Vintage los angeles

The influential architect-planner reflects on her colorful and analytic use of photography over the decades.

LA is looking a lot different these days.

I’m wondering if this woman waiting on the corner of Hollywood and Vine had just booked a ticket at the American Airlines office that opened in 1955. MGM’s “Something of Value" starring Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier at the Pantages Theatre came out in June of 1957. The corner now has a different sign alerting passersby that they’re at Hollywood and Vine, and it’s nice but there’s something classy and timeless about that golden ribbon above the woman’s head that I wish was still there.

These are what the life of Los Angeles looked like in the 1930s.

Here's what Los Angeles looked like before the stars came.

Pictures of everyday places and people in vintage LA.

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A wide range of historic places, from the interior of the Formosa Cafe to Frederick's of Hollywood are fading into history this summer