[riichkay]

Back in Sept. 2018 a gentleman who goes by Mr. Rollers responded to our post of his flickr.com photos re: the ruins of the old Griffith Park zoo....https://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum...lers&page=2441

In addition to the zoo pictures on his flickr page are photos primarily of Hollywood/Silverlake circa mid-'70's.....https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr-rol...h/50739027531/

With the hope Mr. Rollers would have no objection I culled out a few....





Sunset Blvd. at Lucille Ave., 1976






I believe this is adjacent to the Go-Lo station as a portion of the station canopy is visible.






Location not specified....a reminder that the scourge of graffiti was well established by the '70's.






Sunset Dr. at Hoover St., 1975






Echo Park, 1975






1974....this would be the east side of Western Ave. just past Hollywood Blvd., looking north.






"View from dorm", undated






"Piano Pete", atop the Jensen Piano Co. store at 13325 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys


Pete has left the building....









Jensen Piano grand opening on June 6, 1956....owner Johnny Jensen and wife at photo center.




The Physical Way, 3229 Sunset Blvd....






....a permit dated Oct. 6 1970....





Hmmm...."partitions" and "sound proofing"....and bookshelves, perhaps displaying the collected works of the Marquis de Sade?



This colorful den of iniquity is now, of course, a hookah lounge....






I well recall the tawdry East Hollywood/Silverlake of the mid-'70's, suffice to say there were far more hookers than hookahs in those years....


....but something has been lost here, in my view a red-light district is essential to every great city.