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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Construction of the Hollywood Freeway, 1952. Does anyone recognize the buildings?
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Great pic. Looking at this picture made me think of that neighborhood, Whitley Heights, which was partially destroyed by the Hollywood Freeway. The freeway bisected it, and took out quite a number of houses, Rudolph Valentino's included, at 6776 Wedgewood Place.
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This house was not Falcon Lair, which was his other house, the one he lived in before he died of peritonitis.
Here's The Latin Lover himself, in front of his Wedgewood Place home, with his dog and his 1923 Isotta-Fraschini.
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Hehe! "We don't need two cars, we have a car. Not one of those new things made of chromium and spit; an Isotta-Fraschini. Have you heard of Isotta-Fraschinis? All hand-made. Cost me $28,000."-- Norma Desmond, "Sunset Blvd."
Whitley Heights, undated photo
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