tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54622921986358561012024-03-28T10:23:49.143-07:00Alison Martino's "Vintage Los Angeles"Vintage Los AngelesAlison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-40717119632411525192024-01-16T14:47:00.000-08:002024-01-16T16:03:26.454-08:008428 Sunset Strip <div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVyZB95MaEGbqcauym_j2x9VNrNfvtf5m6PiTx_zn5M4mpGbTk8am8-qtjHd1ZU7Swy1qFuYig2VlVN1AkklAuYLJpSKkRqO_1yEQ53XeHDN5jQAYyUG_a93hHAsoRPv7AAirS2P3Yegd2ErUOhcad2FEwIUgH9E9L7Jszdrbs_QDbw5SgaR3vzULsGIW/s1284/unnamed-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1284" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVyZB95MaEGbqcauym_j2x9VNrNfvtf5m6PiTx_zn5M4mpGbTk8am8-qtjHd1ZU7Swy1qFuYig2VlVN1AkklAuYLJpSKkRqO_1yEQ53XeHDN5jQAYyUG_a93hHAsoRPv7AAirS2P3Yegd2ErUOhcad2FEwIUgH9E9L7Jszdrbs_QDbw5SgaR3vzULsGIW/w640-h620/unnamed-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">Fascinated by this photo located at 8428 Sunset Strip during the mid 60s. Notice how the building looks like a small castle. I believe this property was built as a home in 1929 and was owned by A. J. Sayre. In 1930 it became a club called the “Cortez Club”, owned by Homer "Slim" Gordon, a compulsive gambler. In 1933 it became a speakeasy called “Club Seville”, it was raided after the comedy team of Wheeler and Whoolsey. In 1933 Spencer Tracey was arrested for drunkenness after attempting to back his car out of the parking area. In 1935 it was “The El Rey Club” and later the “Russian Eagle Supper Club”. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Seems like the pattern continued of changing hands somewhat frequently. It’s also rumored this property was owned by John Barrymore. In 1965 it became a cabaret for teenagers called “Stratford On Sunset” owned by Jerry Lambert which only lasted a year. It most likely commanded the best view of Los Angeles. It’s possible the property may have been abandoned when this was taken in 1966 by artist and photographer, Ed Ruscha. You can see the FOR RENT sign on the left. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">It also became offices for the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1h-Z-_RJE5HN3NcxZvICOFFtS4ctqS4F25zUv1R1-c1TTj27s6pjFEAzoNEeFK-BwiOdn5qhlNburOHViIdWdXpcZg84Ui5La5Yg8gmN0QXi1IwoDZSLi7LZuzuAEMqSH6gFp4TUjU4FrVZNMOiNfTG1ur6k4bbsiTfZ-5gO6hudpUAJK6DqkDvfMTzyb/s1284/unnamed-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1284" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1h-Z-_RJE5HN3NcxZvICOFFtS4ctqS4F25zUv1R1-c1TTj27s6pjFEAzoNEeFK-BwiOdn5qhlNburOHViIdWdXpcZg84Ui5La5Yg8gmN0QXi1IwoDZSLi7LZuzuAEMqSH6gFp4TUjU4FrVZNMOiNfTG1ur6k4bbsiTfZ-5gO6hudpUAJK6DqkDvfMTzyb/w400-h391/unnamed-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyRHQy98FmFeR09eaFX6QcD99jnM48hQVFEaJpZS5l1LLnyOKWc3sCfRx3yIc_B8xBhWDOyZu9GHaPWzmJL4SY78X1iFZkDF54g6oDKnTzX9zAixEZ-9_hH7jK7cuN974Hm5SRETFLdolbHewOfSvd8oZhP9CXfn5cLBoM6AKtbc5pNcqtBSl7zcCXaia/s1284/unnamed-6.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="1284" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyRHQy98FmFeR09eaFX6QcD99jnM48hQVFEaJpZS5l1LLnyOKWc3sCfRx3yIc_B8xBhWDOyZu9GHaPWzmJL4SY78X1iFZkDF54g6oDKnTzX9zAixEZ-9_hH7jK7cuN974Hm5SRETFLdolbHewOfSvd8oZhP9CXfn5cLBoM6AKtbc5pNcqtBSl7zcCXaia/s320/unnamed-6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">After it was torn down in the late 60, this corner occupied several well-known beloved incarnations such as the “The Renaissance Club”, “Roy’s”, “Butterfields”, "Olvera", and "The House Of Blues”.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; orphans: auto; text-align: center; widows: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Loved "Butterfields" and frequented the place with my parents. Their fresh Mint Julep was amazing. Loved the ivy garden vegetation and that long steep descent down the stairs to that charming patio. It was one of the few places I remember that had telephones available for </span></span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">patrons. I really loved their frozen Snickers. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></span></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Check</span> out that billboard ad for the Rolling Stones at the Forum and</span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">the ABC Records advertising Three Dog Night's 1975 LP/8-track, </span></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> "Coming Down Your Way" </span></span></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDi9-SEAekLWgm7Zxc168D9M7cTeA0UthK1m4bzVRE5bASj67JmQhSKoml3expK4VwCOcXLn9NLyxAnwv3tFkfFM3uhsQSykv_pONiVw_dBhQ0UZSm06tPpRomrtVogxLeeOTzYi39OQdmngUsdrwIRGtDAE9ArZHTl33Ikbfu7IJC-smI2DeivILeCxLg/s1283/unnamed-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1283" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDi9-SEAekLWgm7Zxc168D9M7cTeA0UthK1m4bzVRE5bASj67JmQhSKoml3expK4VwCOcXLn9NLyxAnwv3tFkfFM3uhsQSykv_pONiVw_dBhQ0UZSm06tPpRomrtVogxLeeOTzYi39OQdmngUsdrwIRGtDAE9ArZHTl33Ikbfu7IJC-smI2DeivILeCxLg/w640-h600/unnamed-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Roy's was open from 1976 to 1982, and hands down, had the best Chinese <span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">food on the strip</span>.. It was owned by Roy silver a record biz guy and his secretary, Francine was the hostess who had once been married to Miles Davis. She went on to also be he hostess and the Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset. </span></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeRRALf-uGwTOVugbtRDFDIaN9gUxlRN0j68lgHuWu93HAn6V0ZyZc7AawnAWAU_S2cSYCH32HgBzd7ZtvmqsUe-hU8JTPCcNopHkcfQMugIxMlmqaEBaVGWorPoptVnzGdlhSMMJLNIotuIYonQJpOGkMH2b4HMrPrho_XowlcF-4whd81JKv6uXVph1/s1284/unnamed-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="1284" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeRRALf-uGwTOVugbtRDFDIaN9gUxlRN0j68lgHuWu93HAn6V0ZyZc7AawnAWAU_S2cSYCH32HgBzd7ZtvmqsUe-hU8JTPCcNopHkcfQMugIxMlmqaEBaVGWorPoptVnzGdlhSMMJLNIotuIYonQJpOGkMH2b4HMrPrho_XowlcF-4whd81JKv6uXVph1/w640-h610/unnamed-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGd7oqG6nT8AjVxR4VArnxrovHHrGW1U3tKKENap3mAKNk0LIFF-xgqjc4xBGCvZuLTF1jaWZ3HYkdUGkzR3SFM8Mu8_4QLsuhnVz9Oy1D-HSbekJU9yBFaBdlf-Sf3Zr6rqN7dIcQMMMu7ICgrU8D7TjMtOcPlRs6nQKVU9WrB0cJjyEKXh-s2chfQf_A/s1284/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1284" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGd7oqG6nT8AjVxR4VArnxrovHHrGW1U3tKKENap3mAKNk0LIFF-xgqjc4xBGCvZuLTF1jaWZ3HYkdUGkzR3SFM8Mu8_4QLsuhnVz9Oy1D-HSbekJU9yBFaBdlf-Sf3Zr6rqN7dIcQMMMu7ICgrU8D7TjMtOcPlRs6nQKVU9WrB0cJjyEKXh-s2chfQf_A/w640-h442/unnamed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Today it’s the oversized, LED, nightmare, “The Pendry”. All the charm is gone these days for massive glass monstrosities that overpower the neighborhood. "The House Of Blues" never should have left. </span><span style="background-color: white; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #222222;">I saw Prince, the Brian Setzser <span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">orchestra, </span>Duran Duran at the HOB. Even my father performed there in 1999. Their Gospel brunches are also missed. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">It was such a great music venue on the Strip. </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">I loved "Butterfields" too and how you walked down the steps to get to it. Hidden places don't seem to exist anymore. It's now all in your face. </span></span></p><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP73OkM2U_Df94NJuRyS1fofMHhgF9eggViPKAudc2QN7nbOVHA8ksnWf0hP7EFrpsy9o0v-wbHcW93qu6e34rBaMiH1pa9G0saLkTa-PzMzynHfSRh-5-qkabh-LK22ftOkMsfq_ulilVdiohDHJ63E2AwNF9idAgmigBN8AI1HHr79qFQnfLK9VaSuq/s1270/245675901_10159367432638480_3596256062832611373_n.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; clear: left; color: #bf8b38; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1270" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP73OkM2U_Df94NJuRyS1fofMHhgF9eggViPKAudc2QN7nbOVHA8ksnWf0hP7EFrpsy9o0v-wbHcW93qu6e34rBaMiH1pa9G0saLkTa-PzMzynHfSRh-5-qkabh-LK22ftOkMsfq_ulilVdiohDHJ63E2AwNF9idAgmigBN8AI1HHr79qFQnfLK9VaSuq/w187-h187/245675901_10159367432638480_3596256062832611373_n.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="187" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://alisonmartino.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration: none;">Alison Martino</a> is a writer, television producer and personality, and L.A. pop culture historian. She founded the FACEBOOK PAGE <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles?ref=hl" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration: none;">Vintage Los Angeles </a>in 2010. 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The loss of the Mann National Theatre in 2007 still hurts. I hadn't seen it since it was torn down for a vacant lot. Now I see they’ve built a hideous building in its place. Sigh...<br /></span></span><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8vdbcLWi-Pco6wbrdHT6N6OREeOxkot3XUltmh6Ra0GFOECC7KXsLGNP1BTgAtekfsCyd_q_TsiRKOAvX8cHSpJFXB9S5Xt_gLrEGZz9wHhhJIbMtepMmINXCJ9NE9vMYZ118nC4HCclxSjUtwbeTvAa4p8J00jiCeCYK1w0BZuxYQep04CAs0AM2Qca/s604/316158887_516967820469814_4936939843229855164_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="451" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8vdbcLWi-Pco6wbrdHT6N6OREeOxkot3XUltmh6Ra0GFOECC7KXsLGNP1BTgAtekfsCyd_q_TsiRKOAvX8cHSpJFXB9S5Xt_gLrEGZz9wHhhJIbMtepMmINXCJ9NE9vMYZ118nC4HCclxSjUtwbeTvAa4p8J00jiCeCYK1w0BZuxYQep04CAs0AM2Qca/w478-h640/316158887_516967820469814_4936939843229855164_n.jpg" width="478" /></a></div></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrg1Ufhjp9t0Tu9PAtCV31eQlJhjOU-X6HXmVqYFmXSCqcyA1pBEWYunV6LWfRqsbu_LSLRKbDLUviu1OrPTv_lEYILmRvqhk68iLhzipfhHfg993gj7p1937cHBUOj0kmyated4-j55TFMgnBSzdLUnvpN39v7HOXo2PCMg9NzZZ3DG8Er94pc96-o3di/s1008/29498113_579025402449784_3704921884261875712_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="501" height="924" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrg1Ufhjp9t0Tu9PAtCV31eQlJhjOU-X6HXmVqYFmXSCqcyA1pBEWYunV6LWfRqsbu_LSLRKbDLUviu1OrPTv_lEYILmRvqhk68iLhzipfhHfg993gj7p1937cHBUOj0kmyated4-j55TFMgnBSzdLUnvpN39v7HOXo2PCMg9NzZZ3DG8Er94pc96-o3di/w459-h924/29498113_579025402449784_3704921884261875712_n.jpg" width="459" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">The modernist theatre was built in 1970 and designed by Architect, Harold Levitt who was also known for building </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">contemporary,</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> mid century modern homes in Los Angeles. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span>Some <a style="cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>of you might remember when the <i>Exorcist</i> and <i>Phantom Of the Paradise</i> played at the Mann National. Movie goers waited</span> f</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">our hours in drizzling rain on the opening weekend of <i>The Exorcist. </i>It was an unforgettable experience for man</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">y. I</span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">f you look very closely on that huge painted sign on the right side of the building... that little thing sticking out was a recreation of Regan's bedroom window with the curtains blowing out.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCv12Qg3SOMQA3KSRL6eAFR8qnAS4j1w3yvpDcEAPEVRS5Sa5Q-7evh_RL4Ehce0VOsBds47a_FbAeEt_1w_h95DG5F8hpJiAfs76rl4eEpEl7JDaBiJkBaEV6ZqpUbh_nLTY96bPDtw-pSU0uM41r1lXeXINzgHeIb53f_aqVA6jmIZXb5_dhwpgSPadc/s560/316104853_516967477136515_2034698254125774420_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="560" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCv12Qg3SOMQA3KSRL6eAFR8qnAS4j1w3yvpDcEAPEVRS5Sa5Q-7evh_RL4Ehce0VOsBds47a_FbAeEt_1w_h95DG5F8hpJiAfs76rl4eEpEl7JDaBiJkBaEV6ZqpUbh_nLTY96bPDtw-pSU0uM41r1lXeXINzgHeIb53f_aqVA6jmIZXb5_dhwpgSPadc/w623-h402/316104853_516967477136515_2034698254125774420_n.jpg" width="623" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="363" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/50CSuV8DpiM" width="437" youtube-src-id="50CSuV8DpiM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Audiences react to seeing The Exorcist at the Mann National</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYLx56APdB-D7Lthg66KXaRof49S8c5m7_oHND_eUKRfOYGz42cM7EymUOB5IMbeQeQfwSIAsECZSFFpqh3PH5x2E9EPR4ejF_SZwpVBowRABzJ2m8qDi-qIWa_piuBjHCgjyeDkxvfKV2mIQSRysaR_J1Oph69U2HmDk6VxFNMh8mKLFx3LbtNJCp4v4/s2048/75204463_2640117679378268_2229662525744480256_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="2048" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYLx56APdB-D7Lthg66KXaRof49S8c5m7_oHND_eUKRfOYGz42cM7EymUOB5IMbeQeQfwSIAsECZSFFpqh3PH5x2E9EPR4ejF_SZwpVBowRABzJ2m8qDi-qIWa_piuBjHCgjyeDkxvfKV2mIQSRysaR_J1Oph69U2HmDk6VxFNMh8mKLFx3LbtNJCp4v4/w640-h419/75204463_2640117679378268_2229662525744480256_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“Phantom Of the Paradise” played at the Mann National. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Photo courtesy of Richard Wojcik</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was one of my favorite theaters in the Village and I had many great movie going experiences there as a</span><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">growing up. One very memorable experience was seeing Natalie Wood and her daughters behind us in line for "Superman". </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">She was just a regular mom on an outing with her children that day. It was very sad <span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">that</span> I would see "Brains<span style="font-family: trebuchet;">torm"</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">, (her last film) at this same theatre just a few years later.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As a teenager I saw, </span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; white-space: pre-wrap;">Raiders of the Lost Ark, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> The Nude Bomb, Beverly Hills Cop, At Close Range, Top Gun, The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, License To Kill, </span></span></i></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;"><span><i> Single White Female and Clueless </i>at the Mann National. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; white-space: pre-wrap;"> For some reason I can remember where I saw every movie growing up in Los Angeles. It's probably because Westwood Village was my weekend </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Friday destination during the 1980s and early 90's.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPYwHkRpyWe7YGM8te37IQiGYyNaXldgaReE-FCmko26H4XhUG3pkiQTyDc1iBTS_2SIQaH5EYHGIKfTRLeyL2trBun-KVld-bNIb6_IKvhCxGfmjiD00uDix8hmWp-shC9hKG5w08PXDF85VROPyXjXj21mhTgCeESw8IvOvq_ewIQ2uTz0mwfoeUFeJ/s2048/315988178_516968087136454_6553012756228443204_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="2048" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPYwHkRpyWe7YGM8te37IQiGYyNaXldgaReE-FCmko26H4XhUG3pkiQTyDc1iBTS_2SIQaH5EYHGIKfTRLeyL2trBun-KVld-bNIb6_IKvhCxGfmjiD00uDix8hmWp-shC9hKG5w08PXDF85VROPyXjXj21mhTgCeESw8IvOvq_ewIQ2uTz0mwfoeUFeJ/w666-h355/315988178_516968087136454_6553012756228443204_n.jpg" width="666" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpr3WMjGdQtNxenjrTkakfN4w_4hpvaxr8Ot403pTMYr9SbBAshktF08mgkB8rsDs3JnIvz2FozCmaAntNY8PoO5MAuONRXvmTt0QzKMoOroJ0Cq0VpguGe_jYF9JEBxTFmfITq9-x4QoswnzrLq3Eywm8U6diH6NsANBcHAkzvC5WLna4USvEBbMCnep/s652/316291861_516967593803170_79917281665161286_n.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="652" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpr3WMjGdQtNxenjrTkakfN4w_4hpvaxr8Ot403pTMYr9SbBAshktF08mgkB8rsDs3JnIvz2FozCmaAntNY8PoO5MAuONRXvmTt0QzKMoOroJ0Cq0VpguGe_jYF9JEBxTFmfITq9-x4QoswnzrLq3Eywm8U6diH6NsANBcHAkzvC5WLna4USvEBbMCnep/w663-h440/316291861_516967593803170_79917281665161286_n.jpg" width="663" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SX9hLaGGYi2uGLqT3RTLItGFiQkiINR_PDK7noAQ0FzPbAZKTVxujJugqFoqQ-jDDgqNbkbcJdDAnBq82IYOa-14pg6ZDLAm-wal6C98qgqeANarrw7HZL8N_zoP3f1ct6UrFee0c4Yw839LkuY0XOle2hGYciKoWrDyPqNLugnoC5X1j0u3mcT7YP0l/s680/242220227_4483667155023302_2503377371019969983_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="680" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SX9hLaGGYi2uGLqT3RTLItGFiQkiINR_PDK7noAQ0FzPbAZKTVxujJugqFoqQ-jDDgqNbkbcJdDAnBq82IYOa-14pg6ZDLAm-wal6C98qgqeANarrw7HZL8N_zoP3f1ct6UrFee0c4Yw839LkuY0XOle2hGYciKoWrDyPqNLugnoC5X1j0u3mcT7YP0l/w666-h379/242220227_4483667155023302_2503377371019969983_n.jpg" width="666" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1558" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DW0RRqnX4DMqLoSJxEE7QyvFVeafUWiIctVFBteBBkpXZ1cKYWoGOF_A1oqJOm7oX0MNDGQV8jKzKUZJnwLRdJDK0fKlCvRDR6Xn5aSvCIW_iIWKnn88vE3qYGIul8Vx4f7T3nRU3-FX-jUXNelAv4qqOVM-XHwA2SsfKNpLQIJiXFWRpo8gzdLR-0Xe/w640-h262/316118794_516967793803150_7138103235652516409_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">The Mann National was also captured on celluloid in the 2007 movie, <i>Zodiac</i>. No set designer was necessary because its original retro design was intact until the end. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> It was depicted as a theatre in San Francisco. Production got in under the wire. The Theatre was torn down that same year. </span></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihctasSmmGgyGTJHst0XNMAFFrQiCdAZw_VCSQs4ds_kshIHtMEtFD5w7OB4MOaAkXoXy8_72zCPJKwCTLcHBm-O9LlRpCOS7TGlgijqtWzYJj4TZEdBP9WSSVxeneIUJ4gM9kVu8U4miz2dLglEyNF3OWy7_FLnBGDslXi3SnkF8GGSlXjgiJNUXsHV30/s960/316170647_10230583814361329_6978128742494534268_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="960" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihctasSmmGgyGTJHst0XNMAFFrQiCdAZw_VCSQs4ds_kshIHtMEtFD5w7OB4MOaAkXoXy8_72zCPJKwCTLcHBm-O9LlRpCOS7TGlgijqtWzYJj4TZEdBP9WSSVxeneIUJ4gM9kVu8U4miz2dLglEyNF3OWy7_FLnBGDslXi3SnkF8GGSlXjgiJNUXsHV30/w635-h423/316170647_10230583814361329_6978128742494534268_n.jpg" width="635" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Prop "dummies" used as theatre goers for <i>Zodiac</i></span><br /></span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; orphans: 2; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">Photo below show the theater's condition the year it was torn down </span><span style="background-color: white; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; orphans: 2; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">in 2007. It was completely intact. I'll never forget that grand staircase that took you up to the theater. </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0yzccEMn4eZH0y3rZ_H9hU1jNpclneYIGqtMhI-5PrUqdGayoQv0RapaKPg6FX1Bb7NRtw-A6HobVLsCwJEZ6jXUzOMnB_1CFUgEZT1v-pCU_NpZCSJ06YYsSZzfedvt8mmxfrO1q__5XAwEsbAED82s1d3y0d8u9Tn9o3il2XUPtHO8WuZ3qgdFmTvF/s960/29572421_581063975579260_5589638460913109751_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0yzccEMn4eZH0y3rZ_H9hU1jNpclneYIGqtMhI-5PrUqdGayoQv0RapaKPg6FX1Bb7NRtw-A6HobVLsCwJEZ6jXUzOMnB_1CFUgEZT1v-pCU_NpZCSJ06YYsSZzfedvt8mmxfrO1q__5XAwEsbAED82s1d3y0d8u9Tn9o3il2XUPtHO8WuZ3qgdFmTvF/w640-h480/29572421_581063975579260_5589638460913109751_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="320" height="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5A-0ztmZrPUgv9j2Nr7-qxOjXqiSogi48jWtyenbDHFx_XrgD_2Pl7n3EpqfFCuqztfIkGLts9QEkK5hKdvuHgkqJbGAllNMZvSJtE14UQBSH3HiB1lX2XkZDb8YCH54HwWDDXyAEgly6bKZa7RQrHKUb4jHqXcGvoDJV2K59VBjo5FHHNiJXlPOcYKR/w644-h858/408241128_10160849710128480_4082328700151862617_n.jpg" width="644" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505;">A gorgeous time capsule of </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">mid-century design. It's an</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505;"> irreplaceable loss.</span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">It's so frustrating how builders are incapable of incorporating existing structures, facades, etc into new builds. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; white-space: pre-wrap;">Disregarding The Mann National was irresponsible and deplorable. