just paint it sky blue and it will blend right in:

http://www.hollywoodphotographs.com/...&c=-1&i=1&r=96

A wonderful video of '67 La Brea Ave, north of Melorse (?). Nice capture of the car wash mentioned in other posts and the gas storage tank. The Corsican restaurant . . . Only criticism, too short.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=...g&feature=fvwp


'35 - Wilshire in or near Beverly Hills. Pass by Hillcrest Motors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HhbWApOrFg