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Originally Posted by overthere
Old photo was posted here and I believe it was tagged as the intersection of Sunset and Cahuenga looking north. Just to be 100% sure, is this a match?
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The photos are not a match. The old photo is on Sunset at Cole Pl. looking west. Cole Place is just west of Amoeba Records and forms a T-junction with Sunset. The Hollywood Laundry building on the right (north) side of Sunset in the old photo looks, when one checks Google Maps Street View (see last image below), like it been highly remodeled, but the building on the NW corner of Sunset and Wilcox still looks recognizable and, of course that's the Hollywood Athletic Club (Meyer & Holler, 1924) tower in the distance, also on the north side of Sunset, between Hudson and Schrader. I think the tower (since remodeled) one sees beyond the Athletic Club, further down Sunset, is the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic church (TF Power, 1928) on Sunset at about Cherokee, next door to the Crossroads of the World.
The new photo above, is Cahuenga looking north from Sunset. The big square building in the center distance is the Security Trust and Savings Bank Building (Parkinson & Parkinson, 1921) on the NE corner of Hollywood and Cahuenga. Its being turned into a hotel.
Noir note: This building is where Raymond Chandler's fictional detective Philip Marlow had his fictional offices. Chandler called it "The Cahuenga Building" in his books. The intersection of Hollywood & Cahuenga has been officially called "Raymond Chandler Square" since 1994.
These images are a match. Both looking west on Sunset from Cole Place:
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P.S. The name "Cahuenga", if you're interested, is a local indigenous word of the Tongva people. It means "the mountain place" and originally just applied to Cahuenga Pass. There are many Tongva place names in and around LA, most with similar endings, indicating "place".