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzcW82F0M3rUBXSwo6tjPv9WXlpNnySfRqPJemGaFHw61CPA1ZejVZnkfa5MOTdzR2-PXNgVStQ8nZmRg0_UcTGLmqsZvsaQzBQLH6ExDL-zJk9wV2mMHvpKI_NPbEBS_f0IQcBAwvZ-Ul7iMWOofA3E2m5aqU4ZUC1qntIuDCiA-meJdNRaGGYauF6P7/s1024/315909678_516968127136450_1652643356730831228_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzcW82F0M3rUBXSwo6tjPv9WXlpNnySfRqPJemGaFHw61CPA1ZejVZnkfa5MOTdzR2-PXNgVStQ8nZmRg0_UcTGLmqsZvsaQzBQLH6ExDL-zJk9wV2mMHvpKI_NPbEBS_f0IQcBAwvZ-Ul7iMWOofA3E2m5aqU4ZUC1qntIuDCiA-meJdNRaGGYauF6P7/w601-h451/315909678_516968127136450_1652643356730831228_n.jpg" width="601" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgoR5LZ8UqlIiTlj1Ac_Is730-VwNwnZLTCsvbjWlsR4DTIu6PBjtXtYtHa5PwvsxQm49w4fEWIdLyAEiLW5EjRM4s-oyUl2KwtQWxVO64cD6ZnK5x-vPUgTQCmmXZYlYjoOV_6mbJdLpope3lML3VE5gLyJruJmKdIMhdbMMt7YpJUYnQAOv94nL0Pak/s1024/316292321_516968133803116_2428916380658568418_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1024" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgoR5LZ8UqlIiTlj1Ac_Is730-VwNwnZLTCsvbjWlsR4DTIu6PBjtXtYtHa5PwvsxQm49w4fEWIdLyAEiLW5EjRM4s-oyUl2KwtQWxVO64cD6ZnK5x-vPUgTQCmmXZYlYjoOV_6mbJdLpope3lML3VE5gLyJruJmKdIMhdbMMt7YpJUYnQAOv94nL0Pak/w608-h452/316292321_516968133803116_2428916380658568418_n.jpg" width="608" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Today, this new building stands in its place at 10925 Lindbrook </span></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-ooYFKsRDWBfLbXPtbRBuQ8Jf-eFBx_TNf9ASjXV_CpX6_bMHRifoVKdRRMvEVTHlfgDvq3ZSEnIHLxQN3cheLzwZAqo6kVBP0VBWtbeCmyc8lACxU_AougjWnGr_HWSyQ5-KtGfLxi1uuGSs8pZ4fNKRbxg8fYK4ABsRoCuAayBYP0SyoAyr6MEOBTT/s1190/408497541_10160849689813480_336767300090610308_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1190" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-ooYFKsRDWBfLbXPtbRBuQ8Jf-eFBx_TNf9ASjXV_CpX6_bMHRifoVKdRRMvEVTHlfgDvq3ZSEnIHLxQN3cheLzwZAqo6kVBP0VBWtbeCmyc8lACxU_AougjWnGr_HWSyQ5-KtGfLxi1uuGSs8pZ4fNKRbxg8fYK4ABsRoCuAayBYP0SyoAyr6MEOBTT/w640-h424/408497541_10160849689813480_336767300090610308_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">This is not progress. This theatre should still be standing. So should many others such as </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">the Beverly Theatre, </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; white-space: pre-line;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Carthay</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"> Circle, and the ABC Entertainment Center, for example. It should be against the law to tear down such historic places. I</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"> will never understand how they all went away. </span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">(Photos found on Google & <a href="https://cinematreasures.org/">Cinema Treasures</a>)</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div style="color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal;"><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP73OkM2U_Df94NJuRyS1fofMHhgF9eggViPKAudc2QN7nbOVHA8ksnWf0hP7EFrpsy9o0v-wbHcW93qu6e34rBaMiH1pa9G0saLkTa-PzMzynHfSRh-5-qkabh-LK22ftOkMsfq_ulilVdiohDHJ63E2AwNF9idAgmigBN8AI1HHr79qFQnfLK9VaSuq/s1270/245675901_10159367432638480_3596256062832611373_n.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; clear: left; color: #bf8b38; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1270" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP73OkM2U_Df94NJuRyS1fofMHhgF9eggViPKAudc2QN7nbOVHA8ksnWf0hP7EFrpsy9o0v-wbHcW93qu6e34rBaMiH1pa9G0saLkTa-PzMzynHfSRh-5-qkabh-LK22ftOkMsfq_ulilVdiohDHJ63E2AwNF9idAgmigBN8AI1HHr79qFQnfLK9VaSuq/w187-h187/245675901_10159367432638480_3596256062832611373_n.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="187" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://alisonmartino.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration: none;">Alison Martino</a> is a writer, television producer and personality, and L.A. pop culture historian. She founded the FACEBOOK PAGE <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles?ref=hl" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration: none;">Vintage Los Angeles </a>in 2010. In addition to writing for <a href="http://www.lamag.com/alisonmartino/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration: none;">Los Angeles Magazine</a> and VLA, Martino muses on L.A’s. past and present on <a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration: none;"> </a>and <a href="http://instagram.com/alisonmartino" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration: none;">Instagram</a></span></i></div></div></div><p style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: large; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><br /></span></span></p></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-55671362487652324942023-10-28T14:44:00.043-07:002023-10-31T10:41:18.312-07:00The History Of Ben Frank's on Sunset Strip<div><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></i></span></div><div><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABDgacFKWOzksvKWAXT0nKPFrIdl6_KPKYIvJpFgZCNRvhYO8dowMHSQZDD_bGpYSl5-QG90R7IGDq6_n8Srj7fCfnxVe3ohsqtSyTdGSANHGgqJKabbWhH9sgGxUvj4H1Ui0PZtY1qOercLk74VPwXNCr4ot9SnLJx4PKI190r7k6DVO-iCDZ9RJsQ-m/s720/unnamed-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="720" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABDgacFKWOzksvKWAXT0nKPFrIdl6_KPKYIvJpFgZCNRvhYO8dowMHSQZDD_bGpYSl5-QG90R7IGDq6_n8Srj7fCfnxVe3ohsqtSyTdGSANHGgqJKabbWhH9sgGxUvj4H1Ui0PZtY1qOercLk74VPwXNCr4ot9SnLJx4PKI190r7k6DVO-iCDZ9RJsQ-m/w640-h458/unnamed-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></b></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b><i>"Maybe if I pass my driving test I could get a gig drivin' that bus that pick the freaks up in front of Ben Frank's, right?</i></b></span><div><div><div><b><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">-</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">“Lyrics from “Help, I’m a Rock” </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Frank Zappa & the Mothers Of Invention</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span><span>"Ben Frank's" once located at 8585 Sunset Strip was centrally located between Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Its legacy remains one of the most famous coffee shops in history. T</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;">his iconic diner was a hangout for rockers during the 1960s and 1970s after late night gigs. It was also the headquarters for young youth culture during the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Sunset Strip Riots. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One may even have been lucky enough to hob-nob with music luminaries such as Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, or Jim Morrison. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbb526q3_PzAP_BhVmOM25XEPHWfgStZvPTKSnou17TloCBZJKA1WfAA5MGTmXhUKiZ0WuX2hQW2VWD2EjOElAAtithc1uKn7HWRXvEAHZgRR94LoqOaJwReXS-poVEoBkvdeNSSi48pQTlVESzA-Pt3IKAllm85kyej_QqIlyuVnv9_Mta6FbPJkjRQMK/s1283/0-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1283" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbb526q3_PzAP_BhVmOM25XEPHWfgStZvPTKSnou17TloCBZJKA1WfAA5MGTmXhUKiZ0WuX2hQW2VWD2EjOElAAtithc1uKn7HWRXvEAHZgRR94LoqOaJwReXS-poVEoBkvdeNSSi48pQTlVESzA-Pt3IKAllm85kyej_QqIlyuVnv9_Mta6FbPJkjRQMK/w640-h412/0-1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Photo: Charles Phoenix Collection</b></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">I’ve been studying it's history for decades, and I’ve recently learned something that has come to my attention. But, before I reveal it, let’s take a trip back to one of the most beloved coffee shops in American history. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">According to Wikipedia "Ben Frank’s" opened in 1962 by Arthur Simms and Bob Ehrma. Although, diving a bit deeper I see that Ben Frank’s had an advertisement in the local news paper seeking a cook in 1960. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPedP-ucuI6NtSOmPmsgSLQc20zGNY1kAOZfwZeEPZMMMCv01RapvL6B6p8-3b8OXP-peE7HbXpIHN6F8ic7aSnQiWbpM7e2xwzTHryEChJr_4xVf6acyn16BX-G_BWyNSruleBaJSvhdoHyO9rkLYVQfOxxfC7GUO5-6n3kE6z4wCYKU-24gbXZik0U5x/s1124/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="1124" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPedP-ucuI6NtSOmPmsgSLQc20zGNY1kAOZfwZeEPZMMMCv01RapvL6B6p8-3b8OXP-peE7HbXpIHN6F8ic7aSnQiWbpM7e2xwzTHryEChJr_4xVf6acyn16BX-G_BWyNSruleBaJSvhdoHyO9rkLYVQfOxxfC7GUO5-6n3kE6z4wCYKU-24gbXZik0U5x/w438-h123/0.jpeg" width="438" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Simms and Ehrma also owned the Copper Penny coffee shop and the other Wooden Shoe chains. In 1976, they acquired The Kettle restaurant in Manhattan Beach (still in business) and in the 1970s, they became partners in the French Market restaurant in West Hollywood which sadly closed in 2016.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span>"Ben Frank’s" was an attractive late night hang-out, not only for the locals, but for musicians, beatnik types, & hippies. The A-framed structure which resembles a lodge or a chalet, had a Googie style swooped roof and neon sign that could be easily seen when cruising the strip. </span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;">When local clubs closed for the night, young kids often congregated to "Ben Frank's" for coffee and an up-all-night chat. Purchasing a cheap cup of joe was enough to allow one to sit in the place for hours. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvu-RaCBkzknURJVZ5SmT11x1uAchF8T3hUtI2yQja117cdgGnlg7pYnPqEEqbgPUOOy77_cRted6k5MOFgK022mSX06inNmCxjTV5nFXlE9cSeft3ET863aHxS4AdobyaJukrWq_gF8D8A73KWX6XfcpPCZNXENacQM5PDpIT7v5MRfbSGqJPya69u43q/s1304/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%203.08.13%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1304" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvu-RaCBkzknURJVZ5SmT11x1uAchF8T3hUtI2yQja117cdgGnlg7pYnPqEEqbgPUOOy77_cRted6k5MOFgK022mSX06inNmCxjTV5nFXlE9cSeft3ET863aHxS4AdobyaJukrWq_gF8D8A73KWX6XfcpPCZNXENacQM5PDpIT7v5MRfbSGqJPya69u43q/w640-h432/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%203.08.13%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><b>"Ben Frank's in 1966. Photo by Ed Ruscha </b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span>"Ben Frank's" can be</span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> briefly visible in the 1966 concert film "The Big T.N.T. Show". </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="373" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_LtTBVnkHTI" width="449" youtube-src-id="_LtTBVnkHTI"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Also happening in 1966.....</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span>"Monkees” c</span></span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525; font-family: trebuchet;">reators Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider were crafting a fresh new television series inspired by "Beatlemania". They set out to cast a rock group similar to the Fab Four.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525; font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The original casting call for "The Monkees" asked for 'Ben Frank's types’.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqH8JqJeET46akwjuXCaQ1ivV2A30Txv-mOS_Ntvf0jxIbxhQzZ5yVz6eDVoAQei2UkicCyC3GZoa-k5IxlupNrN0WwE3HzFYWc1pl7k88ltfbAaPXmKcayiEqIdVNGLfNsYP4d21ncXG8bAYdZOVS3kDvDISOqWAcjyzbR2MdjWhebHezbNKnQo9HUVIP/s1242/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1242" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqH8JqJeET46akwjuXCaQ1ivV2A30Txv-mOS_Ntvf0jxIbxhQzZ5yVz6eDVoAQei2UkicCyC3GZoa-k5IxlupNrN0WwE3HzFYWc1pl7k88ltfbAaPXmKcayiEqIdVNGLfNsYP4d21ncXG8bAYdZOVS3kDvDISOqWAcjyzbR2MdjWhebHezbNKnQo9HUVIP/w377-h230/unnamed.jpg" width="377" /></a></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span><span>This was the announcement published in the "</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525; text-size-adjust: auto;">Daily Variety"</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> "</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525; text-size-adjust: auto;">The Hollywood Reporter". A handwritten version</span> hung on the door
- shorthand for the tribe that hung around. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixE-pMoajzKm2icbtQSifivshooCeLU5XC1na0SPOfRAHBKLZaS5Gypk8jjvi15ymWmjxXQODKpXh4xD9Xcj80GgCmxt-H1hzUekVMHk17rNljmJzVrRprV_6u1wIqMKf6eNns6RXwfzRlfWWF_6ql2fdQhswjjgO1tLTTAnZSJLnUxIvxrjuYLfetTNZl/s1200/unnamed-15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixE-pMoajzKm2icbtQSifivshooCeLU5XC1na0SPOfRAHBKLZaS5Gypk8jjvi15ymWmjxXQODKpXh4xD9Xcj80GgCmxt-H1hzUekVMHk17rNljmJzVrRprV_6u1wIqMKf6eNns6RXwfzRlfWWF_6ql2fdQhswjjgO1tLTTAnZSJLnUxIvxrjuYLfetTNZl/w640-h334/unnamed-15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span>"Hippie types" at Ben Frank's circa 1966</span></span></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi5pYrMQfIMaV8aJJqndFwBCZFgWwgsEEqB2fLSzx4bU-nH-rITdbd7iRmaym1u2hjIorhKobaU_SzpaWhxLxc1_l8YvY9emRVjGHDq95YMzQVB-Ga4UB_YtFJ6uWWRznNBUl0pAJ6KRupW3ZI4G58gexdeSsKQFYxmL2ldiRceXfC6mrTh_gmubmtYzK/s597/unnamed-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="583" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi5pYrMQfIMaV8aJJqndFwBCZFgWwgsEEqB2fLSzx4bU-nH-rITdbd7iRmaym1u2hjIorhKobaU_SzpaWhxLxc1_l8YvY9emRVjGHDq95YMzQVB-Ga4UB_YtFJ6uWWRznNBUl0pAJ6KRupW3ZI4G58gexdeSsKQFYxmL2ldiRceXfC6mrTh_gmubmtYzK/w550-h564/unnamed-4.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><br /><span>Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz at Ben Frank's in 1969</span></span></i></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">By 1968, rock 'n roll luminaries became regulars. Fans could rub shoulders with famous musicians such as "The Byrds" and Frank Zappa - to pop-art sensations such as Andy Warhol and Ed Ruscha. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDmquXa-PQeHXTqKtgCQqz1sQUtzB-3WOYOglzsX9odyUtXPg_U8Gtv8vYWSYkm2K3yIHLt24j9ke-uGk_QawGTRYxZSrpYpEwy5jvvAHNKZLPfqmYS_bSHqqDm1cWIsR06TPo-SmO5Lp3OaYzmR2eycgOKk1rUcVKqG44srhzINQnHo3a37ahPFM_S0h/s509/unnamed-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="509" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDmquXa-PQeHXTqKtgCQqz1sQUtzB-3WOYOglzsX9odyUtXPg_U8Gtv8vYWSYkm2K3yIHLt24j9ke-uGk_QawGTRYxZSrpYpEwy5jvvAHNKZLPfqmYS_bSHqqDm1cWIsR06TPo-SmO5Lp3OaYzmR2eycgOKk1rUcVKqG44srhzINQnHo3a37ahPFM_S0h/w575-h564/unnamed-12.jpg" width="575" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;">And legend has it that the "Buffalo Springfield" formed in the parking lot during the era of the Sunset Strip riots. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;"> In 1966 hundreds </span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;">of local teens rebelled against the ridiculous enforced curfew and took to the strip to protest. The "</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">Buffalo Springfield" were inspired by those events and wrote a revolutionary song called, "For What It's Worth." </span></span></span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">It all that blossomed from Ben Frank's.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;"> </span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="378" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gp5JCrSXkJY" width="455" youtube-src-id="gp5JCrSXkJY"></iframe></div></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBOxaSfXRX2x0V89nDqfJDIcLZKAyLtulrlYvV4hAevaVUsSewU9zBrrIBU9fPOu374tS7MRgcRK5rvHsB_G0C0HkP0aa9Fzd6yXUQX2vgzCc4rfRa3__Sd3_qMBhXxL9jilbdSz2DCXHtIiC5uDZOT9MRqiP2aBWySWLFiLUqHon5t_dqOBwofYU71pM/s640/unnamed-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="578" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBOxaSfXRX2x0V89nDqfJDIcLZKAyLtulrlYvV4hAevaVUsSewU9zBrrIBU9fPOu374tS7MRgcRK5rvHsB_G0C0HkP0aa9Fzd6yXUQX2vgzCc4rfRa3__Sd3_qMBhXxL9jilbdSz2DCXHtIiC5uDZOT9MRqiP2aBWySWLFiLUqHon5t_dqOBwofYU71pM/w578-h640/unnamed-10.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><b>Ben Frank's late night parking lot scene. </b></i></span></span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525; font-family: trebuchet;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Photo taken by Julian Wasser in 1967.</b></span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">I remember eating at "Ben Frank’s" many times in high school during the 1980s. And of course it became a favorite after party joint
in the 1990s when I lived off Doheny & Sunset. Wish I had saved a menu, although I did find these matchbooks on Ebay. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjVuhP2AXfhAwBgzzFPX7sp6wy53-r2txHQz6g1w-bhk1fYjDhYasIYOJf1GI3UzrgBoF8XFmofdTJm4nyaE2ky48_hhuFEySPgKLem5NRB8a8iQMTwnLAOuI_TNGrLxBGBbDVKgFYY2Ae4QEdlDcS1J1RdzaShEYAmM4Md4NfqQy-Pf25QwGW-0OH6zz/s1283/0-3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1229" data-original-width="1283" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjVuhP2AXfhAwBgzzFPX7sp6wy53-r2txHQz6g1w-bhk1fYjDhYasIYOJf1GI3UzrgBoF8XFmofdTJm4nyaE2ky48_hhuFEySPgKLem5NRB8a8iQMTwnLAOuI_TNGrLxBGBbDVKgFYY2Ae4QEdlDcS1J1RdzaShEYAmM4Md4NfqQy-Pf25QwGW-0OH6zz/w400-h384/0-3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">If I wasn’t at "Ben Frank’s", then you could easily find me at "SHIP’S", a space-age era coffee shop known for their toasters on the tables. I grew up on coffee shop culture and I don’t think I’ve ever prepared myself for the lack of coffee shops we have today… </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span><alisonmartino gmail.com="">“Ben Frank's” came to a close in 1996. Thankfully, the original structure was purchased by Mel's Diner and has been re-imagined and repurposed beautifully. It's now one of the</alisonmartino></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"> last remaining<span class="Apple-converted-space"> "Googie" </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;">style buildings in Southern California.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Preservation at its finest!</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><alisonmartino gmail.com="" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></alisonmartino></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvianrEoMW1zadHml47yNI5wZeOr3JvwwWoULgQC7e4IC10KF2x9gH-_MjE1Mv3BF_mI7gwp_cRAYNOQa6qBmEgzc7TMFu66dUHvnTNK6D3bEMjfefw3krm5RG37lNbTjgqCArKBn8mF73iT8kCCOmYnh-Dz4ZLb9OBXriY_KYKrgns6P_B0SjMyxLq2Ov/s2048/unnamed-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvianrEoMW1zadHml47yNI5wZeOr3JvwwWoULgQC7e4IC10KF2x9gH-_MjE1Mv3BF_mI7gwp_cRAYNOQa6qBmEgzc7TMFu66dUHvnTNK6D3bEMjfefw3krm5RG37lNbTjgqCArKBn8mF73iT8kCCOmYnh-Dz4ZLb9OBXriY_KYKrgns6P_B0SjMyxLq2Ov/w640-h480/unnamed-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><alisonmartino gmail.com=""><span style="font-size: large;">In 2017 I saw the original "Ben Frank's" sign selling on Ebay. I quickly alerted the <a href="https://valleyrelicsmuseum.org">Valley Relics Museum</a>, an extraordinary museum that saves historic vintage signs from the wrecking ball and heavily restores them and places them on display. </span></alisonmartino></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><alisonmartino gmail.com="" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></alisonmartino></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPfzpBd5eKwTg6CF_vJdpMzNqkNyKrWVK0w9JeXOzXOjRRO3nzY4saWZ1CHA6j0Hw9RGcpU2HHawc4GZmBE79O8gtsKtrKapqhkM_pf2aK4MZ4oHFlYrxblA-AFDYBhS0_tgXOVa1JqI4MYdKR47Nf_7vo4Cgi_ndpri2rikkmZuAz0R9chC0LBI_ipZ7/s1334/unnamed-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1334" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPfzpBd5eKwTg6CF_vJdpMzNqkNyKrWVK0w9JeXOzXOjRRO3nzY4saWZ1CHA6j0Hw9RGcpU2HHawc4GZmBE79O8gtsKtrKapqhkM_pf2aK4MZ4oHFlYrxblA-AFDYBhS0_tgXOVa1JqI4MYdKR47Nf_7vo4Cgi_ndpri2rikkmZuAz0R9chC0LBI_ipZ7/w640-h480/unnamed-8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrM9EEj19aZaT96iGIShHaw-o8e8CUCo0G0Zqj6WQ44t7AWBmLh3fuAsuns5dTuFxyl0I9ROqlnIV1e4Cpj9snpqrEon5trsIaIWEWXPaXUsu7WKvMryWQo03jpsKpQkIa-nGnOux1kr5BfjHLpAt89USYzyiNUjw5fELRu7Ah0bYu1PCavpgJGNg5ptJK/s4032/image_50453505.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrM9EEj19aZaT96iGIShHaw-o8e8CUCo0G0Zqj6WQ44t7AWBmLh3fuAsuns5dTuFxyl0I9ROqlnIV1e4Cpj9snpqrEon5trsIaIWEWXPaXUsu7WKvMryWQo03jpsKpQkIa-nGnOux1kr5BfjHLpAt89USYzyiNUjw5fELRu7Ah0bYu1PCavpgJGNg5ptJK/w640-h480/image_50453505.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><alisonmartino gmail.com=""><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>You can see the Ben Frank's sign restored and glowing on the wall (in red) on the upper left hand side at the Valley Relics Museum.</b></span></i></alisonmartino></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><alisonmartino gmail.com="" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></alisonmartino></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><alisonmartino gmail.com="">Now, here's what I have recently learned about the legacy of "Ben Frank's" that I never knew until recently. "Ben Frank's" original location was located at </alisonmartino></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">809 S. Western Ave in Downtown L.A.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Earlier this year I was contacted by a Vintage Los Angeles follower named </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/photos/a.578880922168631/5550425361680804/?type=3">Lisa Gilmour</a>,</span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> who informed me that "Ben Frank's" was actually named after her grandfather, Mr. Ben Frank who opened a coffee shop after his own name in 1949. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">And here's photo to prove it! </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2qIhHC2eIVVFv1BCOMz8XH8ZNoATzqn914mKgBiIfyhh0qYcA8xSkoUyd3_IfclLYTFcGK1wk4eIObe-xzILZfV2Qjrfado8rAAmhaLODK1pg2maScn8LURQxOZD_DdTo-lzun1yOh5V7L609LXbRG9dHTujvgu0hK58-BpvQm1Bbotoe7KRWxFJTpmg/s768/unnamed-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="768" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2qIhHC2eIVVFv1BCOMz8XH8ZNoATzqn914mKgBiIfyhh0qYcA8xSkoUyd3_IfclLYTFcGK1wk4eIObe-xzILZfV2Qjrfado8rAAmhaLODK1pg2maScn8LURQxOZD_DdTo-lzun1yOh5V7L609LXbRG9dHTujvgu0hK58-BpvQm1Bbotoe7KRWxFJTpmg/w558-h375/unnamed-9.