Hollywood Boulevard looking west at Hudson Avenue in December 1932 (LAPL)
Hollywood Boulvevard looking west at Hudson Avenue in December 2009 (Allan R. Ellenberger)
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Hollywood Boulevard looking west at Whitley Avenue in December 1932 (LAPL)
Hollywood Boulevard looking west at Whitley in December 2009 (Allan R. Ellenberger)
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Sardi’s restaurant opened in 1932 and was the sister of New York’s Sardi’s and was designed by the world-renowned architect Rudolph Schindler in International style with metal and glass. This was a favorite restaurant of many stars including Charlie Chaplin, Maurice Chevalier, Wallace Beery, Marlene Dietrich and Joan Crawford. Below is it’s current incarnation.
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THEN: Hollywood Cemetery, looking west in mid 1920s
NOW: The same view in 2008 with the Harry Cohn crypts in the forefront
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California
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