now, of course known as Hollywood Forever. Used to be set back from Santa Monica Boulevard a respectful distance behind a stout block wall now it lies mosty hidden behind a commercial monstrosity of a strip center.
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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
It's still happening on the major boulevards--compare pics of Sunset around Vine--near the Cinerama--and Wilshire around Fremont Place--with vintage shots and you'll see that property along alot of L.A. streets that used to have plenty of room between curb and building are now built out to the sidewalk. Central L.A.'s suburban years are long gone... I first started driving around L.A. in the early '70s, and the difference between then and now is amazing. Out to the curbs--actually, these days, Los Angeles is... New York.
circa 1965
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Where once they were prominent along Wilshire, the concrete Fremont Place gateposts are now hard to discern among the commercial jumble.
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