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">You can see the original Ben Frank's directly behind the train</span></b></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Ben's original location only lasted a few years. When it closed, and Bob Erhman d</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">ecided to open a coffee shop on the strip, he named it after his friend, Ben Frank. That's because Ben was instrumental in showing Bob </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">the ropes of the restaurant business when he was just starting out. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Another LA History Note: Ben Frank and his father, Abe Frank, ran the Ambassador Hotel from when it opened in 1921-1938.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Love learning the deep roots of my home town! </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">-Alison Martino</span></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP73OkM2U_Df94NJuRyS1fofMHhgF9eggViPKAudc2QN7nbOVHA8ksnWf0hP7EFrpsy9o0v-wbHcW93qu6e34rBaMiH1pa9G0saLkTa-PzMzynHfSRh-5-qkabh-LK22ftOkMsfq_ulilVdiohDHJ63E2AwNF9idAgmigBN8AI1HHr79qFQnfLK9VaSuq/s1270/245675901_10159367432638480_3596256062832611373_n.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; clear: left; color: #bf8b38; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1270" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP73OkM2U_Df94NJuRyS1fofMHhgF9eggViPKAudc2QN7nbOVHA8ksnWf0hP7EFrpsy9o0v-wbHcW93qu6e34rBaMiH1pa9G0saLkTa-PzMzynHfSRh-5-qkabh-LK22ftOkMsfq_ulilVdiohDHJ63E2AwNF9idAgmigBN8AI1HHr79qFQnfLK9VaSuq/w187-h187/245675901_10159367432638480_3596256062832611373_n.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="187" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://alisonmartino.com/">Alison Martino</a> is a writer, television producer and personality, and L.A. pop culture historian. 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President, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555;">Justin W. Dart, originally from Chicago, liked the climate in Southern California and decided to open a chain of <i>Owl Santog Rexall</i> stores. The particular location was the largest in So Cal. Its </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">ultramodern 'curved' design was originally attached to the new world headquarters for <i>United-Rexall Drug Inc.</i> The structure is still there today.., kinda. It's now a quarter of the size. But, at the time it was considered the most glamorous pharmacy in the world which included cosmetic displays, a food counter, a separate liquor & cigar section, a candy section, and tall wooden phone booths. High end glamour at its peak. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjLZ4DtbVah1S1shDZr1wW7S3IefUmfzQhPR8uH2UVNjpvPk3fOp8JZZEpNmjR8wMawFfSJxSt3gYeWhgsLWp879g6DrbIq_ijlsTy4xx5dgWB_7irQVpXMl3m96ffIwIabAi3NUcmVA-le6YNpj-FN3ChLIybdFt570AVPJ9BhXTyu4V9v-yEZ-roaKa/s576/1946-6-10.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="576" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjLZ4DtbVah1S1shDZr1wW7S3IefUmfzQhPR8uH2UVNjpvPk3fOp8JZZEpNmjR8wMawFfSJxSt3gYeWhgsLWp879g6DrbIq_ijlsTy4xx5dgWB_7irQVpXMl3m96ffIwIabAi3NUcmVA-le6YNpj-FN3ChLIybdFt570AVPJ9BhXTyu4V9v-yEZ-roaKa/w640-h472/1946-6-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span id="E74" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: helvetica; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><p><span style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span id="E74" style="border: 0px; color: #555555; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Here's a rare photo of the intersection at Beverly and La<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span id="E76" style="border: 0px; color: #555555; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Cienega</span><span id="E78" style="border: 0px; color: #555555; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> just before</span> construction. </span><span id="E82" style="border: 0px; color: #555555; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span><span id="E132" style="border: 0px; color: #555555; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Even with Dart’s drive and <i>Rexall’s </i>resources, it took time to get<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span id="E134" style="border: 0px; color: #555555; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">the needed materials for such a magnificent venture in 1946. For example, the original design included 31 floor to ceiling windows! Plus a restaurant next door called, <i>Gabe's Fountain Room</i>. </span></span></span></p><p style="color: black;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #555555; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pT3P0LbfwSGZx2FlOxfd2QBaG-DNFH3mf7uKRyvht6QWk0emnxLvR2_sUyipTvWwuUhs26LsWrL-H5A5BsFTiakjgFL3zvLQnj64A6wJZSIqivrmDKPgVSxw4uo18NX32iQmhzJ7m55fjWt-EhpAyZlkpfahLHoGqXbMyvMCioDiOMR3RYHaLlksIEw_/s1002/rexall-bw-pc1.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1002" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pT3P0LbfwSGZx2FlOxfd2QBaG-DNFH3mf7uKRyvht6QWk0emnxLvR2_sUyipTvWwuUhs26LsWrL-H5A5BsFTiakjgFL3zvLQnj64A6wJZSIqivrmDKPgVSxw4uo18NX32iQmhzJ7m55fjWt-EhpAyZlkpfahLHoGqXbMyvMCioDiOMR3RYHaLlksIEw_/w640-h454/rexall-bw-pc1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">View of the completed United-Rexall HQ with the flagship <i>Owl Rexal</i>l on the corner. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">The long, low structure was referred to as a "horizontal skyscraper". Instead of forming a 22 story tower, it spread horizontally over three acres. The ultra contemporary design originally included four patios housing a 400 seat employees' cafeteria and a 2 thousand seat banquet room for various event. </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; text-align: center;">Rexall's "junior pentagon" building included two miles of halls and corridors, five miles of overhead lighting, and over 800 windows comprising two acres of glass. Even before it was built, trees weighing six to eight tons a piece were transplanted into the interior of the design. </span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Opening week was a star-studded ceremony to say the least. Jimmy Durante hosted a group of entertainers for one full week in celebration of its opening. Stars such as Dorothy Lamour, Mickey Rooney, Red Skelton, Bob Hope, Vic Damone, and Peter Lawford all made appearances. Hedda Hopper was there to cover it all. Over 10 thousand orchids were flown in from Hawaii and thousands of boxes of candy and toy balloons were given o</span><span style="color: black;">ut to visitors of the new </span><i style="color: black;">Rexall Drug</i><span style="color: black;"> complex. </span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTe62xUcSuejjfYLXRcCQHi63CEofWFhrpmT1Aw8qWAiCzAFMNDlLFypabGNJhKPlrzAmeDbYV-8ClM5KF9SnZTuSEqjaec0TZBST1pN5szuvOH2qvFm0R1bRKv5GZyTcqYS9k5QcBwxb8DDN5n6kHXx4eZEUYZATtFFaFbMSviszH7JTxVjPjINtDhMO0/s1101/unnamed-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="1101" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTe62xUcSuejjfYLXRcCQHi63CEofWFhrpmT1Aw8qWAiCzAFMNDlLFypabGNJhKPlrzAmeDbYV-8ClM5KF9SnZTuSEqjaec0TZBST1pN5szuvOH2qvFm0R1bRKv5GZyTcqYS9k5QcBwxb8DDN5n6kHXx4eZEUYZATtFFaFbMSviszH7JTxVjPjINtDhMO0/w564-h181/unnamed-3.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias5SjtMHCqZOMGKF1S55U3omlXXgqyJP5mCcCvlH7euzU8KA4ejIp2UtWDXKlsc_6fCzv9GSbljpkypbBV4vaFzK7sd_gsS5eVUjGtHOWVM_Kl8N1bs1f24oZgpU1Eqynx7mADZxs1yodaeXOD9R4tCmZLqTlhZQWO0y0Dtp4v0hrxGfcalIKn4XTLzI9/s1758/unnamed-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1758" data-original-width="1112" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias5SjtMHCqZOMGKF1S55U3omlXXgqyJP5mCcCvlH7euzU8KA4ejIp2UtWDXKlsc_6fCzv9GSbljpkypbBV4vaFzK7sd_gsS5eVUjGtHOWVM_Kl8N1bs1f24oZgpU1Eqynx7mADZxs1yodaeXOD9R4tCmZLqTlhZQWO0y0Dtp4v0hrxGfcalIKn4XTLzI9/w404-h640/unnamed-4.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vic Damone signing autographs in the Rexall parking lot</span></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; text-align: center;">Below features historic footage near the entrance. The parking lot is very much the same today. </span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='430' height='357' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyAXF9FMjYUhK0ecGMzdOGquwBitfQXOL9RcNNN6RnyHD-xdD8n7TXr5e-Sl7Ro09rKIf0Htd9TcVN8NSlEvw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXLqHyNa63VVMpwsWWd2ETXST2E34KpxJ3Ux7W9G0ANlcKvubcbXvbJmdDwop-tME_oHCSlg-EAnWYkQ00ygKIfTr-3-qVk2_1qfY1vUjemU7LTEAFcEgYcCtLUDe3iOODJF2uYoj3GR8_eiSpQXPEW4_DvlAXvLexX4OxG1f2zELciT30J9QxKVMfQGQ/s652/50658212_2146855658704475_1784405834558603264_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="652" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXLqHyNa63VVMpwsWWd2ETXST2E34KpxJ3Ux7W9G0ANlcKvubcbXvbJmdDwop-tME_oHCSlg-EAnWYkQ00ygKIfTr-3-qVk2_1qfY1vUjemU7LTEAFcEgYcCtLUDe3iOODJF2uYoj3GR8_eiSpQXPEW4_DvlAXvLexX4OxG1f2zELciT30J9QxKVMfQGQ/w520-h296/50658212_2146855658704475_1784405834558603264_n.jpg" width="520" /></span></a></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Back in the early 1950's there was an extension of <i>Kaiser Permanente</i> in the back. (See above rendering) There was also an oil derrick in the middle of La Cienega right below Beverly Blvd.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdvuJVZ3qXP8SgfZ05Zf4Y4GQ1HogPJVGR-SBZWRELyvLOx8khQV9V-gPusWU_eOVO8S7yKxOMusTZrMDtqNyvaWhxaztibIVgZDRvDcqb8L9589_9EV-nhe7Ipq9iruBJhnd4oPLmEa5vEwMga90z2yv8u1ukKFTe2vQoeQJnJcxditIzFCh803ktEp1/s500/eb48a0da9519efa0d77b92b4e630a521.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="500" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdvuJVZ3qXP8SgfZ05Zf4Y4GQ1HogPJVGR-SBZWRELyvLOx8khQV9V-gPusWU_eOVO8S7yKxOMusTZrMDtqNyvaWhxaztibIVgZDRvDcqb8L9589_9EV-nhe7Ipq9iruBJhnd4oPLmEa5vEwMga90z2yv8u1ukKFTe2vQoeQJnJcxditIzFCh803ktEp1/w400-h295/eb48a0da9519efa0d77b92b4e630a521.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(84, 84, 84); color: #545454; display: table; overflow-wrap: break-word; table-layout: fixed; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 561.359px; word-break: normal;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> </div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Vq9kH4CKOrk4F7nfTkqAYJ1XVo07OLQm6sao_DoA5YbFwg53dBcSDveDmG7DV0y6KdjUe8bYvhobAQ3PbVitMzKaNBkulgCX3lujUBMOdUY1gLTxKta6HmaZcp_HU4Ur-C7zBiaHYXj6Oh-l_AkW_FpMzl1L6SlNBOcemZJ4X74NiY5qTjlo2AH3N3i7/s1556/rexall1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1556" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Vq9kH4CKOrk4F7nfTkqAYJ1XVo07OLQm6sao_DoA5YbFwg53dBcSDveDmG7DV0y6KdjUe8bYvhobAQ3PbVitMzKaNBkulgCX3lujUBMOdUY1gLTxKta6HmaZcp_HU4Ur-C7zBiaHYXj6Oh-l_AkW_FpMzl1L6SlNBOcemZJ4X74NiY5qTjlo2AH3N3i7/w554-h344/rexall1.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; white-space: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; white-space: normal;">Above is fantastic aerial shot of the </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; white-space: normal;">United-Rexall</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; white-space: normal;"> headquarters showing off the world’s largest (and finest) Owl drugstore and vicinity. Beverly Park can be seen on the lower right.</span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMDQQV79dk5rs8Divgt8rkl-lcqGpLnMikXiB6wY726prqTvaQyPRgZ-iIdKzclnP8kRU8H877nbq0w8G1Pa5PtGrP9C68LS6JRUFyk9yiOdRXo9vUTmCYCK_zLnrutpmM1PkJo_1IsiISLM596UoxhSOwVRLUesPrDdvp6f-wGVQDFcz2tF1N-iKcC2Y/s1590/1947-9-12-opening-beverly-la-cienega-rexall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1230" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMDQQV79dk5rs8Divgt8rkl-lcqGpLnMikXiB6wY726prqTvaQyPRgZ-iIdKzclnP8kRU8H877nbq0w8G1Pa5PtGrP9C68LS6JRUFyk9yiOdRXo9vUTmCYCK_zLnrutpmM1PkJo_1IsiISLM596UoxhSOwVRLUesPrDdvp6f-wGVQDFcz2tF1N-iKcC2Y/w495-h640/1947-9-12-opening-beverly-la-cienega-rexall.jpg" width="495" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6cjc5OTA4NjM3MDA0Njg3MjQyMTYiLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLFtdXQ..; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6ci0zMDgyNDI4Nzg1MDA2MzEwOTUzIixudWxsLFtdXQ.." style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL" id=":oc" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQuscDIs-LRGezJuI95B_qF3M8RZ_ghnYMIwWmxbWXU2GDuP2X-rot9picxz45lHtIuCp52VnQc8IPv8OesunSlhcfA5Waoe-L_09SFydikraDQnIsSbxYEkaSQ-QjiDnPcRwYGwb1fGaBrA77CiwKfI2f55oiVLs3jw3wywLuGu-DgxOnQs79h73tFZAs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="570" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQuscDIs-LRGezJuI95B_qF3M8RZ_ghnYMIwWmxbWXU2GDuP2X-rot9picxz45lHtIuCp52VnQc8IPv8OesunSlhcfA5Waoe-L_09SFydikraDQnIsSbxYEkaSQ-QjiDnPcRwYGwb1fGaBrA77CiwKfI2f55oiVLs3jw3wywLuGu-DgxOnQs79h73tFZAs=w507-h640" width="507" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><i><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">The liquor/cigar section of<i> Rexall Drugs</i> in the 1940s. </span></span><span><span style="background-color: white;">The</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> magazines on display are September 1947 editions. </span><span style="background-color: white;">They cost 10 cents, 25 cents, and 35 cents</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i style="background-color: white;"><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-7dmNEw7_er1fxG0VhIrt8Nnbays_2TWvpIBe0P7JFqyde1I6IypCDW7hXLHJJkW_hSZIem2_YDo7V_gp7tKmpnjHnPA2pvyeAlyNgENHv2rgFWD96vdA_rtOurj95iDpZz1o1sVfxE6LmNAe91lm_DGckkWlO_rTl0nynyCMHWdobvEGGywWbxoqBYZ/s1500/45556295_10215431744181041_4563533404905144320_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1500" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-7dmNEw7_er1fxG0VhIrt8Nnbays_2TWvpIBe0P7JFqyde1I6IypCDW7hXLHJJkW_hSZIem2_YDo7V_gp7tKmpnjHnPA2pvyeAlyNgENHv2rgFWD96vdA_rtOurj95iDpZz1o1sVfxE6LmNAe91lm_DGckkWlO_rTl0nynyCMHWdobvEGGywWbxoqBYZ/w467-h217/45556295_10215431744181041_4563533404905144320_n.jpg" width="467" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>In April 1952, Marilyn Monroe had a photo session in the <i>Rexall</i> parking lot for LIFE Magazine. It was quite the corner back in the day - across the street was <i>Beverly Park, Smokey Joe’s Cafe</i>,</span><span> </span><span>(up until the 70s),</span><span> and the original <i>Tail o’ the Pup, </i>which opened a year before in 1946<i>.</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPijhKdquWkmUmxIodeD-3hKePHsQS8rQoVToDzu-bm6UIGB6aqw3P63oMj5vy3VHbOGoy44fnydx_E7vdBsniUFCbnTY7ifnOWpyVt-5d8LqZcTVvqRyIrDDdosnAakEP7iVWYXziLot52BsfBGykmFlD9tj2CfZyM9MQ6qEp5FC98kv25oQgWPeqCI1e/s1472/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-06%20at%202.05.30%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1076" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPijhKdquWkmUmxIodeD-3hKePHsQS8rQoVToDzu-bm6UIGB6aqw3P63oMj5vy3VHbOGoy44fnydx_E7vdBsniUFCbnTY7ifnOWpyVt-5d8LqZcTVvqRyIrDDdosnAakEP7iVWYXziLot52BsfBGykmFlD9tj2CfZyM9MQ6qEp5FC98kv25oQgWPeqCI1e/w468-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-06%20at%202.05.30%20PM.png" width="468" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8hNLMy7VMlnnohDv-KeRwJ5KhGktqVYVT_2LoqibF0btjPQrHT9Xhwf1h-sFmzrJ5nHpoKIP5Z0F339FWcC8GnFP2yPDb9Rwb07mmYJURr0WYbK1DEbcHAGHPYcTKTdT-xfmI5XRSlrhGq0HN14SdlBm4QgqXx8MItXcfiznaQVhmXIg5cVsX_Ssleou/s1860/LDN-L-TAIL-1123-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="1860" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8hNLMy7VMlnnohDv-KeRwJ5KhGktqVYVT_2LoqibF0btjPQrHT9Xhwf1h-sFmzrJ5nHpoKIP5Z0F339FWcC8GnFP2yPDb9Rwb07mmYJURr0WYbK1DEbcHAGHPYcTKTdT-xfmI5XRSlrhGq0HN14SdlBm4QgqXx8MItXcfiznaQVhmXIg5cVsX_Ssleou/w640-h498/LDN-L-TAIL-1123-01.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; caret-color: rgb(93, 91, 90); color: #5d5b5a; letter-spacing: -0.165px;"><i>Tail O’ The Pup</i> opening on La Cienega Blvd and Beverly Blvd (north west corner) in 1946. (AP Photo)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; caret-color: rgb(93, 91, 90); color: #5d5b5a; letter-spacing: -0.165px;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Steve Allen always used to get a chuckle out of the opening of the <i>Owl Drugs</i> radio program: "The Owl people are on the air!" He imagined a scene from a sci-fi film where one Army officer says to another, "Run for your life, Major! The Owl People are here!"</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XycHYdg-vh_ivd1Iq0fn9zHoDhS1NUNbfCNdCWPJNHKiRN4m9mjOlYE--VlU7MatTvZOyDAj5HyHrA1KoCRi8wvxviqQVB3JqHDnMUIQ5x6tbU1lkDVh9__au9g4QbPMRXSWNV15_zXbJuf-yooM9DM2YghloCh9FKZfvzzHzYpDygIqGmCWUGxlgUZU/s1280/11270295_904369706286416_6813262463083858688_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1280" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XycHYdg-vh_ivd1Iq0fn9zHoDhS1NUNbfCNdCWPJNHKiRN4m9mjOlYE--VlU7MatTvZOyDAj5HyHrA1KoCRi8wvxviqQVB3JqHDnMUIQ5x6tbU1lkDVh9__au9g4QbPMRXSWNV15_zXbJuf-yooM9DM2YghloCh9FKZfvzzHzYpDygIqGmCWUGxlgUZU/w640-h504/11270295_904369706286416_6813262463083858688_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Interior of Rexall Drugs. </i></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span><i>Everything was upscale back then ..classy and elegant. It seemed society cared more about how stores were presented. </i></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span>Luckily, it was still <i>Rexall</i> when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s before becoming </span><span><i>Long's</i> and then <i>Walgreens</i> in the early 2000s), but it was then called <i>Rexall Dart Square.</i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><i> </i><span style="background-color: white;">I</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span> sold Girl Scout cookies in the parking lot and would often</span></span><span><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span> d</span></span><span>ream of their toy department in the back room. I spen</span><span style="background-color: white;">t </span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">so much time there because I was taking tap dance lessons at <i>Al Gilbert Dance Studio </i>just one block North. <i>Rexall Square</i> was also a destination after a fun day at <i>Pony Land</i>, just west of <i>Beverly Park</i> (where the <i>Beverly Center</i> is today). </span><span style="background-color: white;">And a</span></span></span><span><span><span style="background-color: white;">s a teenager, this is where </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I bought my "choose life" (Wham) T- Shirt. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span style="background-color: white;">I also ca</span>me to <i>Rexall Square</i> for school supplies and to experiment and play with make up at the fancy cosmetic counters. They also had the best jawbreakers. My parents shopped at <i>Rexall </i>regularly too. Dad always had REX tennis balls in his tennis bag and Mom loved the scented samples they would hand out. I think <i>Rexall</i></span></span></span><span><span><span style="background-color: white;"> was the</span></span></span><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"> only drug store where you could purchase exclusive perfume only sold at Neiman Marcus, Saks 5th Ave, or Bullock"s Wilshire. </span><span style="background-color: white;">I would spend HOURS there always wondering who I might bump into. Back then</span><span><span style="background-color: white;"> show-biz encounters were an every day occurrence. I remember seeing Lindsey Wagner testing lipsticks at the counter, Jacklyn Smith in the gift department, Joan Collins browsing through hair products, and Michael Landon buying cigarettes at check out. <i>Rexall </i>was like a source of entertainment. Later in my 20s, after a late</span><span style="background-color: white;"> night, I would pop by for g</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">reat people watching in the wee hours of the night/morning. Today, not so much... Although, I do see Angelyne and her pink Corvette there on occasion. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica;"><i>Rexall</i> also had one of the largest book departments in Los Angeles. Publishers used to give them books to see how many were sold in week. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfg9mJCAkQRojw4BwZyFA0OkrSoU0xQBMxC5RvDnqwX0k16zC1y5BedaZhKZ1Q4gpyiwZ0X79tYHeITDDTqZR6Gramgjm1f5Wi4cx9BE4zKjcZmBrFqrRBdz1vB9UQthrmUZupie6BR1CLxt98kkKN6LtzFIyJzengZgy6253dg8DmM6KK44KvtOcdZUZA/s960/70339777_2642935492429820_431909856975257600_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="601" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfg9mJCAkQRojw4BwZyFA0OkrSoU0xQBMxC5RvDnqwX0k16zC1y5BedaZhKZ1Q4gpyiwZ0X79tYHeITDDTqZR6Gramgjm1f5Wi4cx9BE4zKjcZmBrFqrRBdz1vB9UQthrmUZupie6BR1CLxt98kkKN6LtzFIyJzengZgy6253dg8DmM6KK44KvtOcdZUZA/s16000/70339777_2642935492429820_431909856975257600_n.jpg" /></span></a></div><i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> A young girl trying on makeup at the Rexall counter in 1969. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This was me doing the exact same thing 20 years later.