Yes, great pics of the Sunset Strip, ethereal. And great info about those pics, Beaudry.
I thought I'd do a then and now:
Hill and 6th, circa 1940
USC archive
Hill and 6th, March 20, 2010
Photo by me
It's sad that what was once a beautiful Beaux-Arts style building was stripped and remodeled, I assume in the 1950s or 1960s.