</span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyDE6x-ZqRHZT12NPBwBXIWT9U6p4-Rbqy7WPgxKGqd_3OnMBdzkzrGiO_i8LeTRRPGfLVzZZNSXzTAr-e113bY-zVDbUO_gg2NUIVGDch3t0vJ5csFIvI-j-P7cIqOfO-mYD2v_64ELcUFb3twJlVFBZI3dWnGhTmUzWFJI3w4K3uzpqVmTbP88biWG3L/s241/Unknown-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="241" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyDE6x-ZqRHZT12NPBwBXIWT9U6p4-Rbqy7WPgxKGqd_3OnMBdzkzrGiO_i8LeTRRPGfLVzZZNSXzTAr-e113bY-zVDbUO_gg2NUIVGDch3t0vJ5csFIvI-j-P7cIqOfO-mYD2v_64ELcUFb3twJlVFBZI3dWnGhTmUzWFJI3w4K3uzpqVmTbP88biWG3L/w534-h463/Unknown-1.jpeg" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><i>During the 1970s and 1980s it changed to "Rexall Square", the way I remember it.</i></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Tragically, all the original features were removed when <i>CVS</i> & <i>Target</i> took over a decade ago. Even <i>Long's </i>and <i>Walgreens</i> tried to keep some of the original features. I’ll never understand why it was so severely altered to look like any other pharmacy across America when it COULD have continued to be the most glamorous drugstore in the country. <i>CVS</i> should have left it alone, or better yet, restored it. Sigh... Well, maybe one day the right person or company will put it all back. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopehbGMwNrcZ8NwpBaKovsLuSjsoR6xgvRG3UJfaDU-4mN8W0eG1QdDzNQP6A659CzeEkByTSRc676RoQOh_RmSRq2znLzUL5CSwrK9cNO68BTO-y_AxAE0WV1u6XZMvv5FMgLq6WVkMTx2XmjZgQ6OpOwyR3EJh6Kv2Y3d5B5FK1wcTvz58Fio7CVfcJ/s960/11377073_904368619619858_1975058231372392938_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="960" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopehbGMwNrcZ8NwpBaKovsLuSjsoR6xgvRG3UJfaDU-4mN8W0eG1QdDzNQP6A659CzeEkByTSRc676RoQOh_RmSRq2znLzUL5CSwrK9cNO68BTO-y_AxAE0WV1u6XZMvv5FMgLq6WVkMTx2XmjZgQ6OpOwyR3EJh6Kv2Y3d5B5FK1wcTvz58Fio7CVfcJ/w640-h438/11377073_904368619619858_1975058231372392938_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGMfHsj6LoFx68-2feoBEVJXkmJ1uQCvKJIqqfCzAtHvfpdZWurGqNr3SmPtXU4mpjNMu_KBDu92dTob9XqX8CuC8M_r66cfdrykEpxp2y41hBfZrZw7TGW521eJfQu7LegUTvSDavKZvfQJ2-v3fFUgyNQ4zSYm8jqluOfPojg2f0dqVSWn7NKeZ_rKw/s855/image_6483441-2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="855" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGMfHsj6LoFx68-2feoBEVJXkmJ1uQCvKJIqqfCzAtHvfpdZWurGqNr3SmPtXU4mpjNMu_KBDu92dTob9XqX8CuC8M_r66cfdrykEpxp2y41hBfZrZw7TGW521eJfQu7LegUTvSDavKZvfQJ2-v3fFUgyNQ4zSYm8jqluOfPojg2f0dqVSWn7NKeZ_rKw/w640-h570/image_6483441-2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I was just here last night and actually parked in that exact spot where the white car is on the left. Even though it’s a shell of its former self, I do experience a great deal of nostalgia every time I walk through.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">If anyone knows when most of original structure was demolished, please let me know in the comments section. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">-Alison Martino</span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #888888; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div><div class="a3s aiL" id=":oc" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #888888; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP73OkM2U_Df94NJuRyS1fofMHhgF9eggViPKAudc2QN7nbOVHA8ksnWf0hP7EFrpsy9o0v-wbHcW93qu6e34rBaMiH1pa9G0saLkTa-PzMzynHfSRh-5-qkabh-LK22ftOkMsfq_ulilVdiohDHJ63E2AwNF9idAgmigBN8AI1HHr79qFQnfLK9VaSuq/s1270/245675901_10159367432638480_3596256062832611373_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1270" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP73OkM2U_Df94NJuRyS1fofMHhgF9eggViPKAudc2QN7nbOVHA8ksnWf0hP7EFrpsy9o0v-wbHcW93qu6e34rBaMiH1pa9G0saLkTa-PzMzynHfSRh-5-qkabh-LK22ftOkMsfq_ulilVdiohDHJ63E2AwNF9idAgmigBN8AI1HHr79qFQnfLK9VaSuq/w187-h187/245675901_10159367432638480_3596256062832611373_n.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br />Alison Martino is a writer, television producer and personality, and L.A. pop culture historian. She founded the FACEBOOK PAGE<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles?ref=hl" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Vintage Los Angeles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>in 2010. In addition to writing for <a href="http://www.lamag.com/alisonmartino/" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Los Angeles Magazine</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and VLA, Martino muses on L.A’s. past and present on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://instagram.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a></i><br /><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><br /></div></span></div></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-28122241911649966452023-03-07T08:50:00.000-08:002023-03-07T08:50:03.505-08:00Pacific Red Cars & The Pacific Design Center. <p>These are Pacific Red Car trains running through West Hollywood in 1953 at San Vicente & Melrose. It was called the Sherman Yard. It’s where trains were stored during maintenance. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrt_LQUEWt4pQP5J0cqdYsJQa-1eYE-a6Nkm7xX_rDr65jpvovSZsCS3qK3nCHa9dv3XNl56BCQ61x01wskmlD8Q00mVoCnJs3GoFXV-TaC4aVsJcA38pwbeKELEGNn2BC5Mw2CKzwMMg-Wv7AEq0q7VUFsJzl59Npss8THxYepZkr2h6043w3oFzkcQ/s2048/E00535F8-D989-4FFA-B2B4-02DC3E70A97A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="2048" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrt_LQUEWt4pQP5J0cqdYsJQa-1eYE-a6Nkm7xX_rDr65jpvovSZsCS3qK3nCHa9dv3XNl56BCQ61x01wskmlD8Q00mVoCnJs3GoFXV-TaC4aVsJcA38pwbeKELEGNn2BC5Mw2CKzwMMg-Wv7AEq0q7VUFsJzl59Npss8THxYepZkr2h6043w3oFzkcQ/w400-h254/E00535F8-D989-4FFA-B2B4-02DC3E70A97A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The late, lamented watering hole J. Sloane's opened for business here around 1915. Raymond Chandler described this area in his early short story “Pearls Are a Nuisance”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today this location is the Pacific Design center. It opened in 1975, and was quite controversial....It was nicknamed 'The Blue Whale' because of its size and because there were no obvious windows, though the people inside can look out. The 'Blue Whale' name has stuck for those of us who have been around since the infancy of this structure. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gGfXMAWHqMdmXe_c6oyDZHMfux-HCvupRYFHtwqklyRaGtS5u7vpdbZvu3O_G_JHDp4ZZlDdAUAxf4TRgWvSzqprC8vi-IEuBsBmL3zSve91WCryAy7zDZI3Noto0HN0nG35Ms3t-IA-b7D26gw8gZto0S8dD37hlKNvwhPlRjz6OgSjIDAUOe_eBg/s702/01E78FA5-F752-40EA-8C61-392838696473.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="702" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gGfXMAWHqMdmXe_c6oyDZHMfux-HCvupRYFHtwqklyRaGtS5u7vpdbZvu3O_G_JHDp4ZZlDdAUAxf4TRgWvSzqprC8vi-IEuBsBmL3zSve91WCryAy7zDZI3Noto0HN0nG35Ms3t-IA-b7D26gw8gZto0S8dD37hlKNvwhPlRjz6OgSjIDAUOe_eBg/w400-h256/01E78FA5-F752-40EA-8C61-392838696473.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For those who were around then, you might remember that one small business who wouldn’t vacate during construction and the complex had to be built AROUND it. His name was Hugo, and he would NOT sell his little planting business or his property to the largest interior design showplace in the West. He must have been in shock when they went forward with their plans to build the big ‘Blue Whale’ AROUND his little shack. Gotta love that guy for being stubborn. The PDC put trees all around his business to try and hide it, but we ALL knew it was there!:-) See last photo. He eventually vacated several years later. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Y1cMByL71f1OEFAmue5Rd-Odv4zhfV9RUBBXohf31KBMU6NvNuDpejys2pS4zUbuQH5hjC6DcxG90wICODZtU7kFm7BSQQUnv0sBDydLq8xXsuA4shp7zJ_dgXFUA8hqcYDxb7cKrjapeD3PCiW6J1XB9y5P96--uYjqVi4XmYqM-JaIdwcBKkHy2A/s720/41A05FE4-AE18-411F-AB5B-1F87B35A3E8C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="492" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Y1cMByL71f1OEFAmue5Rd-Odv4zhfV9RUBBXohf31KBMU6NvNuDpejys2pS4zUbuQH5hjC6DcxG90wICODZtU7kFm7BSQQUnv0sBDydLq8xXsuA4shp7zJ_dgXFUA8hqcYDxb7cKrjapeD3PCiW6J1XB9y5P96--uYjqVi4XmYqM-JaIdwcBKkHy2A/w274-h400/41A05FE4-AE18-411F-AB5B-1F87B35A3E8C.jpeg" width="274" /></a></div><br /><p>Story by Alison Martino from Vintage Los Angeles </p>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-43376967899746424062022-12-10T14:06:00.067-08:002022-12-10T17:09:01.595-08:00Kelbo's Hawaiian themed Restaurant<p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCh-kHph-ddBMKQXWocMMNrN7HD5sn9CufYerYYPmTZQdfY1S92N9AX17mt_nwuQepzU8q1NAHyYK-yjiC5Uaa4pExm5kLAqdKHjdM1b_hUXxJ_0Zv7a_XNA4OM2Iu3hO7AOhpqDOI3s5sk6tpfPZDh-OtTW7gl1XMrTZXvNbNN8yZ59h-Fr9Wrp3Sw/s983/292675621_10227682581195277_3215858358323361106_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="983" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCh-kHph-ddBMKQXWocMMNrN7HD5sn9CufYerYYPmTZQdfY1S92N9AX17mt_nwuQepzU8q1NAHyYK-yjiC5Uaa4pExm5kLAqdKHjdM1b_hUXxJ_0Zv7a_XNA4OM2Iu3hO7AOhpqDOI3s5sk6tpfPZDh-OtTW7gl1XMrTZXvNbNN8yZ59h-Fr9Wrp3Sw/w640-h488/292675621_10227682581195277_3215858358323361106_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: large;"><b>Remembering KELBO’S!</b></span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdYu2GV320iE4c05uKQwaA-HAYdfOur4XZO3vbNAs9GgYn388l8X6BaZjOwMXBYHehyGhibu5habL-nDthQLbWSRT2gdRGNWuf5fxbTIviFXeNmJ_AXwSCxz3-OqHZYXT9wm4yGigevyQEd9tp-UnJ93oTu1u9fQIHtHQShpLSrBZTEiig9UXb2n4Eg/s1822/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-10%20at%204.28.24%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="1822" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdYu2GV320iE4c05uKQwaA-HAYdfOur4XZO3vbNAs9GgYn388l8X6BaZjOwMXBYHehyGhibu5habL-nDthQLbWSRT2gdRGNWuf5fxbTIviFXeNmJ_AXwSCxz3-OqHZYXT9wm4yGigevyQEd9tp-UnJ93oTu1u9fQIHtHQShpLSrBZTEiig9UXb2n4Eg/w569-h429/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-10%20at%204.28.24%20PM.png" width="569" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> <span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">The very first KELBO'S location opened at 11434 West Pico Blvd in 1965. </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">A second location opened on Fairfax across from Television City. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">There were also locations in Inglewood and the Brentwood Country Mart. </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">The two owners Thomas Kelly and Jack Bouck combined the two syllables of their last names and came up with KELBO'S. </span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1XvmaHHqQB_MabvBmQtFJtFSP6zZ4y3a6Ls18wfVmrAaWBJQaWzgfJoC4nQCiH2UW_yqTF2_5iKqyerIR2YS01k9HvybgZfC_dBmHH9ZUO_JaiEUGMN6ZGD5GRaCoY3m19qAm-clUIlsW11c8cCtLsK0q-I--hi_sGPpC6s0WEU3I-JqIrOqohbyRw/s1723/10854487_1026700807345458_5315809350469867625_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="1723" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1XvmaHHqQB_MabvBmQtFJtFSP6zZ4y3a6Ls18wfVmrAaWBJQaWzgfJoC4nQCiH2UW_yqTF2_5iKqyerIR2YS01k9HvybgZfC_dBmHH9ZUO_JaiEUGMN6ZGD5GRaCoY3m19qAm-clUIlsW11c8cCtLsK0q-I--hi_sGPpC6s0WEU3I-JqIrOqohbyRw/w578-h453/10854487_1026700807345458_5315809350469867625_o.jpg" width="578" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">It </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">was described as "Modern Hawaiian". Exotic Polynesian artifacts decorated the walls and ceilings with numerous aquariums throughout giving customers the feel of dining in a real lagoon. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The decor was designed by a gentleman named Eli Hedley - who was also responsible for other tiki themed restaurants such as "Don The Beachcomber". </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">Others described it as a "poor man's Luau". I disagree. </span></span><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIddj1WluiNwvIr2uY11wfztRP3CEO_gwREb1VOeYAwbKc3c7GLI809-nVEBXmBqdz8N_Z6viMW22pU5lcPeEoaUzos3p492vNXa8zitF_Z85On6VbpQUcaG_zPYElJFD588RPMO8T3nR805G0K59QepNXjpN_E29J2RYMBrDRR-5EVlmfKyTytNUdA/s700/206561_165243103532417_2343252_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIddj1WluiNwvIr2uY11wfztRP3CEO_gwREb1VOeYAwbKc3c7GLI809-nVEBXmBqdz8N_Z6viMW22pU5lcPeEoaUzos3p492vNXa8zitF_Z85On6VbpQUcaG_zPYElJFD588RPMO8T3nR805G0K59QepNXjpN_E29J2RYMBrDRR-5EVlmfKyTytNUdA/w458-h640/206561_165243103532417_2343252_n.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">At one point KELBO’S had 75 tropical lanterns and light fixtures hanging from above. Some of them in the shape of pineapples, most of them hanging from nets. B</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">ut, it was never, EVER bright. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">They had </span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;">backlit display of the fancy drinks in the booths making it impossible to miss the row of skull mugs. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">KELBO'S was</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> of the best examples of tiki architecture and one of the first to introduce Hawaiian cuisine (they did not sell it as</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"> Polynesian). </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">Prices were reasonable and there was plenty of free parking adjoining at both. Sigh… </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAazK2600T12A8IipnWuHNGWWEvLFBnXacaOdyANVNJWByNsYFmkX99uydqYsuwZXaskP_oiAG4lSJ3CH4SJ8Xro7K24tmoI84u81s_OwdGKQ80OVdYuZ6wPkkabvF1NCiyvIVPUIBU7pSCqTErRK-GX7YmZ_dO9KnzW8WOICpS0rmKKar71oKagC2g/s1794/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-10%20at%204.30.03%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="1794" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAazK2600T12A8IipnWuHNGWWEvLFBnXacaOdyANVNJWByNsYFmkX99uydqYsuwZXaskP_oiAG4lSJ3CH4SJ8Xro7K24tmoI84u81s_OwdGKQ80OVdYuZ6wPkkabvF1NCiyvIVPUIBU7pSCqTErRK-GX7YmZ_dO9KnzW8WOICpS0rmKKar71oKagC2g/w468-h348/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-10%20at%204.30.03%20PM.png" width="468" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">photo source </span><a href="https://mytiki.life/tiki-bars/kelbos-1" style="font-size: large;">https://mytiki.life/tiki-bars/kelbos-1</a><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Both locations were favorite destination for </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Andy Griffith, Kim Novak, Don Knotts, Jack Webb and Huell Howzer to name a few. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jepZ5yGvhsv4GO-W9XrA1sLIwGAkJxS1_IpAkMA0pWLwhS0wuKw9_-mb_l0d5ZHEDq58nhbG3R3b2csiI5I7kS8Tp3w7DvYty5WkbepjD8fjNoqLXezRtWQRj1-2uKeusajhEwFIJnpLN43X8dB8cxUva4etglykJ2jq0UADD4-oOveF9U8ltOpaow/s600/kelbossign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="600" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jepZ5yGvhsv4GO-W9XrA1sLIwGAkJxS1_IpAkMA0pWLwhS0wuKw9_-mb_l0d5ZHEDq58nhbG3R3b2csiI5I7kS8Tp3w7DvYty5WkbepjD8fjNoqLXezRtWQRj1-2uKeusajhEwFIJnpLN43X8dB8cxUva4etglykJ2jq0UADD4-oOveF9U8ltOpaow/w535-h333/kelbossign.jpg" width="535" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> Photo source <a href="https://mytiki.life/tiki-bars/kelbos-1">https://mytiki.life/tiki-bars/kelbos-1</a><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">During the 1970s and '80's KELBO’S featured authentic recorded big band music of the 1930s and and 1940s. Their General manager at the time was Sonny Heideman, a famed trumpeter of "the big band days." Everyone danced late</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"> until the waitresses came around asking everyone to stop because Sonny was going to bed. He actually lived above the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-size-adjust: auto;" tabindex="-1"></a><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Coco Bowl!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPxRLk-gTU-7N7U4zYaJI_WoW2EnTdIS5_s_goON_nYASXYqvmuj8Pikf8oMWJTqQOtdfykWGAdfkkM7EP5_psviKQNDVRKGw8wJOODltbAoAt_XAdGYRFF1x2DMGEdue6Fn2WjjgqpQ7nLhR38yN_NeUGqXaLthuQWzGLpRn7womOvwi89KqilOFXQ/s640/625448_10151731065221950_1880656067_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="640" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPxRLk-gTU-7N7U4zYaJI_WoW2EnTdIS5_s_goON_nYASXYqvmuj8Pikf8oMWJTqQOtdfykWGAdfkkM7EP5_psviKQNDVRKGw8wJOODltbAoAt_XAdGYRFF1x2DMGEdue6Fn2WjjgqpQ7nLhR38yN_NeUGqXaLthuQWzGLpRn7womOvwi89KqilOFXQ/w640-h408/625448_10151731065221950_1880656067_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Bob Hale, who did the Kelbo's mural, was the weatherman on KNBC's local weekday evening news, after being fired by a Seattle station. He'd quickly draw cartoons illustrating each forecast. This was in the early '70s. (If I recall correctly, he was<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-size-adjust: auto;" tabindex="-1"></a><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">replaced by Kelly Lange). This mural stayed intact some time after the west LA location closed. <span style="background-color: white;">Hale </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">also illustrated the menus for Paco's Tacos.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY025yKeYW8AxhxmZdBsf7nxbwHUQaaIb0ziV-bdaG0M_xU3pdDwgzwsPZi80SBXdGaJNtcOBra7GIhcPbZHQA5fFybZmgJBk0IRuK-FBagfITq7bCy1qAs714cH-UUpSK6uGMeqSp5fxKjvJc0xXmF4Bda7DaoEQPSPXNO3CTKRdGZCoTODsE-p2-uQ/s640/292090_2291119490474_706422786_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="574" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY025yKeYW8AxhxmZdBsf7nxbwHUQaaIb0ziV-bdaG0M_xU3pdDwgzwsPZi80SBXdGaJNtcOBra7GIhcPbZHQA5fFybZmgJBk0IRuK-FBagfITq7bCy1qAs714cH-UUpSK6uGMeqSp5fxKjvJc0xXmF4Bda7DaoEQPSPXNO3CTKRdGZCoTODsE-p2-uQ/w574-h640/292090_2291119490474_706422786_n.jpg" width="574" /></span></a></div><p></p></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This was one of KELBO'S Windows</span></i></p><p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I frequented the one on Pico in the 90s many times. It was such a popular place to go to on weekends. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;">They</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"> had great DJs on Saturday nights (one called </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">'</span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Warren the Geeky DJ'),</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"> an</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;">d on other occasions late night jams. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsLDerQwSx6Z_ivKqfvmpup5SQPcTowWJPMmkaIB4NuCzfFyJMpSedTe4e-owfSRe3HLC8fx6uq9ydblAbF6ZO-opNQXuB4yhXpQhOoxCZ3ylw8nOIYzOxJeqvrhNKyhyfoS-gMEEnsC9VQFEXVf_mXB3We5IQJSNRwhG1WRfeDF0z2w00kSHZz4bKg/s605/936409_545673658822691_1996594750_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="328" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsLDerQwSx6Z_ivKqfvmpup5SQPcTowWJPMmkaIB4NuCzfFyJMpSedTe4e-owfSRe3HLC8fx6uq9ydblAbF6ZO-opNQXuB4yhXpQhOoxCZ3ylw8nOIYzOxJeqvrhNKyhyfoS-gMEEnsC9VQFEXVf_mXB3We5IQJSNRwhG1WRfeDF0z2w00kSHZz4bKg/w346-h640/936409_545673658822691_1996594750_n.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;">But, ALL I really remember was having one of those </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">blue drinks....the next thing I knew I </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">was in San Diego with one windshield wiper missing! Kidding...but the</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> place was dark as hell, so all I could see were <span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">porcupine fish eyes staring down from the ceiling tangled in nautical gear.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">KELBO'S Exotic Drink Menu</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwOF7ICHy6JeRC7gFIj4FVtaawKljsDYNEbKDW_Fmd23kScAvEDnyM1lVJhR5ywxUPXlCq07Em2h9sMQAJ6taM4quYEPO_D6Dy4ekPr2BpBGt75Bhx7Ev-b9KB4dH3rA0XyVAsDc0ROp7kg8JvzMc943jzW-MNMMIypoEvf2dSDL83DxtT2RNkaODYQ/s1217/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1217" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwOF7ICHy6JeRC7gFIj4FVtaawKljsDYNEbKDW_Fmd23kScAvEDnyM1lVJhR5ywxUPXlCq07Em2h9sMQAJ6taM4quYEPO_D6Dy4ekPr2BpBGt75Bhx7Ev-b9KB4dH3rA0XyVAsDc0ROp7kg8JvzMc943jzW-MNMMIypoEvf2dSDL83DxtT2RNkaODYQ/w640-h414/unnamed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi571eiEdrZLV_O_FKUhDwXYAJpvzd6Zklzw-24QjQSJ0CgP_vXXtcgjYmwoz6ZDqF3SyqyoNfwP9MstjZUujRbq8JezYMGQwS1_Pzg5Iaf1cO8DC6SYPQf6GhNDXZyYOPnczuOogtSo2g7Wpc-0pFMDEXgxmrejXinO_LKFHOwjM0O6tJRJjW5m1Vu4A/s1762/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-10%20at%204.28.37%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1762" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi571eiEdrZLV_O_FKUhDwXYAJpvzd6Zklzw-24QjQSJ0CgP_vXXtcgjYmwoz6ZDqF3SyqyoNfwP9MstjZUujRbq8JezYMGQwS1_Pzg5Iaf1cO8DC6SYPQf6GhNDXZyYOPnczuOogtSo2g7Wpc-0pFMDEXgxmrejXinO_LKFHOwjM0O6tJRJjW5m1Vu4A/w640-h484/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-10%20at%204.28.37%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo source <a href="https://mytiki.life/tiki-bars/kelbos-1">https://mytiki.life/tiki-bars/kelbos-1</a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;">I also specifically remember excellent ribs and the King Kelbo Slim Liner salad dressing. I think they even sold it there. I don'r recall purchasing it. but I did s</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">wipe an ashtray that I still have and love.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5SD_WqHb9eD_ya1H6LqpC4GvXxjPyeQJTxsXLAWj9y2omcuZEe276rQCuZnyMknL_cd6DFM0aERyA4J8qHBYceQkNAaRPr8a9HURhwgmiRHAhSTnJ5nP2WbwTcfACPLdRPzFetcYr1F313GruK7NdRORV5pE140FuomjB8dBuKQGUx_3VBsA4TjIpg/s960/12295433_10206429613312051_1782401502628403639_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5SD_WqHb9eD_ya1H6LqpC4GvXxjPyeQJTxsXLAWj9y2omcuZEe276rQCuZnyMknL_cd6DFM0aERyA4J8qHBYceQkNAaRPr8a9HURhwgmiRHAhSTnJ5nP2WbwTcfACPLdRPzFetcYr1F313GruK7NdRORV5pE140FuomjB8dBuKQGUx_3VBsA4TjIpg/w383-h215/12295433_10206429613312051_1782401502628403639_n.jpg" width="383" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">Kelbo's was a bit west down the street from "</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">Billingsley's"</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"> and just east of Gateway where the tracks crossed Pico at an angle. If you headed west from Sawtelle, it would be on your left if if they hadn't torn it all down including the lighthouse. It was replaced with "Fantasy Isand". </span></span></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEEQx7m7zsjth7XPF2pVnNkFVXSFrGTSx4pUutaDXft9WPEoUWQ98F87sXQRviCmYAohZoo107k7oavWbr2dXfLdgEaTWE6iY6Jan9vDOmwAQC5QY4gU4H-R6LYwhx8GJ-XBr7qx-88otPs4GruvxeKjMdAGj0PclsCMKqQQMmfBgc4hfuQI7WDj4ZQ/s960/70034152_10218916971891924_7366465913094144000_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEEQx7m7zsjth7XPF2pVnNkFVXSFrGTSx4pUutaDXft9WPEoUWQ98F87sXQRviCmYAohZoo107k7oavWbr2dXfLdgEaTWE6iY6Jan9vDOmwAQC5QY4gU4H-R6LYwhx8GJ-XBr7qx-88otPs4GruvxeKjMdAGj0PclsCMKqQQMmfBgc4hfuQI7WDj4ZQ/w560-h560/70034152_10218916971891924_7366465913094144000_n.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfnhTAx65b35DFfdCaPTWkrYkGA7Skb0cu-DrMTuhYs2g1bUwsJS5PsUuhAha0lYOGUtSCYBNWZjZQCRXn2SsnaxlShkilAsEnhrGXx69tG66jXB8DvSMBOKCDqOxlZQ95v86PeCBF_WlrkKO1XuwTUxNN-8j4o3sb0Fl15VAe3prYOig9oGh9xKI8g/s960/69486770_10218916972131930_592210504752037888_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="565" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfnhTAx65b35DFfdCaPTWkrYkGA7Skb0cu-DrMTuhYs2g1bUwsJS5PsUuhAha0lYOGUtSCYBNWZjZQCRXn2SsnaxlShkilAsEnhrGXx69tG66jXB8DvSMBOKCDqOxlZQ95v86PeCBF_WlrkKO1XuwTUxNN-8j4o3sb0Fl15VAe3prYOig9oGh9xKI8g/w565-h565/69486770_10218916972131930_592210504752037888_n.jpg" width="565" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I believe it was all torn down in 2018. </div></span></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: x-large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Memories such as these remind me of other tiki & nautical styled classics no longer with us such as the 'Luau", "Trader Vic's, "The Islander", the "Tahitian", "</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white;">Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel", the </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">"Captains Table", and even the "Fish Shanty". Even the old "Corkscrew" in Brentwood comes to mind. </span></p><div><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zMxNXA-uwsnCPS_W0NTaNHhqDgaB5bmH_9NPicsM3LGsJdL_bK_utAq2vRZuuLi9pIpj6uH82P2Uy3rcrZjDmJta_XG-UoYZ04nuEbT4pbI2oRb4hHlhyiE4U1j-WQNXGUTJIqaKDs0qxPbpoQlYLEZirk35QGBnYdmft5_tNzCExNYrnjlXXmRcgw/s904/126174192_3405730722797008_2790627877858309013_n.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="904" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zMxNXA-uwsnCPS_W0NTaNHhqDgaB5bmH_9NPicsM3LGsJdL_bK_utAq2vRZuuLi9pIpj6uH82P2Uy3rcrZjDmJta_XG-UoYZ04nuEbT4pbI2oRb4hHlhyiE4U1j-WQNXGUTJIqaKDs0qxPbpoQlYLEZirk35QGBnYdmft5_tNzCExNYrnjlXXmRcgw/w640-h510/126174192_3405730722797008_2790627877858309013_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></b></span></div>The Luau</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;"> was located on Rodeo Drive owned by Steve Crane. Formally "The Tropics". You had to walk over a bridge to enter. Hard to imagine this on Rodeo Drive today because Rodeo Drive has something against anything Kitschy these days. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-S5lWD60JWcIjNLXxgaolfKxkD--OBA_Ssh8L01HdYmFK1CADumXLoGC43npa5l-CnKyDgatN1kFPQ7zqN3uv0mWg5Z-d5OGdy4SwgR72NiU9p6iqQ3QGMHcUZ3Gxh5ubQgfJjCKPS_mRHmLeQKL3XT0gu9lkY6XFA_sKlPayqmjVcHd883S_YTzanA/s2048/459685_10151301625673480_1826101839_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1999" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-S5lWD60JWcIjNLXxgaolfKxkD--OBA_Ssh8L01HdYmFK1CADumXLoGC43npa5l-CnKyDgatN1kFPQ7zqN3uv0mWg5Z-d5OGdy4SwgR72NiU9p6iqQ3QGMHcUZ3Gxh5ubQgfJjCKPS_mRHmLeQKL3XT0gu9lkY6XFA_sKlPayqmjVcHd883S_YTzanA/w482-h495/459685_10151301625673480_1826101839_o.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Alison Martino at the Luau / </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Vintage Los Angeles Archives</span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">I celebrated by very first birthday at the Luau in 1971. Luckily my mother captured this snap shot. Ever since I have wanted a huger over sized wicker chair. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKM2inCqCE10esX4HRpQ_LAA058MthyMRQ5bLpdghQKgC3C7byriU7uoyhWa0hL__VpoOsrvgMwZzVnyCnEnq_Y-ABeEeLh8ERq0Ww-IpUPvo3WJ23FbOiNWk5uxiDUp9cJpp_muGeGfv_0IX8bl1J3qDdZV3r5L5tMu3r6wndR71sx5U_zlE_0iCnQ/s807/285349956_5295588940497782_7861003239054550657_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="803" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKM2inCqCE10esX4HRpQ_LAA058MthyMRQ5bLpdghQKgC3C7byriU7uoyhWa0hL__VpoOsrvgMwZzVnyCnEnq_Y-ABeEeLh8ERq0Ww-IpUPvo3WJ23FbOiNWk5uxiDUp9cJpp_muGeGfv_0IX8bl1J3qDdZV3r5L5tMu3r6wndR71sx5U_zlE_0iCnQ/w574-h578/285349956_5295588940497782_7861003239054550657_n.jpg" width="574" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">WHO TEARS THIS DOWN????</span></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Trader Vic's</b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> was located in the Beverly Hilton since the 1950s. In 2001 it was demoted an moved to the pool area. It was never the same. Tragically, the original was demolished for a Waldorf Astoria. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOx-PMeOUBLTm91DD_w9REC2aq0VbTPOOL8Fu5MyEMh_EClpz9O7i7EpQEkXr62PHqF3BIRP7BAHApIYOqykySVb63H4WjvbPXx3ZQTxERavtxOlEzx6J-05CXTD9xYGy5SnzaQhDHUA-8s8JEVKBF2fXUPpHaB2BFqTGxBR8fs0m1k2avE7RPQc2Rg/s643/16473637_10154956943733480_7443334525188011394_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="643" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOx-PMeOUBLTm91DD_w9REC2aq0VbTPOOL8Fu5MyEMh_EClpz9O7i7EpQEkXr62PHqF3BIRP7BAHApIYOqykySVb63H4WjvbPXx3ZQTxERavtxOlEzx6J-05CXTD9xYGy5SnzaQhDHUA-8s8JEVKBF2fXUPpHaB2BFqTGxBR8fs0m1k2avE7RPQc2Rg/s320/16473637_10154956943733480_7443334525188011394_n.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">At the Trader Vic's the day they closed. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkW5S5JgQ-rtZhUciK9Wbj0eszx9CDot8kcg18-030C7KEdw6uJ20X-2EahFKoCowW-vFhi70wa4GS6cRfyuWXW1_zCXfJZJqY36_J0OGHiSVOzut02fil6QCH5KW7abTiS_q4XCpvh6QRRLm1qVT-ZTkoRcWuLQoW0e6GA-janzPLGZFkoyX4mendg/s960/424840_304465812943478_1005933132_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="960" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkW5S5JgQ-rtZhUciK9Wbj0eszx9CDot8kcg18-030C7KEdw6uJ20X-2EahFKoCowW-vFhi70wa4GS6cRfyuWXW1_zCXfJZJqY36_J0OGHiSVOzut02fil6QCH5KW7abTiS_q4XCpvh6QRRLm1qVT-ZTkoRcWuLQoW0e6GA-janzPLGZFkoyX4mendg/w640-h426/424840_304465812943478_1005933132_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Islander</b><span style="text-align: left;">. Located on La Cienega and surrounded by a moat and bridges. At night you could see the giant tiki torches a mile away. It was terribly altered in the 1970s for an Acapulco Restaurant. Today it's a hideous looking apartment building. </span></div></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvlqRrO7ZZOVG8bQhhyUXHZ3h7IUb43-nuioBIHfCKnLgQnS4Sce_TomlKDZ7c667o9ksUa6z-x1_knOW18TYL_7P2XoFc00eubst_tv0Tf-DMj0M3TrhFTuU7rcNNVcFHbbNzFJEuCVy4er8u1skZfHtnCY9h-wUxm_ps1YCk6uOt7SE0gGDcnSIaA/s960/71150884_10216044007278139_9120389398385393664_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="960" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvlqRrO7ZZOVG8bQhhyUXHZ3h7IUb43-nuioBIHfCKnLgQnS4Sce_TomlKDZ7c667o9ksUa6z-x1_knOW18TYL_7P2XoFc00eubst_tv0Tf-DMj0M3TrhFTuU7rcNNVcFHbbNzFJEuCVy4er8u1skZfHtnCY9h-wUxm_ps1YCk6uOt7SE0gGDcnSIaA/w640-h596/71150884_10216044007278139_9120389398385393664_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">The Tahitian </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">located in Studio City. </span></span></div></div></blockquote><div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><b>Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel </b>located on La Cienega between Melrose Ave & Santa Monica Blvd</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GAL7fv4iJe0euO_lBjMJuvquGxBf6DjwS6qTMbL6SqEzgOYHXbCKpJuDZgdr51eDKWL1hGLm9qf-e0GZRKT29zwfhpEuHK_MaXN8zy61GEZjGNVrp4P5F85aC2vcjOhfuE86m8Ps2Y29yBTgupIlIUUln8fAgtYDKHJvsIQV0buz2eZKQ7bmUU4ueA/s1024/11722618_10153453570913480_7662370540054242285_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="1024" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GAL7fv4iJe0euO_lBjMJuvquGxBf6DjwS6qTMbL6SqEzgOYHXbCKpJuDZgdr51eDKWL1hGLm9qf-e0GZRKT29zwfhpEuHK_MaXN8zy61GEZjGNVrp4P5F85aC2vcjOhfuE86m8Ps2Y29yBTgupIlIUUln8fAgtYDKHJvsIQV0buz2eZKQ7bmUU4ueA/w640-h468/11722618_10153453570913480_7662370540054242285_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Vintage Los Angeles Archives</div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><b>The Captain's Table</b> had two incar</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">nations. This one wasn't that far from the Lobster Barrel</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> just south of Xavier Cugat's restaurant. In the late 60s it moved just below Beverly Park on Restaurant Row. </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFo1_dT-UuInBr7dNXNB5yuv9MaUzL9Cu2e8_CqXfHbfgL6fhdMp7C-FsJDwYllZN9LXuFvgslpoOlLCqSSnE4mY4icyu9i88-9zdh2B7erPRq11fylEblBEzlC_Vn9_AZ1yOlCXnT5vm6u2WAj1QOPfP-l2kCxGY_cxiY4BXvuhQxGN8p7gLDuu1dgg/s640/95443044_3045221808867851_6952379882634477568_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="640" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFo1_dT-UuInBr7dNXNB5yuv9MaUzL9Cu2e8_CqXfHbfgL6fhdMp7C-FsJDwYllZN9LXuFvgslpoOlLCqSSnE4mY4icyu9i88-9zdh2B7erPRq11fylEblBEzlC_Vn9_AZ1yOlCXnT5vm6u2WAj1QOPfP-l2kCxGY_cxiY4BXvuhQxGN8p7gLDuu1dgg/w640-h410/95443044_3045221808867851_6952379882634477568_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3XbPVop5CgCAnqYXdqlbAdnAeX5jsq0SNxZ3NXfTBGWujaa5AqGCyBlOSMQR5YFl_wTvpijv_X2HD7M_TJ_67f2ZYxbrTG1H0KcBthoaJ3RBUp3THT3agNU2VCQm5o80bWKSrf-uQ7LGI5MSikZFitZN-EuvW2STT3yQPbiq-wv1AI27eduUwehHYA/s744/19601439_1472737396116308_8547542961832348448_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="744" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3XbPVop5CgCAnqYXdqlbAdnAeX5jsq0SNxZ3NXfTBGWujaa5AqGCyBlOSMQR5YFl_wTvpijv_X2HD7M_TJ_67f2ZYxbrTG1H0KcBthoaJ3RBUp3THT3agNU2VCQm5o80bWKSrf-uQ7LGI5MSikZFitZN-EuvW2STT3yQPbiq-wv1AI27eduUwehHYA/w408-h264/19601439_1472737396116308_8547542961832348448_n.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br /><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></b></div>The Fish Shanty</b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"> was located on Restaurant Row. You entered through a whale's mouth made out of blue mid century tiles and glass (sadly, it burned down)</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjm5f2rUB6ZoJSx3KVen-OCf682pAszsZIFOA1QNoeHhaDvzseqaSIKWGxbF8-W6fBaWSGxnSX3E7zdj5PWwjlLs2J9aAVgk0XKi4jr1V279aAoCvr_13u3DB0bSKr-C8GiTAEsoCMoKHHyN6JwCOypH6OQuECB88ThlX9xYEFD_D2wtMvRlK01Vn9Q/s2048/106172733_10158336705853480_4678646918661349372_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjm5f2rUB6ZoJSx3KVen-OCf682pAszsZIFOA1QNoeHhaDvzseqaSIKWGxbF8-W6fBaWSGxnSX3E7zdj5PWwjlLs2J9aAVgk0XKi4jr1V279aAoCvr_13u3DB0bSKr-C8GiTAEsoCMoKHHyN6JwCOypH6OQuECB88ThlX9xYEFD_D2wtMvRlK01Vn9Q/w640-h480/106172733_10158336705853480_4678646918661349372_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">Vintage Los Angeles Archives</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMd9qYLKkRJrmSqiTZm1fypNjKOarr1IwcP1i-koGHx16ZPcIhn50t-zRF2GFFjZcV4nhQWVR06HmM6IiXeRrMzc8MoZNI2eBnPd1hfzDsL_kPZipJsvZ8bmJtO6BqbCJcPKx2j7jD2WYn5RdaQOkI44GlptA6r6TxQYaY8YM2B5U9-X7IuBXWSJ-qDw/s2048/107143859_10158336705963480_1815798046350036557_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMd9qYLKkRJrmSqiTZm1fypNjKOarr1IwcP1i-koGHx16ZPcIhn50t-zRF2GFFjZcV4nhQWVR06HmM6IiXeRrMzc8MoZNI2eBnPd1hfzDsL_kPZipJsvZ8bmJtO6BqbCJcPKx2j7jD2WYn5RdaQOkI44GlptA6r6TxQYaY8YM2B5U9-X7IuBXWSJ-qDw/s320/107143859_10158336705963480_1815798046350036557_n.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><b><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">The Corkscrew </span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">located in Brentwood. I kept this menu when I was 10 years old. I found it recently. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times;">I had a laugh when I turned it over. I see I drew my dad on the back!</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white;">It's time for themed restaurants to make a comeback.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Stick an umbrella in anything right now and I'm happy!</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPmRq8QGWxKEUFoQvtZ_3PCt6ZGr79CJU-jpvv_BBl7zv5-F9vae3bhaqvZLzUq5O9pCoMzVLh2qzT92Gld32pUZr5bkAhMn8qGMWWAJ5iB693HnCe8K7cYHA174ZMvFsCJueOV-BZZ0HS1hW2ziqCdnglPKHdYSB7I7oLVcXJmz_tuhhr-tbx_CkVQ/s640/Screen%20Shot%202022-02-12%20at%206.11.09%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="640" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPmRq8QGWxKEUFoQvtZ_3PCt6ZGr79CJU-jpvv_BBl7zv5-F9vae3bhaqvZLzUq5O9pCoMzVLh2qzT92Gld32pUZr5bkAhMn8qGMWWAJ5iB693HnCe8K7cYHA174ZMvFsCJueOV-BZZ0HS1hW2ziqCdnglPKHdYSB7I7oLVcXJmz_tuhhr-tbx_CkVQ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-02-12%20at%206.11.09%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alison Martino is a writer, television producer, and pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Vintage Los Angeles </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">in 2010. Alison muses on L.A’s. past and present on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonwmartino?lang=en" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Twitter </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-18879877753727519662022-06-17T15:54:00.089-07:002023-01-18T16:32:22.697-08:00 History of 8004 Sunset Blvd <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQ4Ur73TRytH-bw-feqH-gTrRpZ6PlET5Xe2vi_qZtJVhW6dKfCuU8mp-UhzuEjCZQL9HjjDlIpoB0xbqtLCLNlI8Xgnd8nNALeDnb6IriTPwnWRoHwQ0uxGmyMORtHMvBmv2oJrcG1unuIhEXWM6tvRTX79zcB7_C0IfDvv6GDHtWO7II3yJDL_58Q/s1228/0-3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1228" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQ4Ur73TRytH-bw-feqH-gTrRpZ6PlET5Xe2vi_qZtJVhW6dKfCuU8mp-UhzuEjCZQL9HjjDlIpoB0xbqtLCLNlI8Xgnd8nNALeDnb6IriTPwnWRoHwQ0uxGmyMORtHMvBmv2oJrcG1unuIhEXWM6tvRTX79zcB7_C0IfDvv6GDHtWO7II3yJDL_58Q/w640-h546/0-3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><i>Photo Ed Ruscha, 1973</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">HISTORY OF 8004 SUNSET STRIP</span><br /> </div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;">This little stretch of property located at 8004 Sunset Strip includes the corner of Palm Drive and Holloway. In 1932 it was a hair salon that specialized in finger waves for 75 cents. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitucbDCU4pz22QBwi1Nfb32z3S64S2xlsYxGpfsAU31u-c9GHodpowsgrcImJUGI3ZnFWQSC1vovjhkfrVMz8w_WykzVsk-R2MpxwgZdY0QcRFDwSrnqLxuyatxm7hB7AzIi54FcUrK9FzQUKHB0HU1SK_Cn2LPn5hnu7_hYiQ9xcdwRf6Y-ClRzNRDg/s2048/unnamed-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1898" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitucbDCU4pz22QBwi1Nfb32z3S64S2xlsYxGpfsAU31u-c9GHodpowsgrcImJUGI3ZnFWQSC1vovjhkfrVMz8w_WykzVsk-R2MpxwgZdY0QcRFDwSrnqLxuyatxm7hB7AzIi54FcUrK9FzQUKHB0HU1SK_Cn2LPn5hnu7_hYiQ9xcdwRf6Y-ClRzNRDg/w594-h640/unnamed-2.jpg" width="594" /></span></a></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, July 21, 1932</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">During the mid 1930s and mid 1940s, this property had three club incarnations just across the way from Simon's Drive in: It was originally CLUB BALI from 1935 until 1941 owned by </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">Ickie Outhwaite which was fined and raided for providing illegal gambling and slot machines. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Then it became CLUB SOCIETY</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: trebuchet;"> (which was forced to close after getting caught serving liquor after 2am) and finally The THREE STAR CLUB. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0639x10XM3z2j_3WvdJW_Q7RmoIQzMD4Y_Loc8ty-c8NYt7tIwxjY_koQyZF_mmVjf3d4AVSFXY2eEwfixtU8XqwgwhU2saa7g3G5TzT1x0F8vzuJNiWBuBuVVrHp49NcwpDcl7dwQGafRmsQKoUz1eY6O7ySd_RMGrCmjoOKDadY46cxCDfLcvfVQ/s800/unnamed-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="622" height="689" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0639x10XM3z2j_3WvdJW_Q7RmoIQzMD4Y_Loc8ty-c8NYt7tIwxjY_koQyZF_mmVjf3d4AVSFXY2eEwfixtU8XqwgwhU2saa7g3G5TzT1x0F8vzuJNiWBuBuVVrHp49NcwpDcl7dwQGafRmsQKoUz1eY6O7ySd_RMGrCmjoOKDadY46cxCDfLcvfVQ/w536-h689/unnamed-8.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The Society Club located at 8004 Sunset Blvd, 1930s</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><p></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;">There was also a popular voice studio in the same structure from 1934 until 1947 owned by Major Herbert Hall. </span></span><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAPASgAa3Ja5VktXDS_rjHw9vU1TE5mQiVdiswneFpFEyX8wYo8FeGzjxEmcPRvWP_VIbrsFHV4Jqs_TJZZhM9FtiS7MCfA05x8BLDHbltrATVIjptlHJrMZ-_QwlrZlp17IDfmJGpLCaFQZvuiK3pGCVPP8Vl8ngmYfAhyQAew7QXkw1E2B2yzbPFA/s564/8aa5c071a55695bc724d1f6918ae4997.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="564" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAPASgAa3Ja5VktXDS_rjHw9vU1TE5mQiVdiswneFpFEyX8wYo8FeGzjxEmcPRvWP_VIbrsFHV4Jqs_TJZZhM9FtiS7MCfA05x8BLDHbltrATVIjptlHJrMZ-_QwlrZlp17IDfmJGpLCaFQZvuiK3pGCVPP8Vl8ngmYfAhyQAew7QXkw1E2B2yzbPFA/w400-h316/8aa5c071a55695bc724d1f6918ae4997.jpg" width="400" /></a>-=</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>Inside Cafe Society at 8004 Sunset Blvd. before a police raid in 1941. Photo: LAPL.org</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWY6wv7-u_8WSZBINHNRR55vjTej_CQOIhvD-dws-4VLfYZIgtnrKyLEcfqtGEY8EToWgAojMqAV5X-otn3sa8XhoM-DRqDv3XS6Wl_k7xeHczmUnNennUgZgneYRh6EvDEKt1Yb-sFUTGzCTYpNXNwsZNAGMsO0psAipQLg_FXNkKl836-nXIwXt8Q/s1340/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-27%20at%203.33.26%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="1340" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWY6wv7-u_8WSZBINHNRR55vjTej_CQOIhvD-dws-4VLfYZIgtnrKyLEcfqtGEY8EToWgAojMqAV5X-otn3sa8XhoM-DRqDv3XS6Wl_k7xeHczmUnNennUgZgneYRh6EvDEKt1Yb-sFUTGzCTYpNXNwsZNAGMsO0psAipQLg_FXNkKl836-nXIwXt8Q/w640-h106/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-27%20at%203.33.26%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1NIg3XLMiZSittv3akaEzOG2SkuXMpf2g0-Udd0kOpZ-Hu3mIc0_5P4vglax1kIkQ6qbZVv_qd0zFr5m0_VzcZ-N7tc_UG_PDwv8kx6pVNmXdcabR1ts16isuy5u78DZxVlwC0lyKOZxmawb6EsFCsah8mKGXPMz6gAnkJMOI0Ogm_0JkIF8mFgmkg/s640/247025373_1338325279920345_7852464353304110108_n-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="640" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1NIg3XLMiZSittv3akaEzOG2SkuXMpf2g0-Udd0kOpZ-Hu3mIc0_5P4vglax1kIkQ6qbZVv_qd0zFr5m0_VzcZ-N7tc_UG_PDwv8kx6pVNmXdcabR1ts16isuy5u78DZxVlwC0lyKOZxmawb6EsFCsah8mKGXPMz6gAnkJMOI0Ogm_0JkIF8mFgmkg/w473-h356/247025373_1338325279920345_7852464353304110108_n-1.jpg" width="473" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><a href="https://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2021/10/8801-sunset-strip.html">Simon's Drive-In </a>was located across the way at Sunset & Horn. Decades later this property would become Muntz Stereo and<a href="https://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-legendary-past-and-celluloid-future.html"> Tower Records </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-size: large;">In 1947, L.A. gangster Mickey Cohen acquired 8004 Sunset Strip. He built a new building and</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large;"> funded three legit businesses in the building’s street-level storefronts including </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">COURTLEY JEWELERS and a swank men's store called </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">MICHAEL'S EXCLUSIVE HABERDASHERY. Many believe these were just fronts for his bookie empire. The building was often referred to as Mickey Cohen Headquarters. It was during this time the address changed to 8804 Sunset Blvd. </span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQj1Q3KIJWw2BCvAQVBYos1qgDJazVPVPxQuQ5KQFmRVg144AgZojMPHoXiH7DQgiwrhGPRq1k3LwMny4cJgy9TqpxDMM3ns4-3RsmMaGrPlG32U4-D2ZsFTs1e450_w5zaznbx-VZbGINKAvApAS0c_l6hRAoZwigP_dy7AlST94snk47d4ssn65qA/s403/288626515_5337550252968317_6088332109245832438_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="403" height="613" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQj1Q3KIJWw2BCvAQVBYos1qgDJazVPVPxQuQ5KQFmRVg144AgZojMPHoXiH7DQgiwrhGPRq1k3LwMny4cJgy9TqpxDMM3ns4-3RsmMaGrPlG32U4-D2ZsFTs1e450_w5zaznbx-VZbGINKAvApAS0c_l6hRAoZwigP_dy7AlST94snk47d4ssn65qA/w613-h613/288626515_5337550252968317_6088332109245832438_n.jpg" width="613" /></span></a></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekdzRL59WwLA9J_xixo0odwrEur3STKug2zcSOPjSCe6wU7QjkVcgJq2G1ZrNpfCwaM69OlVCBVmpzMTl87WAtmlzZO-yRn329BNVtmlTS-4adcFO8IWfLQesXNB8eNOmhGwScY6adEP9xi3WrTkfoy_OKt-qNOziRVJM2J9Qhf7xaUPG78obQzPSdg/s1492/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-27%20at%204.20.49%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="1492" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekdzRL59WwLA9J_xixo0odwrEur3STKug2zcSOPjSCe6wU7QjkVcgJq2G1ZrNpfCwaM69OlVCBVmpzMTl87WAtmlzZO-yRn329BNVtmlTS-4adcFO8IWfLQesXNB8eNOmhGwScY6adEP9xi3WrTkfoy_OKt-qNOziRVJM2J9Qhf7xaUPG78obQzPSdg/w477-h173/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-27%20at%204.20.49%20PM.png" width="477" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; text-size-adjust: auto;">Cohen was targeted by his enemies several times on Sunset Strip. The first attack came in August 1948 at 10:30 pm when a gunmen entered COURTLEY JEWELERS and opened fire. Luckily for Cohen, (who was an intense germaphobic), he happened to be in the mens room washing his hands during the ambush. Cohen's bodyguard, "Hooky" Rothman, was not so lucky. He was found on the ground in front of the building with his head blown off. Ironically there was a mortuary next door (where Book Soup is today). I guess that made things somewhat convenient. <br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqACnYR91TxSWaykoj2PXlH8MYHZz29omO5ghTP5Gm-DZNw8wzlTMQBXgjVsBSdTAwqQvXMisY6jXpKbXC5ty-g40ouf6MIbVQWImagm1B2SD31pdwhZugD28_l8TQqmtQ8ImKumqMaRR94dF4iO7Gks-OASN0lSgrj-eKSfze_UnJz2Qnq5HWKPfXCw/s960/223565600_350687843285747_7548906850060794399_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="960" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqACnYR91TxSWaykoj2PXlH8MYHZz29omO5ghTP5Gm-DZNw8wzlTMQBXgjVsBSdTAwqQvXMisY6jXpKbXC5ty-g40ouf6MIbVQWImagm1B2SD31pdwhZugD28_l8TQqmtQ8ImKumqMaRR94dF4iO7Gks-OASN0lSgrj-eKSfze_UnJz2Qnq5HWKPfXCw/w640-h454/223565600_350687843285747_7548906850060794399_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">The Utter-McKinley Mortuary offered a 24-hour service. Located where Book Soup is today.</span><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDj7B77lFtQM19vz83TQzUuIIwLC7qR93t6GwX-sT3z4IrnDKMwNsbJ1bZs3IXlUY6_c7_VVW7LXisHpho9bEvCOqci7ka2QtJKvRA9UxtRsHcXlZ3RU07gzKYvlPf6aE2J2E03oULFzzA03ERZ_Mv_1AfdYjedru5S7zRilFyIld1XcMKiNqkT_f6g/s369/74911776_2423140321146942_6116483658040737792_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="244" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDj7B77lFtQM19vz83TQzUuIIwLC7qR93t6GwX-sT3z4IrnDKMwNsbJ1bZs3IXlUY6_c7_VVW7LXisHpho9bEvCOqci7ka2QtJKvRA9UxtRsHcXlZ3RU07gzKYvlPf6aE2J2E03oULFzzA03ERZ_Mv_1AfdYjedru5S7zRilFyIld1XcMKiNqkT_f6g/w227-h343/74911776_2423140321146942_6116483658040737792_n.jpg" width="227" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="color: #050505; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><br style="text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;">Harold "Hooky" Rothman, also known as Harry Rothman, was a Jewish mobster and mob enforcer who was the right-hand man of Los Angeles kingpin Mickey Cohen during "The Battle of Sunset Strip" for the control of illegal activities in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; text-size-adjust: auto;">It was no secret those bullets were also meant for Cohen. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"> During the inve</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">stigation, the LAPD originally thought it was a random jewelry heist gone wrong, but Cohen revealed his sentiments in court by saying, "that was no holdup gone wrong, they were coming for me". </span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">The boys told all they said they knew about the shooting of Harry "Hooky" Rothman, at a Coroner's inquest. After due deliberation, the jury solemnly decided--with appropriate expert advice-that "Hooky's" demise was homicide, perpetuated by a person or persons unknown. </span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Cohen sold off the property the following year after admitting he needed to raise a $50.000 bond for one of his henchmen awaiting trial on conspiracy and negotiated a quick sale of his haberdashery. </span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPX5RnE7NsQGvHBgDQluHbXxP5u-RjBjet7udH1UI8gbjCLRcWhHxKC8nvFdjDphiPeRLervRSdbS5StAGtVDnLSImrURiGhh7QrrWjjxb4JSc687j4I38zINTI2FKUICgsNSfkUYPo6MohaPnY-LSuY6VK3I-1wyiI_JADqdoPaDUf5POtm_085l_A/s800/75362427_2666447706745265_2596225619247235072_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="800" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPX5RnE7NsQGvHBgDQluHbXxP5u-RjBjet7udH1UI8gbjCLRcWhHxKC8nvFdjDphiPeRLervRSdbS5StAGtVDnLSImrURiGhh7QrrWjjxb4JSc687j4I38zINTI2FKUICgsNSfkUYPo6MohaPnY-LSuY6VK3I-1wyiI_JADqdoPaDUf5POtm_085l_A/w640-h402/75362427_2666447706745265_2596225619247235072_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>Mickey Cohen calls it QUITS at his </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Haberdashery </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">in 1949. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vSLEW9SQJ91TgiUB_T8umGVAwhd3nX8zQuanGQxRbM-hvwxgFIt9w8ShWEb2U3b_8cT67AhJ7G3i9oTSe_sFj8koOiScWrzTgtHeJVkgrhJWqtL19KvBO0YzwnzMVElhgL078YhaIwY8q8zMBwszy48AHUwpU_NDonuCeLp8nHYJyg0rAy1GQPNkxA/s1255/0-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1128" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vSLEW9SQJ91TgiUB_T8umGVAwhd3nX8zQuanGQxRbM-hvwxgFIt9w8ShWEb2U3b_8cT67AhJ7G3i9oTSe_sFj8koOiScWrzTgtHeJVkgrhJWqtL19KvBO0YzwnzMVElhgL078YhaIwY8q8zMBwszy48AHUwpU_NDonuCeLp8nHYJyg0rAy1GQPNkxA/w576-h640/0-1.jpeg" width="576" /></a></div><span><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">In the 1950s and early 1960s 8804 Sunset Blvd was another mens clothing store called MAN ABOUT TOWN & and then a wig shop called THE HARUM. Notice that the ad for MAN ABOUT TOWN mentions they were one block away from the Jerry Lewis Restaurant (which later became the <a href="https://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2009/09/t-he-classic-cat-strip-club-lo-cated-at_09.html">Classic Cat Strip Club</a>, University Stereo, and Tower Video. That building hung on until it was was demolished in 2014 for a new Chase Bank building). </span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjha_utBarZoZy7vadEbtNFEMk1gPZgquRhCnR7XS8FF5qW3wdGYHrtq7DZNmhUQbG4FCxcCGRADMwT7KHEB4uLn2xBSy4_qr9rdS-ztYsJB9LR1pl3KnRX5DO7uy2ke3n_D1tm7C9twdXf_XTo3v6o1Inq3rT2aESb6qL-zCmtF8XMaJnTrxEclFN7Hw/s584/289185905_5337550309634978_885219129563359549_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjha_utBarZoZy7vadEbtNFEMk1gPZgquRhCnR7XS8FF5qW3wdGYHrtq7DZNmhUQbG4FCxcCGRADMwT7KHEB4uLn2xBSy4_qr9rdS-ztYsJB9LR1pl3KnRX5DO7uy2ke3n_D1tm7C9twdXf_XTo3v6o1Inq3rT2aESb6qL-zCmtF8XMaJnTrxEclFN7Hw/w526-h640/289185905_5337550309634978_885219129563359549_n.jpg" width="526" /></span></a></div><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFtJwysgNEcNGZd0-slvwTHA_EUVCbiDxn7lSl-Rl3QbV7dhnaso6dEtj7C0CTk_cPPTeoCx4r8uBQvQyoawDVHji2wLZK2sJx2XiXKPHM-mYnBrMBrIxX9ka0n6O4UvK5XkvktdNQH1v0EnN3KnCNKePAbvniUKkI_Aa2DLmyGQrdxDUTyhFiav93g/s595/288710068_5337550329634976_5761685521249622544_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="595" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFtJwysgNEcNGZd0-slvwTHA_EUVCbiDxn7lSl-Rl3QbV7dhnaso6dEtj7C0CTk_cPPTeoCx4r8uBQvQyoawDVHji2wLZK2sJx2XiXKPHM-mYnBrMBrIxX9ka0n6O4UvK5XkvktdNQH1v0EnN3KnCNKePAbvniUKkI_Aa2DLmyGQrdxDUTyhFiav93g/w640-h580/288710068_5337550329634976_5761685521249622544_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">In 1965 a pool hall called the CORNER POCKET and a boutique called the CLOTHES LINE and the jewelry store called the GOLDEN EARRING occupied this stretch. </span></span></div><div><br /><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnpL2c62kZXg-yBQ7ySxi2AjbZtNTvUgYbzYqhodWNxqyZqaiHnv3sYgvBpKiXvnSIyW7l8_ja1V3QODjIyOD_MLWbpyFAD9I3EUX6vuCYxhN_RQsyDynhl_jZsC5WaQSvbOl3NeeF23nxyyDcxhIhDB1iMp9qP0yi2FJF9kkyO9Iw6vFblytivG44w/s1443/0-4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="1443" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnpL2c62kZXg-yBQ7ySxi2AjbZtNTvUgYbzYqhodWNxqyZqaiHnv3sYgvBpKiXvnSIyW7l8_ja1V3QODjIyOD_MLWbpyFAD9I3EUX6vuCYxhN_RQsyDynhl_jZsC5WaQSvbOl3NeeF23nxyyDcxhIhDB1iMp9qP0yi2FJF9kkyO9Iw6vFblytivG44w/w640-h560/0-4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><i>Photo taken by Ed Ruscha in 1966. Source <a href="https://12sunsets.getty.edu/map/1985?d=0.42256">12 Sunsets. </a></i></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div>During the late 60s it became the PSYCHEDELIC CONSPIRACY and a neighboring store called SIMBA. (The CORNER POCKET Pool Hall was still located next store). The PSYCHEDELIC CONSPIRACY was the most impressive and genuinely </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">psychedelic of all the shops in Los Angeles. The dazzling effect of the store was achieved by a silver ceiling that reflected light from a complicated deployment of colored lamps above, below and inside some large translucent plastic sculptures made by the then-owner of the shop, Tony Melendy. People would have to adjust his their eyes to the lights & their and sinuses to the thick haze of incense.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="600" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCb64IT8OUF9eo9f2-KDwjAkhPKrCOpvmm-m9Z65mVrXESIfZ-Rh7UrS8l0v42ORv3SqvPwlTzwf9bHMyUsmF9zqRaT0Ls2vaJA1Si9gwPo4ktR-rzfkifuAola7rSmu0iqLZWOuG1LqcrGJtMyi_hXRJ7ijOWsEtPHWQv5f-IzbVdkV96GUq8-IWhxA/w640-h466/289074667_5337550286301647_3711301586945507325_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i>Photos taken by Frank Zinn (Vintage Los Angeles Archives)</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5lgkfQVU5IvpEGdjDDJSkd_n94kdeEDyODKKvN2vKXBnWJAigmk4FlC5n7okor7zUpdBxgJzKPjdiB3dlgfoIgmfGWFmPAAuS1IXmuT3HFTHTR5R6NH0Ykqh3sGqJkRPQQfD2sBZmChExWOAN51d9zQmzqJZNrDt8z-mh0OARcoXHvb97krc9AJ5_Q/s1282/unnamed-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1282" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5lgkfQVU5IvpEGdjDDJSkd_n94kdeEDyODKKvN2vKXBnWJAigmk4FlC5n7okor7zUpdBxgJzKPjdiB3dlgfoIgmfGWFmPAAuS1IXmuT3HFTHTR5R6NH0Ykqh3sGqJkRPQQfD2sBZmChExWOAN51d9zQmzqJZNrDt8z-mh0OARcoXHvb97krc9AJ5_Q/w640-h426/unnamed-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i>Inside the Psychedelic Conspiracy. Vintage Los Angeles Archives </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09zQVNcvoghStYM8pR43GYPQqIWb1dsHg6Xqt1-ziWCDqu9iqoDpEYzZ00HfF7wLJiM3xEJEpvCwI8ovC0CrvbNkmejdRU0ayJ56cgt61nnEA1-VVY9phcl7zvLyr02GgXYZ_Fpmwp-82nf5sApViW17ELW6DsRLkEUinHVzFTnLTYQ4-yc4VzOPFkg/s1937/unnamed-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1937" data-original-width="1283" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09zQVNcvoghStYM8pR43GYPQqIWb1dsHg6Xqt1-ziWCDqu9iqoDpEYzZ00HfF7wLJiM3xEJEpvCwI8ovC0CrvbNkmejdRU0ayJ56cgt61nnEA1-VVY9phcl7zvLyr02GgXYZ_Fpmwp-82nf5sApViW17ELW6DsRLkEUinHVzFTnLTYQ4-yc4VzOPFkg/w424-h640/unnamed-4.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAv7wH2D-aWdAjGMnW8lAUA59ycmsrLzwnFHMo5q9YUWXRAmPZd0WvTIawCxaJzjc2dqVJDMKP9kdiJBMytzfcObhAquUHNRcdkrZG-2CuuVAeB8gxngtvqSdaWPOBEj4wkGLtNJuPThByAR06gSuNz8zbmoetyOwtFjz5sbaAFc6IEQiKmT9z4oHkMA/s1242/unnamed-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1242" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAv7wH2D-aWdAjGMnW8lAUA59ycmsrLzwnFHMo5q9YUWXRAmPZd0WvTIawCxaJzjc2dqVJDMKP9kdiJBMytzfcObhAquUHNRcdkrZG-2CuuVAeB8gxngtvqSdaWPOBEj4wkGLtNJuPThByAR06gSuNz8zbmoetyOwtFjz5sbaAFc6IEQiKmT9z4oHkMA/w640-h638/unnamed-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Inside the Corner Pocket</i></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQq9bN8YhIJIXZI-GO2VLN8LTMnvAqjK2D5DhQtsyw-loIye_aejSkgG7E4Gpytb_z9BnAzon3ImvGMqxg5ZEEPyRwvMdBxoKTp4nk_6Zq8lTu8vyrQxk3fLJ3j34gCPFSrTMe0hD9eRk2fsH5kUo5GAUxZ5NzpI5s7fCw1sF4EKjKLTM3UJH4hKWgw/s1242/unnamed-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="1242" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQq9bN8YhIJIXZI-GO2VLN8LTMnvAqjK2D5DhQtsyw-loIye_aejSkgG7E4Gpytb_z9BnAzon3ImvGMqxg5ZEEPyRwvMdBxoKTp4nk_6Zq8lTu8vyrQxk3fLJ3j34gCPFSrTMe0hD9eRk2fsH5kUo5GAUxZ5NzpI5s7fCw1sF4EKjKLTM3UJH4hKWgw/w379-h375/unnamed-7.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Screen grab from "I Love You Alice B. Toklas" released in 1968</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">In 1985 all the original store fronts were taken down to build offices for Carolco Pictures and various other offices. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3c_J5QsVWd24__fB2R2CN8Gm3h4P3RqyL2KL5ZdIkVG5w_BiZpyaEmKN7BouCAufbItjTiLltsU2_76LR8Mg0lum51z3keLVO8HVNVEhPNAVl0yAnB0aXvaDzVIwDfO6ICtgq4ekkdBzNdIr6kmgQjwf9X5D-UIZITqQ1K6wA5ywBrki9aZNev4ZW8Q/s1389/0-2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1389" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3c_J5QsVWd24__fB2R2CN8Gm3h4P3RqyL2KL5ZdIkVG5w_BiZpyaEmKN7BouCAufbItjTiLltsU2_76LR8Mg0lum51z3keLVO8HVNVEhPNAVl0yAnB0aXvaDzVIwDfO6ICtgq4ekkdBzNdIr6kmgQjwf9X5D-UIZITqQ1K6wA5ywBrki9aZNev4ZW8Q/w640-h428/0-2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">The address then became 8800. Jose Menendez was working for Carolco Pictures when his two sons, Lyle & Erik Menendez murdered him and his wife Kitty in 1989. I graduated BBH with Eric in 1989, and that entire story is still so horrific 30 years later.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMnFKZqr4DFTfGeoRNfDDFJfXhEnSlBkSFJD-jYni4VokBjuRepy_5xcX2s-yzVXIHI5zJGQylDl4rH3xLjcRHd_g-NuPhMC8IARaygN9ewUOn-mmhkG6hhGNUb8Y3sz96xvZHbm586dgzhFmhj2Abc076S70n_X38GgUQbPhPRDHbelUn0IBzz9tkw/s1241/unnamed-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1241" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMnFKZqr4DFTfGeoRNfDDFJfXhEnSlBkSFJD-jYni4VokBjuRepy_5xcX2s-yzVXIHI5zJGQylDl4rH3xLjcRHd_g-NuPhMC8IARaygN9ewUOn-mmhkG6hhGNUb8Y3sz96xvZHbm586dgzhFmhj2Abc076S70n_X38GgUQbPhPRDHbelUn0IBzz9tkw/w640-h430/unnamed-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Photo of Carolco Pictures was taken just one year before Jose and Kitty Menendez were murdered by their two sons, Erik and Lyle. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQTmMa8RwJemB8XwRBDEoiMQqi5bSdW8OWkFnkp7rDYpIaudwgI0x7wyLpJq4QkWcOq_ydZ6UYMJcZSY2Cpoymax0Es4354o78H8aDuH5IMeV3ybdvutbLaKZCAy09i_yuPfqVIyq_Q81nZf9FB3A1f-HkM5oYASiD8LID7QmKRqh9Rm3AqPi3ZenZQ/s1000/289057279_5337550262968316_2753936732778097216_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQTmMa8RwJemB8XwRBDEoiMQqi5bSdW8OWkFnkp7rDYpIaudwgI0x7wyLpJq4QkWcOq_ydZ6UYMJcZSY2Cpoymax0Es4354o78H8aDuH5IMeV3ybdvutbLaKZCAy09i_yuPfqVIyq_Q81nZf9FB3A1f-HkM5oYASiD8LID7QmKRqh9Rm3AqPi3ZenZQ/w640-h426/289057279_5337550262968316_2753936732778097216_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Today it’s the IAC Building, which kinda looks like a giant Chia Pet.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;">All of this could have been straight out of a Quinn Martin episode! 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She founded the Facebook page </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Vintage Los Angeles </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto;">in 2010. Alison muses on L.A’s. past and present on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonwmartino?lang=en" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Twitter </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto;">and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Instagram</a></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div></span></span></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-66184710666515793262022-04-24T16:20:00.079-07:002022-04-25T16:37:13.264-07:00Ah Fong's<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxa2FdOscS9-R5bol5Bcz7z1E18qmXoHkEoKA1ZbHBWYvRgVW2wrIAd7cXC7sKeIlDb_h9zofkWo1wE45uRfMlXCa4xtf7gw5JzaXT0rDckhNu5ei6dJFT5eoYcugQx-ZPizj0oq1jW9nYpq3AlwdlmIuI6Ci__tbF-UrTMK6YZibZxrrmUERbnmO2A/s600/534609_452881534768571_1176524532_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="600" height="579" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxa2FdOscS9-R5bol5Bcz7z1E18qmXoHkEoKA1ZbHBWYvRgVW2wrIAd7cXC7sKeIlDb_h9zofkWo1wE45uRfMlXCa4xtf7gw5JzaXT0rDckhNu5ei6dJFT5eoYcugQx-ZPizj0oq1jW9nYpq3AlwdlmIuI6Ci__tbF-UrTMK6YZibZxrrmUERbnmO2A/w582-h579/534609_452881534768571_1176524532_n.jpg" width="582" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><span><span style="background-color: white;">Ah Fong's was a weekly ritual for my family growing up. </span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><span style="background-color: white;">We would frequent the</span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><span style="background-color: white;"> Beverly Drive location between Nate n' Al's and Toy Mart. It had a deep, long staircase, and as little girl my parents walked me down those steep steps. My dad used to tell me we were actually walking down to China, and I believed him!</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span> It was my </span></span></span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span>first taste of Chinese food and where I first learned to use chopsticks. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIbTxanqZTGMQJ26dmZdCQfLv4SZKW1CT1h1pvRdjG4mRiVfwVyDOH3MCDy2u4Lnyz2c9FFKafZGnkEmgUUIt9cRYWpPQ8ffZb-5R2bc4hc-eVXuRhk2X9Vnkau0qab7nEiNRwH0OB84It9kITYSU7uY2ozYEC0YHyIBBoR_MInFKdmUyNqnh3dWnFw/s2042/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%206.08.33%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="2042" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIbTxanqZTGMQJ26dmZdCQfLv4SZKW1CT1h1pvRdjG4mRiVfwVyDOH3MCDy2u4Lnyz2c9FFKafZGnkEmgUUIt9cRYWpPQ8ffZb-5R2bc4hc-eVXuRhk2X9Vnkau0qab7nEiNRwH0OB84It9kITYSU7uY2ozYEC0YHyIBBoR_MInFKdmUyNqnh3dWnFw/w640-h298/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%206.08.33%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span> 424</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span> Beverly Drive</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">Ah Fong's had a mysterious vibe with its deep, dark, jade color interiors and dimly lit. The Sunset Blvd location did a lot of take-out to residents of Laurel Canyon, a</span><span><span style="background-color: white;">nd </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span>it's where Lenny Bruce and his wife Honey used to have their late Sunday night dinners. Errol Flynn often dined in the kitchen with the main chef. The Hollywood location stayed open until 3 am to accommodate those who worked long hours in the film industry and entertainment business. That made </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Ah Fong's extremely popular with the Hollywood crowd. It was frequently mentioned in Army Arched's column and Johnny Carson often gave away 'dinner at Ah Fong's' as prizes to members of the audience on his show. He would quip, "You'll take one bite and say, 'Ahhh, Fong!'"</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">At the Beverly Hills location we'd see Jack Lemmon, Danny Thomas, Robert Wagner & Natalie Wood, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Steve Allen, Sonny Bono, George Hamilton, to name a few I remember.... I also distinctly remember seeing Gary Coleman ordering spare ribs and being as polite as one could be. My parents would often go with Morey Amsterdam who always preferred to sit in the smaller room with booths on either sides. We once sat directly across the way from Fred Astaire! Below is a photo of that room. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rtUDOiTnzFCw4t-eCSGaQJgVHlmVEa_ojb31_KoKlT58ct7_dorkbdASccIvDIxbHqjPn5xY3N1L3tUiQNwyDaAv5S6JgRT0Jp2c8bskvWid8pHXiAG1eRosxbr44Sj8ZBCBv9CYYxlg5GklcrE_x9pvV9QEm7ODLtgp4-xUQ5hpzk0UoFWZUN1v-g/s1527/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1527" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rtUDOiTnzFCw4t-eCSGaQJgVHlmVEa_ojb31_KoKlT58ct7_dorkbdASccIvDIxbHqjPn5xY3N1L3tUiQNwyDaAv5S6JgRT0Jp2c8bskvWid8pHXiAG1eRosxbr44Sj8ZBCBv9CYYxlg5GklcrE_x9pvV9QEm7ODLtgp4-xUQ5hpzk0UoFWZUN1v-g/w640-h550/0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large;"> Los Angeles Magazine archives <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWEgrkIe9fzt5TDw4VkIG3CI3QZpkzs2FaWczOqRL2fX8jH_PbxTEymyMK1P3ANsYeYZZUhxKJ3c-M2wkP38OUq7Jmv1r-M2y0jNJPzNbpmn9NcpdjdkPRITDQ-r3VLooTKhDRim7P1GyJhrPuGDY-ovH8elnRSTt-M7R_bZeclwUfNQBLriqWVihSQw/s1482/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%207.13.45%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="1482" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWEgrkIe9fzt5TDw4VkIG3CI3QZpkzs2FaWczOqRL2fX8jH_PbxTEymyMK1P3ANsYeYZZUhxKJ3c-M2wkP38OUq7Jmv1r-M2y0jNJPzNbpmn9NcpdjdkPRITDQ-r3VLooTKhDRim7P1GyJhrPuGDY-ovH8elnRSTt-M7R_bZeclwUfNQBLriqWVihSQw/w572-h148/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%207.13.45%20PM.png" width="572" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtNwM7gxn9j-f6jW9N3BEwwMk872JCKrF-7XGM9CafImL3aNhuspXRSzSzsMiP7SfYmNEURYLy4fYZuLIll5-AGr9qH-UmuByaV6twCiXP3JL-r7naVKt0QqX_mLOL2yBdHCBtJL198nBA9HrkXrdUdbGTDWe43TqoLqp8zX5TCF43yQ6vknsbd4WaQ/s1588/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%207.13.09%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="1588" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtNwM7gxn9j-f6jW9N3BEwwMk872JCKrF-7XGM9CafImL3aNhuspXRSzSzsMiP7SfYmNEURYLy4fYZuLIll5-AGr9qH-UmuByaV6twCiXP3JL-r7naVKt0QqX_mLOL2yBdHCBtJL198nBA9HrkXrdUdbGTDWe43TqoLqp8zX5TCF43yQ6vknsbd4WaQ/w583-h80/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%207.13.09%20PM.png" width="583" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span>Perhaps the celebrity clientele had something to do with it being owned by actors. Ah Fong's was owned by Benson Fong and his wife, Gloria, also know as "Maylia". Fong </span><span>was an actor before he became a restaurateur. He had not intended to be either. His acting career began in the way they used to happen - with the wave of the magic pen of a talent scout who had found the right look for Charlie Chan's No. 2 son in the series starring Sidney Toler. Fong was randomly approached while bagging groceries in 1943 at a supermarket in Sacramento by an executive and Paramount Pictures and asked him if he's like to appear in movies. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Nk1Zhthjj-bcEQxMS1EcOZeQsY3CTFlN5hAwJTAgo9DWvfkhHy1q1xBkOW2llHh1D68zMWZVJW85PW-HdYEtyJiTOo_rQiH4Q4_4j6sf1sGV8m87PbUmjKL0MO-twmgdF4GOC0qy4sLyoy0l8nX0qbJWfndruMHpVt-jSLuqZJDxppVfk3gs-6RjdA/s320/10606382_766159240107464_6014891440380036722_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Nk1Zhthjj-bcEQxMS1EcOZeQsY3CTFlN5hAwJTAgo9DWvfkhHy1q1xBkOW2llHh1D68zMWZVJW85PW-HdYEtyJiTOo_rQiH4Q4_4j6sf1sGV8m87PbUmjKL0MO-twmgdF4GOC0qy4sLyoy0l8nX0qbJWfndruMHpVt-jSLuqZJDxppVfk3gs-6RjdA/w400-h300/10606382_766159240107464_6014891440380036722_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Owner Benson Fong was character actor and founder of the well-known Ah Fong’s restaurants</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Fong was also offered a 10 week contract for $250 dollars a week. That seemed like an extreme fortune for Fong and he accepted quickly. He first a</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">ppeared onscreen in <i>Charlie Chan at the Opera </i>as an extra. He returned to the series and is best remembered playing Number Three Son <i>Tommy Chan</i> opposite Sidney Toler in six Charlie Chan movies between 1944 and 1946, replacing Victor Sen Yung's Number Two Son, Jimmy.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">He also appeared</span> in a film called <i>China</i> staring Loretta Young and Alan Ladd and went on to appear in over 200 films as a character actor. Other notable films that include <i>Charlie Chan and the Secret Service, </i> <i>Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo </i>and two movies starring Agnes Moorehead, <i>Dragon Seed</i> (1944) and <i>The Left-Hand of God</i> (1955). He also appeared in a <span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Perry Mason episode called "The Case of the Caretaker's Cat"</span> and TV's <i>Kung Fu (</i>1972) along side David Carradine and the reunion television movie (1986).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgft83WcVhZQ4IlsEtxfpsDZS8dNhjQuOlNLkfpGe27AF2qj1b2RjbLyw604Z2UL2dZ5ftRD72TaB1unINiFS0QEnTuqWs5zrzERnQN2ZvGTQpri7mUHibZleFpvpN-N2ut6yaGdesw_88EwOcABEM62eZaS1jV2v-9xfMBbvB-QchNmCOTtXhk35eLaQ/s1986/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%207.44.14%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1986" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgft83WcVhZQ4IlsEtxfpsDZS8dNhjQuOlNLkfpGe27AF2qj1b2RjbLyw604Z2UL2dZ5ftRD72TaB1unINiFS0QEnTuqWs5zrzERnQN2ZvGTQpri7mUHibZleFpvpN-N2ut6yaGdesw_88EwOcABEM62eZaS1jV2v-9xfMBbvB-QchNmCOTtXhk35eLaQ/w514-h297/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%207.44.14%20PM.png" width="514" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span face="kepler-std, serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto;">Benson Fong and Gloria Fong, known as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span data-scayt_word="Maylia" data-scaytid="13" face="kepler-std, serif" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto;">Maylia</span><span face="kepler-std, serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> who</span> appeared in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span data-scayt_word="1940s" data-scaytid="2" face="kepler-std, serif" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto;">1940s</span><span face="kepler-std, serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>films, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: kepler-std, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;">Singapore</em><span face="kepler-std, serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: kepler-std, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;">To the Ends of the Earth</em></div><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><p style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt1OkyhnO9i9m9Xa3RxxwJze7YZRPts-OJIlAA6lDIH0zWmyCqiYLLHpzC9HUjvZnXdIsoIHhiW0NBHDJcE8ZXXhdl9MdjBIZO9TolnbRt30L75vrXLDx1SsADi2lcUatEtTvQYuYKIYE7f9XfxwlGlwuM4zt0SFuZKwz-EXLc-ia3y7QDeWhb5WfUA/s1344/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%204.33.34%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1232" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt1OkyhnO9i9m9Xa3RxxwJze7YZRPts-OJIlAA6lDIH0zWmyCqiYLLHpzC9HUjvZnXdIsoIHhiW0NBHDJcE8ZXXhdl9MdjBIZO9TolnbRt30L75vrXLDx1SsADi2lcUatEtTvQYuYKIYE7f9XfxwlGlwuM4zt0SFuZKwz-EXLc-ia3y7QDeWhb5WfUA/w586-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%204.33.34%20PM.png" width="586" /></a></div><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">He might have continued with only one profession if it had not been for Gregory Peck. After they completed <i>Key's of the Kingdom,</i> Peck's first role, he suggested they start a restaurant. Fong acted on the suggestion, although he decided not to risk his friend's newly earned money, and opened the first Ah Fong's on Vine St., where all the action was in 1946. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI49JCBcSGKhszVTlcOEkGNbaezU-ONxRUAetLW5uks-xMgCnQbZIVViUgrt2mHioYWdilRFp74FKN1iS4SgkRe91-hXly1Ap0ipla3YgT3uja4ZcySWUZpTVnonRBpVr4cbUdBaefxsVHANZYTckbKokKsuLaB6BYban6NYbyjBr-s2zDuQcptGuLEQ/s688/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%204.50.54%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="658" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI49JCBcSGKhszVTlcOEkGNbaezU-ONxRUAetLW5uks-xMgCnQbZIVViUgrt2mHioYWdilRFp74FKN1iS4SgkRe91-hXly1Ap0ipla3YgT3uja4ZcySWUZpTVnonRBpVr4cbUdBaefxsVHANZYTckbKokKsuLaB6BYban6NYbyjBr-s2zDuQcptGuLEQ/w383-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%204.50.54%20PM.png" width="383" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Dick Powell, Benson Fong and his wife, Maylia at Ah Fong's first location </div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbWLeDLsDNL20aKTE7R8TXHdfTrC8z7wEPrAgtpw97kKkqYQNS78g_gomtTwR6q913w3QT7OgoDlXxtiECYJTvKk2D6vezeFvxY93MT5wW7cnpzMnjneuPtJqyEOsCxotLXSK38JR3A2cWk-MDIPUrga--Mngs35upHrnDbvDtCXTHEat5JHcn-C1_A/s679/tumblr_36cbf2314b4024fa4962832426f8614d_bdf55609_540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="540" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbWLeDLsDNL20aKTE7R8TXHdfTrC8z7wEPrAgtpw97kKkqYQNS78g_gomtTwR6q913w3QT7OgoDlXxtiECYJTvKk2D6vezeFvxY93MT5wW7cnpzMnjneuPtJqyEOsCxotLXSK38JR3A2cWk-MDIPUrga--Mngs35upHrnDbvDtCXTHEat5JHcn-C1_A/w509-h640/tumblr_36cbf2314b4024fa4962832426f8614d_bdf55609_540.jpg" width="509" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">In 1950 he moved to Sunset Blvd & Laurel and opened locations in Beverly Hills in 1953, Encino in 1963, and just before Christmas, he opened a fourth location in Anaheim. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzgjmQO1m4TttSD1FlDLUIQrfPEmszXgpU1vPC0mukQ_WBiJOXt7LQDHTjCnWdycXvAPUC_YVE2sAGo5Io1pYu4U0kDom-N_FegSZV-cHVbxv0uyIe9ECO1Gw-OV6n0liTcXLqOp9J6RikJxEIN9NOVegaHEgdgMHonXcyLJN8_s_B5RWFLXZtshyOw/s750/10154556_766159666774088_5998831293291452094_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="750" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzgjmQO1m4TttSD1FlDLUIQrfPEmszXgpU1vPC0mukQ_WBiJOXt7LQDHTjCnWdycXvAPUC_YVE2sAGo5Io1pYu4U0kDom-N_FegSZV-cHVbxv0uyIe9ECO1Gw-OV6n0liTcXLqOp9J6RikJxEIN9NOVegaHEgdgMHonXcyLJN8_s_B5RWFLXZtshyOw/w640-h458/10154556_766159666774088_5998831293291452094_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif">Photo taken from Ed Ruscha's 1966 self-published book <i>Every Building On the Sunset Strip</i>.</span></p><p style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpVlseFU1sdTQX-lvBw2ReH1ku_MWMc-3pTesdMbUzwbQbjtXyPnLGF1ZslR2LgSqo0kiVJ-hWF3JfiGj4gRbbArEM6PJJmw6R0feQbYbCSEkk1nJVC0I1rmG6BGDsmM9Df7ox-rtZY6qRJ9ONgX9OzFnqGoss6iwZBWKOmz9QXzxSURLiUhRJjM2ww/s960/166000_4362181752148_388762205_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="960" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpVlseFU1sdTQX-lvBw2ReH1ku_MWMc-3pTesdMbUzwbQbjtXyPnLGF1ZslR2LgSqo0kiVJ-hWF3JfiGj4gRbbArEM6PJJmw6R0feQbYbCSEkk1nJVC0I1rmG6BGDsmM9Df7ox-rtZY6qRJ9ONgX9OzFnqGoss6iwZBWKOmz9QXzxSURLiUhRJjM2ww/w640-h430/166000_4362181752148_388762205_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><p style="text-align: left;">Sunset and Laurel in the 1970s. Back when Greenblatts was on the corner where the Laugh Factory is today. When this location closed, Greenblatt's moved in. (Sadly, we lost Greenblatt's too recently)</p></span><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><p style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihiHgb3p2QCpA15hcM6bAIXPqrclh8U-eBuKLGv3c3vJHys4GFQLDfJZzRSyCEW2eHgsZsGjVJ0jnk7g5dOnk8j19xcPDCQ-DYlBmS6MjC0gCtR3BzmiWYDyVeFfJWOuP8PuaBoyt6EcSeZBOk5piaFMMjEy351iY10eN8Za0bjN8qOB-Dfvb4YO-Wg/s604/34335_408775288479_362655_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="604" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihiHgb3p2QCpA15hcM6bAIXPqrclh8U-eBuKLGv3c3vJHys4GFQLDfJZzRSyCEW2eHgsZsGjVJ0jnk7g5dOnk8j19xcPDCQ-DYlBmS6MjC0gCtR3BzmiWYDyVeFfJWOuP8PuaBoyt6EcSeZBOk5piaFMMjEy351iY10eN8Za0bjN8qOB-Dfvb4YO-Wg/w640-h316/34335_408775288479_362655_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto;">Ah Fong's in Beverly Hills. </span></span></span></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 'Ah' in Ah Fong's is a term out of respect in Chinese. Fong came up with the name while looking at a wrapper of an Oh Henry candy-bar, which is sort of a mixed up clue as to why the Ah Fong's are different from most of the Chinese restaurants. </span></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Benson Fong was one of the first to realize that the way of life in Los Angeles was to be elegant casual, but his restaurants were not formal. They were somewhat Cantonese, somewhat Polynesian, but mostly what one would expect from a smart young American-born Chinese actor, who wanted a place where his working friends could relax and be comfortable -bearing in mind that these were not ordinary run of working friends. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1R-21NZp-c7-9e1nfKBpP1TQg3HZTk6aLxs6Ho4LXFNNSIMuo7OegKp-leN-OBtug8zjZE3mjivcaqE8bOhDerYbYcWjMXpv6TYlooqmfL3-VZZTXZx4WMR0SeHcrsBkOhYtd4ELVzQkLS8Bb61ccvhLGiW6mUgXBapWTAsV-ZYPM2S7IxHzSOfwYvQ/s1205/286744_10150256775438717_3224713_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="850" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1R-21NZp-c7-9e1nfKBpP1TQg3HZTk6aLxs6Ho4LXFNNSIMuo7OegKp-leN-OBtug8zjZE3mjivcaqE8bOhDerYbYcWjMXpv6TYlooqmfL3-VZZTXZx4WMR0SeHcrsBkOhYtd4ELVzQkLS8Bb61ccvhLGiW6mUgXBapWTAsV-ZYPM2S7IxHzSOfwYvQ/w452-h640/286744_10150256775438717_3224713_o.jpg" width="452" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSy-NWxHsilwq5Pg0Cbm_HaIvfvDeUzb78KAdb2rFGHkBNv9ffY5yFzrnBQj2rMnpdkZkYvCYXxJl1oGIKf8OQ_N1TyzdI4_6_tD2xhMP3WlTCQgborDbieAAqj2FGT5EJmBwT5CdYhPeRgZ9_JuuFWyxOeS-mIvRONU1r5fr8-DKaO0Py-938uGUJ0w/s1210/286744_10150256775423717_6820647_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="850" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSy-NWxHsilwq5Pg0Cbm_HaIvfvDeUzb78KAdb2rFGHkBNv9ffY5yFzrnBQj2rMnpdkZkYvCYXxJl1oGIKf8OQ_N1TyzdI4_6_tD2xhMP3WlTCQgborDbieAAqj2FGT5EJmBwT5CdYhPeRgZ9_JuuFWyxOeS-mIvRONU1r5fr8-DKaO0Py-938uGUJ0w/w450-h640/286744_10150256775423717_6820647_o.jpg" width="450" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span>The Menu was a listing of Cantonese dishes such as Shew muy, Beef Su Chow, Dim Sum, and Penang fried rice, which was served with nine different vegetables, water chestnuts, pine nuts, and sweet raisins which all added up to an exceptional dish. The Pork Ah Fong, (a personal favorite), was sliced extra thin. I remember it tasted extra crispy around the edges. I would dip it in a wild plum sauce. </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span>They also had two egg dishes I loved: Yangchow Eggs, basically strips of barbecued pork, assorted veggies, mixed into an egg mixture and cooked in a bowl which was inverted onto a plate. Drizzled with hoisin sauce....yum! Cashew Eggs was the same, topped with cashews.</span></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"> </span><span>And who could forget the fried wantons served the second you sat down. Too bad I wasn't old enough to consume a Mai tai, but a Shirley Temple went just fine with Shrimp Foo Yung! </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">Damn, I miss that food. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">Check out a scan of their menu below from the Vintage Los Angeles archives. </span><span>At this very moment I'm craving their Beef Soo Chow! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj72IxkG3dau42OC9rZDGyDgoUUt09V1Qbzqmq1Va-wYcRiqXZ91d6KYAlYL77FCw5ny2t4pvWUx6jPZyUM0dvB2jKvAGDpTeef_8rEB9dh8UCtlwQ4JFuYuSgFg6skvzxshMXJ7IVU5wnPQ7Klg7Fb5lSJO7rBFAOY2s0nInHxB3EQOLSyiJYL11BFQ/s2084/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%205.28.02%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1072" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsuase4Z21Gq7BRlEHlfa5R8gnWp_NYmpr1-Fw1ynPbyXDxOIOQyzi_Y8wJC8LnG9G6fOSqiHEeD1fNqQoifBQnw0g3Gj94ZLKSFQoKWBEDDxURFAtEzzgF5X3B1L_MvrxSJkyQAYdOgc-1kpEC3be5_Noe3bEG-7rNaZvjwf4epvWyRopJ6CDRl9sw/w594-h594/10655323_10152839618898480_2068438583458812044_o.jpg" width="594" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Vintage Los Angeles collection</span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span><span>Benson Fong retired in 1985 and passed away in 1987 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering from a stroke. I believe all four Ah Fong's locations closed soon after. But t</span></span><span>hose stairs I spoke of are STILL intact! The Beverly Drive location is now a private gentleman's club, but I opened their private doors quickly to capture this picture!</span><span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFb0EztMfUZc4ACj23FVh7EuoN04hmDAFc_WF1pKdGRTJNoTP3zlA45SoQF6rxj7KtLeyBi6MJCswMwlTVVzRP5vERzvpH6H5ARafMgQ8HFnGJbV7s3g49Twqe9uwxBExvOR7MQEd0y5n-ksCNEg_f42oesk8nPTBacL46beYrp9CjTQDUrUG8fVaBg/s960/13600099_1126745604048824_7050372914477882694_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="960" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFb0EztMfUZc4ACj23FVh7EuoN04hmDAFc_WF1pKdGRTJNoTP3zlA45SoQF6rxj7KtLeyBi6MJCswMwlTVVzRP5vERzvpH6H5ARafMgQ8HFnGJbV7s3g49Twqe9uwxBExvOR7MQEd0y5n-ksCNEg_f42oesk8nPTBacL46beYrp9CjTQDUrUG8fVaBg/w640-h628/13600099_1126745604048824_7050372914477882694_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><span>Nice to know these stairs are still intact! A Vintage Los Angeles ancient Chinese secret!</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;">One day after publishing this blog, I received an email from Preston Fong, son of Benson and Gloria Fong who had this to share....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">"Your memories of the famous customers are like mine. I worked with my dad starting as a busboy in our Encino location on Ventura Blvd in 1965. I also spent a lot of time at the Hollywood and Beverly Hills locations. We lived about two long blocks from Sunset and Laurel. Our house was located on Hollywood Blvd at the mouth of Laural Canyon.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The actors and musicians you mentioned in Beverly Hills were "regulars" there, particularly Fred Astaire and Jack Lemmon. Hollywood had the Laurel Canyon musicians as regulars. One of my close friends, Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield/Poco) said that he and the guys use to eat there quite often.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br />In Encino, the Jackson Family lived around the corner and all the boys would come mostly to order food to go. I'd see Michael playing with his friends in the neighborhood. June Allison was a regular in Encino. So was Robert Conrad, David Carradine, Jodi Foster, Rob Lowe, Dolly Parton, Melissa Gilbert, Cheryl Ladd, I remember serving them all. <br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">These are great memories! Thanks for stirring them up for me! </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Martino" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Martino" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf0x1yGsPQL0hMGF_ZYokRqOuuXV-5G0x7ShfoxPhf8C2Lb-lw88CVGssL7fbRyCoE4PjgXt6LUvm-5VGGKuoffvNpLQ_8afro57vZRDlCLOeJeq-n6Jw-186yrwbCn_PMpa90gMrtBAfvnZlF4e3IY03LbBySEYKzWR0ei4jsfn7kdTaNS-TYFT6W7Q=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="640" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf0x1yGsPQL0hMGF_ZYokRqOuuXV-5G0x7ShfoxPhf8C2Lb-lw88CVGssL7fbRyCoE4PjgXt6LUvm-5VGGKuoffvNpLQ_8afro57vZRDlCLOeJeq-n6Jw-186yrwbCn_PMpa90gMrtBAfvnZlF4e3IY03LbBySEYKzWR0ei4jsfn7kdTaNS-TYFT6W7Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Alison Martino is a writer, television producer, and pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Vintage Los Angeles </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;">in 2010. Alison muses on L.A’s. past and present on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonwmartino?lang=en" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Twitter </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;">and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Instagram</a></span></div><div><br /></div></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-16363422444077371182022-02-12T15:29:00.069-08:002022-02-15T22:58:04.231-08:00<p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span> </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; display: inline; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span>The Marquis Restaurant</span></b></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; display: inline; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> Once Located on Sunset Strip</span></b></span></i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT9lFi8KQmoLHCjP51B-tiEDPAPsPbqO88Jm06Tw7UBt8DxjbduuVoZ94Ia9QzZEDnb1iZXUgMcnOiBXQnlWDL2bzTSBfkz1orUSbkUr5JmgJSxySVivWk0nYW8BE19PJrlfIUtlldkCUE0ECxrjJko9L8VXALVF53mAbzRs64H8j10-30oL3Dgz__MA=s679" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="679" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT9lFi8KQmoLHCjP51B-tiEDPAPsPbqO88Jm06Tw7UBt8DxjbduuVoZ94Ia9QzZEDnb1iZXUgMcnOiBXQnlWDL2bzTSBfkz1orUSbkUr5JmgJSxySVivWk0nYW8BE19PJrlfIUtlldkCUE0ECxrjJko9L8VXALVF53mAbzRs64H8j10-30oL3Dgz__MA=w640-h610" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Photo: George Mann, 1964 </span></p></blockquote><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">You might remember this building located at 8240 Sunset Blvd as as <i>Carlos & Charlie’s</i> or <i>Dublin's Irish Pub</i>. But it was originally called the Marquis built by Los Angeles architect Robert Lee Byrd (who also designed the Polanski residence on Cielo Drive in 1941). </span></p><div class="gE iv gt" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; cursor: auto; padding: 20px 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><table cellpadding="0" class="cf gJ" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: auto;"></table></div><div style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="ii gt" id=":19c" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 4:W251bGwsbnVsbCxbXV0." style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL" id=":19b" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2F73HysMraFyJLbDv4mDrSwcK6pcsQdqWRNMwM83x1JVHA4djw_G827RhHu1TbG2yPSMGcD45sgi1CBesUYwh4zWU3L7RT3B0NEIOefQFanb6znaSpnwUvrDchHRXrB5DovHXumSu9yUP0uYi6ELR0XN0mb4BgER5HoCLtwa8O4iub6r97RpdQiX-xw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1594" height="741" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2F73HysMraFyJLbDv4mDrSwcK6pcsQdqWRNMwM83x1JVHA4djw_G827RhHu1TbG2yPSMGcD45sgi1CBesUYwh4zWU3L7RT3B0NEIOefQFanb6znaSpnwUvrDchHRXrB5DovHXumSu9yUP0uYi6ELR0XN0mb4BgER5HoCLtwa8O4iub6r97RpdQiX-xw=w576-h741" width="576" /></span></a></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The charming bistro was owned by George Dolenz, father of<i> Monkee's</i> singer & drummer, Micky Dolenz. George bought the venue with partner, Tom Seward (who ran the Hollywood Reporter), in 1957 from Paul Verlenga. At the time <i>The Marquis</i> wasn't doing that well, but Dolenz and Seward knew they could quickly turn that around. And they did.<i> The Marquis </i>soon became a wildly popular nightspot which upset prior owner, Paul Verlenga. So, Verlenga opened the <i>Four Trees Restaurant</i> just east of <i>The Marquis </i>also designed by Robert Lee Byrd. Some think Verlenga may have done this out of spite. Perhaps he thought customers would get the two mixed up! But it was never as successful as <i>The Marquis. </i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Ramond Chandler enthusiasts believe he refers to the dancers in his 1949 novel <i>The Little Sister</i> from a late night he witnessed at<i> The Marquis.</i> Proof of this is buried in a 50 year old publication called <i>LA Style. </i></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2wPXr8uXBWa-1Dnss-V4vg3rxn1B86mj1TbQ_T6nUfRgFrpeOEZeJN5b2Qp_v_jwkXXJSaeipKv1n-9J55XxaN-4s1EEbKRQLrbf3ZLNYE9NJNViGQuqLkFj2fm9XyKUxCPtkEjRVSp0MHU-T-uj2CkwDLWV1_wBXz-2IeF-RYtgQgwwZniJHIvOAzQ=s2048" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="2048" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2wPXr8uXBWa-1Dnss-V4vg3rxn1B86mj1TbQ_T6nUfRgFrpeOEZeJN5b2Qp_v_jwkXXJSaeipKv1n-9J55XxaN-4s1EEbKRQLrbf3ZLNYE9NJNViGQuqLkFj2fm9XyKUxCPtkEjRVSp0MHU-T-uj2CkwDLWV1_wBXz-2IeF-RYtgQgwwZniJHIvOAzQ=w640-h404" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNhnsOOelkdmIlGoAyHD_KtO31905XK6GgZ71ay7XKRKkJJNkdnmumKa1qWmIsRenZvRNmWHdcwEXN2jnjPuu4ewLJY0ksT05f-wMqEpINwzqFnHqN0NvheUvCAPSTGUXh1Bkxbr-k77oh4ouo-6K69tsI1n5KElOLXhuo3Tal8VmvCEM5NCY8k8uyxA=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="960" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNhnsOOelkdmIlGoAyHD_KtO31905XK6GgZ71ay7XKRKkJJNkdnmumKa1qWmIsRenZvRNmWHdcwEXN2jnjPuu4ewLJY0ksT05f-wMqEpINwzqFnHqN0NvheUvCAPSTGUXh1Bkxbr-k77oh4ouo-6K69tsI1n5KElOLXhuo3Tal8VmvCEM5NCY8k8uyxA=w640-h392" width="640" /></a></div><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Paul Verlengia's Four Trees Restaurant located at 7800 Sunset Blvd </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Dolenz spent the majority of his time there as the restaurant's "singing host”. He had previously been under contact with Howard Hughes for three years at RKO Studios. When acting gigs became more scarce, he </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">purchased the place so he could guarantee where his next meal was coming from. Dolenz knew a thing or two about the restaurant business having been the former manager of the <i>Trocadero</i>, and a former waiter at <i>Ciro's</i>. Both also located on the strip just west of <i>The Marquis. </i>In fact it was <i>Ciro's</i> where Howard Hughes discovered Dolenz. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7GwSKo8xtRgsUW1xkkZPJe0YjTTWB7GQqAoxbqocQEHum2o3nm1G5oQFt44I7WFLIPK6GGAuRSoshEArJALR7R0y1I5tsSRtiLagmT43wM6jnATtGQf5tikUqpdutz361bYt3HHRjYz9rpgGh7MXsWCee3-hjLH3wCS0DiVXyWkAIEcsBpdleEm8Wng=s853" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="853" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7GwSKo8xtRgsUW1xkkZPJe0YjTTWB7GQqAoxbqocQEHum2o3nm1G5oQFt44I7WFLIPK6GGAuRSoshEArJALR7R0y1I5tsSRtiLagmT43wM6jnATtGQf5tikUqpdutz361bYt3HHRjYz9rpgGh7MXsWCee3-hjLH3wCS0DiVXyWkAIEcsBpdleEm8Wng=w640-h454" width="640" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Billy Wilkerson's Cafe Trocadero night club at 8610 Sunset.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='465' height='386' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzFnRaYBiWkT63lVMv9idlQ3_NUm3VzKwOlEuDJJ3KmllWBoYkFtxhOAoto1GyETABBqg13WuUmHw9U7ut3-A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> Rare footage of Sunset Strip during the 1950s. You can see the Marquis on right.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTj7KMIh9-V3CZzLAu6iyXm-2i3C00UU4yLp1M9ep0gE6xYzkomMYmqT9wfYqd8QjjgUVMpayqg7mtYWIMrF4l6E-NNaYhWqIEZ1po8ipDSZyoNNKAU8ReYP5YEXsD4R-aRBcdpNzEpnc4-S7scjVbW_Zm7NCpmvzDrt5VZBhgX-ZcLZ-sQMd6R9dIjg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="2048" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTj7KMIh9-V3CZzLAu6iyXm-2i3C00UU4yLp1M9ep0gE6xYzkomMYmqT9wfYqd8QjjgUVMpayqg7mtYWIMrF4l6E-NNaYhWqIEZ1po8ipDSZyoNNKAU8ReYP5YEXsD4R-aRBcdpNzEpnc4-S7scjVbW_Zm7NCpmvzDrt5VZBhgX-ZcLZ-sQMd6R9dIjg=w640-h408" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Ciro's on the left. (Now the Comedy Store)</div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dolenz, born in Italy, went to great lengths to make sure they had the best spaghetti in town. As the jet age was taking off, he knew tourists would be able to to tell the difference between great food and poor quality. "People want quality, and they also want a favorite dish they recently discovered in London, Rome or Paris. This little restaurant can provide that", said Dolenz in 1960. Chef Pietro whipped out platters of his famous Zucchini Florentine, "better then <i>Alfredo's</i> in Rome", said Louella Parsons.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1PpDKHWXg9sjLzkS6VlkVu_y6NhIeupalgSKaoc5r8VAPWnUdGNLJ-Cg9Azdu5_ATY6guPO2MX-JSTpiMdWyj7Lm5t7ogl2r44guOy3PPq3qolIQqRRSUR1-1Y0EI3stXG-yKULqPhuH_T4xK5PE85a5BvTJudu9NSzVuH3VWs1Zesx5EOeZDYyNlNw=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="704" height="742" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1PpDKHWXg9sjLzkS6VlkVu_y6NhIeupalgSKaoc5r8VAPWnUdGNLJ-Cg9Azdu5_ATY6guPO2MX-JSTpiMdWyj7Lm5t7ogl2r44guOy3PPq3qolIQqRRSUR1-1Y0EI3stXG-yKULqPhuH_T4xK5PE85a5BvTJudu9NSzVuH3VWs1Zesx5EOeZDYyNlNw=w436-h742" width="436" /></span></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Unfortunately and tragically, George died of a sudden heart attack in 1963 while doing repairs on the roof and sadly, never got the opportunity to see his place flourish or see his son become a sensation with the <i>Monkee's. </i>George Dolenz was only 55. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLzpN8-ip-bAYS3lXS35414Th0XkwWSSMnhZ6uP1DF9299dmTUBaqRkMIr8NozW7sFYvfaSd3rqCm7lIZs6m34KCZAmUTo_XQTE9tj-E-5N5TQzuUznmTIZAL5pvccp9fjtFyBZLfDfvCHWB_FwebpCStVLKaRYg3ylDi52eKr1B_SSj1OPVgJa-xXBw=s1178" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1178" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLzpN8-ip-bAYS3lXS35414Th0XkwWSSMnhZ6uP1DF9299dmTUBaqRkMIr8NozW7sFYvfaSd3rqCm7lIZs6m34KCZAmUTo_XQTE9tj-E-5N5TQzuUznmTIZAL5pvccp9fjtFyBZLfDfvCHWB_FwebpCStVLKaRYg3ylDi52eKr1B_SSj1OPVgJa-xXBw=w573-h467" width="573" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Micky Dolenz actually took over the lease of <i>The Marquis </i>and was landlord to this property for several incarnations. </span></div></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>You can catch George Dolenz in tiny roles such as, </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"Vendetta" released in 1960 and</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> "The Four Horseman Of the Apocalypse" released in 1962. But he had better luck in television</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> when he was cast as the star of the 1956 series, </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> "The Count Of Monte Cristo". </span><span> He also appeared on "</span><span>Bonanza". </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>The Marquis </i>carried on as a dinner / theater until the mid 70s. It changed its name to the <i>New Martoni Marquis </i>and was ran by Mario Martoni of <i>Martoni's</i> fame on Cahuenga Blvd. Images of <i>Martoni's Marquis </i>are sparse, but it was captured in an episode of The “Rockford Files” called 'Joey Blue Eyes'. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5Dq87AQVy8MOlfjCLNrUX_FFNskFquxz70pHHbVpVdWEhbZygWrhEx9nK4oFF1QYmjVkfPgVX6UbwB31C4pYbdVHMHOt1TXYuEHWihbD-P1rnsLwUo2AkQZjOtuY94ccsb3AOihw8PSJtbXlJjWbomH2LT5SPcGocYpBd8F9kyLotc-ERSfw0tt7r8w=s1520" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1520" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5Dq87AQVy8MOlfjCLNrUX_FFNskFquxz70pHHbVpVdWEhbZygWrhEx9nK4oFF1QYmjVkfPgVX6UbwB31C4pYbdVHMHOt1TXYuEHWihbD-P1rnsLwUo2AkQZjOtuY94ccsb3AOihw8PSJtbXlJjWbomH2LT5SPcGocYpBd8F9kyLotc-ERSfw0tt7r8w=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">During the 1970s and 1980s, it became the wildly popular <i>Carlos' n Charlie's</i>: A</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> restaurant-discotheque. The former <i>Marquis</i>, was also a popular stomping ground, but in slower, pre-freeway days. When <i>Carlos' n Charlie's</i> took it over, the location was skillfully lightened and brightened. Its nightly crowd was so jammed and packed in so tight that drinks had to be passed over heads. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVKmmUNpNVI4ZBWo3rG0Bj_CeIRbltnxXcID5zO328QnenUJqmM4YFiW4esdrsnqxv5c61falFfqKJdibr320PxV_BVpRoBNFnU2q4xkC9DehesAjNhNS9XBsEkyWZE-xAAFcmYJ8IlqKJJT0wDIKCKJFwGbN65DuDlEBirThsj4E94zkaC0vCyyWJsg=s1512" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="1512" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVKmmUNpNVI4ZBWo3rG0Bj_CeIRbltnxXcID5zO328QnenUJqmM4YFiW4esdrsnqxv5c61falFfqKJdibr320PxV_BVpRoBNFnU2q4xkC9DehesAjNhNS9XBsEkyWZE-xAAFcmYJ8IlqKJJT0wDIKCKJFwGbN65DuDlEBirThsj4E94zkaC0vCyyWJsg=w640-h387" width="640" /></a></div><span><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">They hired a young and good looking staff to give off the illusion of an all night party. The food was semiserious, on the menu was moo, oink, splash, crunch, slurp, munch and zurtz. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;"><i>Carlos' n Charlie's </i>also had the best tuna dip salsa and a legendary fortune teller. Entertainment was provided nightly by the "tortilla lady" who made them from scratch. Waiters serenaded customers noisily and purposefully. </span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTvTuxbjvOcOC1VXwG2N-AiGLeV9W8-skrjCkPzeslCOVIcrhAOR9nKelNLzLzksSfwV607_q1OGyRhgvcD7j1Jgn0h4enO5cgTLFTWY2wZsVOpwKBfV_EkcfOvR3ApGXbT9GTsorAAdKYr55LcxcI78SQ2COWOzznSeorhUDp2XD_veVtFgKrOX4S9g=s1233" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="1233" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTvTuxbjvOcOC1VXwG2N-AiGLeV9W8-skrjCkPzeslCOVIcrhAOR9nKelNLzLzksSfwV607_q1OGyRhgvcD7j1Jgn0h4enO5cgTLFTWY2wZsVOpwKBfV_EkcfOvR3ApGXbT9GTsorAAdKYr55LcxcI78SQ2COWOzznSeorhUDp2XD_veVtFgKrOX4S9g=w491-h166" width="491" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3Sdv9BPi9UullOmzj4CmvOgR4a95IjokRRp1iZdXmhMFhxWZislWhTuTL60BBZ76YI4rMICiO1CVPafLdQrCOmoABOuFSEBQ4k6Gq0oYdPtoRgf5mlGTNtYlNoV4mC3HnwMHz0bUISltthYv5yoXUAu6DsoIpjpaQPhZtMict4ixMWbtxIK_jRagM1A=s758" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3Sdv9BPi9UullOmzj4CmvOgR4a95IjokRRp1iZdXmhMFhxWZislWhTuTL60BBZ76YI4rMICiO1CVPafLdQrCOmoABOuFSEBQ4k6Gq0oYdPtoRgf5mlGTNtYlNoV4mC3HnwMHz0bUISltthYv5yoXUAu6DsoIpjpaQPhZtMict4ixMWbtxIK_jRagM1A=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The club on the top floor was called El Privado - nick named "El Perverto". </span><span>On occasion Joan Rivers and Ben Vareen would perform in the restaurant and Timothy Leary gave lectures as "Dr. Hip". According to prince.com, </span><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">record companies and/or artists would often bring new releases to the DJ booth asking to play their records. In 1979 a young man dressed in blue jeans, button shirt and a cowboy hat came up to the window and introduced himself. It was Prince. He asked them to play, </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">“I Wanna Be Your Lover”, which hadn't been released yet. And </span></span><span>Mrs. Moody's drama classes mounted a full scale musical every year.</span></div></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb7bastOdSbsY4kyQQNag40AHsOtvLvN6qVzCKO71G4OAZfJyyIfELVjHUuD0I0TlQOI7BgYiZaXJRE33q0SzkX_FmbsIj-sUTTfa8H9KtC9aKeAMwTGpoVEbE3Hq3kA7Cqj0pGYV9VMXRBUHfhCTLSHr905Uq3meFv6jU8vVT0giZM3xlHFOTqsi9Vw=s471" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="319" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb7bastOdSbsY4kyQQNag40AHsOtvLvN6qVzCKO71G4OAZfJyyIfELVjHUuD0I0TlQOI7BgYiZaXJRE33q0SzkX_FmbsIj-sUTTfa8H9KtC9aKeAMwTGpoVEbE3Hq3kA7Cqj0pGYV9VMXRBUHfhCTLSHr905Uq3meFv6jU8vVT0giZM3xlHFOTqsi9Vw=w434-h640" width="434" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="ii gt" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 4:W251bGwsbnVsbCxbXV0." style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi700T9wXAJrPqRsjDv6qhWoSTKbDOCXMtPn7apJ4FKIWfGcQ56wEV-UaGTvqMFHobKiUdo2pgC2Mbk6UGM9nYY9IawuLbbs2YmkXgtS2VO33FJyRmfmavXkJffCqL96KS8rLiCcG9ZmlYSEc1nKGa0O0Dz57yVAGGcB7bYHVP1i2mzH3FfOouOuFlRIw=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="1000" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi700T9wXAJrPqRsjDv6qhWoSTKbDOCXMtPn7apJ4FKIWfGcQ56wEV-UaGTvqMFHobKiUdo2pgC2Mbk6UGM9nYY9IawuLbbs2YmkXgtS2VO33FJyRmfmavXkJffCqL96KS8rLiCcG9ZmlYSEc1nKGa0O0Dz57yVAGGcB7bYHVP1i2mzH3FfOouOuFlRIw=w501-h304" width="501" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="ii gt" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 4:W251bGwsbnVsbCxbXV0." style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Back in the old days when Sunset Strip was teeming with traffic in 1985. </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">The Source restaurant was still there across the Blvd. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz-Rdd5XWPixsIjmOsiVt7Ykq9iyX3sMWgf-OT9MB2kyNnvWFZTsOcSbNM7WiIARQjCZl5ajdSd1VbF4NaIh4_ONQfAa-hrF7P6yiTSXq1xmBOxA06ZDklhO3MLYb79hxFWxrEAvKIeB6z9LlhWSr6YmhYso8old0LZV5A8RZB0xT0-brZNULmyzx0Tg=s1097" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="1097" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz-Rdd5XWPixsIjmOsiVt7Ykq9iyX3sMWgf-OT9MB2kyNnvWFZTsOcSbNM7WiIARQjCZl5ajdSd1VbF4NaIh4_ONQfAa-hrF7P6yiTSXq1xmBOxA06ZDklhO3MLYb79hxFWxrEAvKIeB6z9LlhWSr6YmhYso8old0LZV5A8RZB0xT0-brZNULmyzx0Tg=w640-h322" width="640" /></a></div><span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">The long-gone building just to the east is what was called the Sunset Strip Apartments -- seen in a few films -- funky forties / fifties living. The billboard back there is for Richard Chamberlain's "King Solomon's Mines." The old building with the Fred Sands sign is here being overhauled; currently it's where the durable Sunset Trocadero club resides. <i>The Body Shop</i> (still there) and <i>Carlos 'n' Charlie's</i> (long gone). </span></span></div></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="ii gt" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 4:W251bGwsbnVsbCxbXV0." style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik1kFP5L0GWM_wVSTpI5VfdflhrQXpBu6NNxX9C3ExyShaR_vX5occLdzFDLvIypbPK2PyntzYyV8-qNY4a5--aeVPMFLNC3C4hKU0kmejgKKSBQJJzmEQgyX1fMQgx-i6EpuwmqfzfTG7HIIqAoZ_JQh_KTaIwrRIb932il8i8mq6TFHmdSLnA0-XTQ=s1427" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="1024" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-lYH0Gau5TYF7jnxWuLvPjQ9TOpnn-xZ_DLvqU842Yb9z29jcJo3eq0EWDVk_JXgajpCzwyaanI9KB0hT-gKL7SZp-jJ3447GUF3aPUqpz5y7XPmqv8cD0NOzyvEVR6K2ZDKecIMmFAljOmxcz7rm0tthv6qHmLLkl5oVh_TxYduE2qrtPIQyYzMEww=w640-h604" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Sunset Strip in 1978 Looking east near Sweetzer Ave. The Golden Crest Retirement Hotel is now the closed Standard Hotel. <i>Carlos 'n' Charlie's</i>, is in the distance at the corner of Harper Ave. Photo: Nick Faitos</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); 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font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span>The Sunset Strip as it looked in 1982. Photo taken on the front patio at <i>Carney's Tain</i>. "A trip to Carney's kicked off spring break. The Stigwood building, <i>Carlos 'n' Charlie's</i>, the <i>Golden Crest</i>, and<i> The Source</i>, Oh My! (No chili on my hot dog was harmed in the shooting of this photo", says Nick Faitos. (I am eternally grateful for all his personal photo archives).</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;">When <i>Martoni's West</i> </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">closed their chef Pietro opened his own restaurant called <i>Marquis West </i>in Santa Monica. Micky’s father picked the right guy, Pietro was a fabulous chef…I still remember his delicious white fish. Today it's <i>Busby's.</i> </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj40XK8HhLNPaQr7NuJdPomvAVhL5JY4HozpGilrmRpmaPGTjJLibISCC0oWFJ_HqfZxeMRjIyhFKuns6PmfAJMehu6qCwJI1U1JQ86QrcUOLYl0bd_RVTt2gXlPBab4wt4Eg-TVUUcLVxbdaq4Mna3qiL5h3J2ubCg-OId_JYXCO5pklW-ceRUNNtwjA=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="960" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj40XK8HhLNPaQr7NuJdPomvAVhL5JY4HozpGilrmRpmaPGTjJLibISCC0oWFJ_HqfZxeMRjIyhFKuns6PmfAJMehu6qCwJI1U1JQ86QrcUOLYl0bd_RVTt2gXlPBab4wt4Eg-TVUUcLVxbdaq4Mna3qiL5h3J2ubCg-OId_JYXCO5pklW-ceRUNNtwjA=w640-h456" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In the the old Marquis transformed to an english style pub called <i>Dublin's Irish Pub.</i> It was known for it's amateur comedy nights. <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">The music that piped through the sound system was a cross between classic rock and mid-'80s pop hits. <i>Dublin's</i> also got <i>The Roxbury</i> crowd from across the street (which also has colossal Sunset Strip history. It had originally been the <i>Players Club </i>owned by Preston Sturges. Today it is <i>Pink Taco</i>). </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6ULE2t0wdwVpscJr8XNs0XuH0G4ouZE2fevvQ9PNcDuUfNayMELnWHkqqmMJgGfvrWXk5bdf65A42gRzBV-mwDuq7A9zlurEMY8u-d4hnYNwtzLmz1p3pin5n-lUSBviW54XETb1W6HLjYTl_E2qfT3yDnpMy7y_yUcsGGfk5HNnvOyOQAcWtENnmfw=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1024" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6ULE2t0wdwVpscJr8XNs0XuH0G4ouZE2fevvQ9PNcDuUfNayMELnWHkqqmMJgGfvrWXk5bdf65A42gRzBV-mwDuq7A9zlurEMY8u-d4hnYNwtzLmz1p3pin5n-lUSBviW54XETb1W6HLjYTl_E2qfT3yDnpMy7y_yUcsGGfk5HNnvOyOQAcWtENnmfw=w640-h456" width="640" /></span></a></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhbwVJTUGDQzUszwT4Mv4UYSThSNBUCPsB1SOPPzRIBmL0ILsaPX0CldPMAEdRSp8v-071_5ovhS6JoqdrdWSjcpfJkxt6w4hI6rHp7xucD9XhO-rW2I2f-vasuCdBRHJfT8p7L96raIdV_gND7RGdDodyIlnG5CaGFNbHHuC7fjRZxv_pulRdSnlN4w=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhbwVJTUGDQzUszwT4Mv4UYSThSNBUCPsB1SOPPzRIBmL0ILsaPX0CldPMAEdRSp8v-071_5ovhS6JoqdrdWSjcpfJkxt6w4hI6rHp7xucD9XhO-rW2I2f-vasuCdBRHJfT8p7L96raIdV_gND7RGdDodyIlnG5CaGFNbHHuC7fjRZxv_pulRdSnlN4w=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Photo: Robert Stone <br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Sadly, this gorgeous old world brick building was demolished in the early 2000's and replaced with a newer structure that looks like a bunch of tipsy white sails unfurling around popsicle sticks. The new structure was called "Sunset Beach". It's still there and is currently an add agency. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh54FMF_NWwxV_Yn-DsWOjcHAChKn-WHk7fTB99OvTZJT23Kn_RcoHU1FzLaH0swSr-IoAXiqR6IOw4ltUoubYeuRsypr8wKVU_FUxBrCUBHWMW_nQE03uUGs3TunLltuVrhzhWZF7_J5aBBOHcWYfxZbdam9yMb0kGC41tghtJQJeflLdY5jbbVO4oCg=s1284" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1284" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh54FMF_NWwxV_Yn-DsWOjcHAChKn-WHk7fTB99OvTZJT23Kn_RcoHU1FzLaH0swSr-IoAXiqR6IOw4ltUoubYeuRsypr8wKVU_FUxBrCUBHWMW_nQE03uUGs3TunLltuVrhzhWZF7_J5aBBOHcWYfxZbdam9yMb0kGC41tghtJQJeflLdY5jbbVO4oCg=w640-h376" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Today it's currently an advertising agency.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Martino" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Martino" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf0x1yGsPQL0hMGF_ZYokRqOuuXV-5G0x7ShfoxPhf8C2Lb-lw88CVGssL7fbRyCoE4PjgXt6LUvm-5VGGKuoffvNpLQ_8afro57vZRDlCLOeJeq-n6Jw-186yrwbCn_PMpa90gMrtBAfvnZlF4e3IY03LbBySEYKzWR0ei4jsfn7kdTaNS-TYFT6W7Q=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="640" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf0x1yGsPQL0hMGF_ZYokRqOuuXV-5G0x7ShfoxPhf8C2Lb-lw88CVGssL7fbRyCoE4PjgXt6LUvm-5VGGKuoffvNpLQ_8afro57vZRDlCLOeJeq-n6Jw-186yrwbCn_PMpa90gMrtBAfvnZlF4e3IY03LbBySEYKzWR0ei4jsfn7kdTaNS-TYFT6W7Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Alison Martino is a writer, television producer, and pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/" style="background-color: white; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Vintage Los Angeles </a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;">in 2010. Alison muses on L.A’s. past and present on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonwmartino?lang=en" style="background-color: white; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Twitter </a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;">and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en" style="background-color: white; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Instagram</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-21047396294757019712021-10-27T16:44:00.030-07:002024-03-23T14:00:15.954-07:008801 Sunset Strip<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I've always been fascinated by the history of 8801 Sunset Blvd and Horn Ave. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here's a 100 year old time line...</span></b></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">In the 1920s, 8801 Sunset Blvd was a dusty old structure that sold and repaired furniture called Venetian Studios It looked like something straight out of the "Wild Wild West".</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-ADTET9gScP7sl4qRyybHzZGfBMIpmrYscheLn9ax67zuFkKq1rXSd69eWeKpDJ4j7JBqcguy3lro-LY5RHXFuU7zhaomAumTTxZVdVdpQLb7ndHBsoUg-Ddd7NGATvKASgfzZrZMKBg/s960/107736159_3234777266578970_3309797315958075379_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="960" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-ADTET9gScP7sl4qRyybHzZGfBMIpmrYscheLn9ax67zuFkKq1rXSd69eWeKpDJ4j7JBqcguy3lro-LY5RHXFuU7zhaomAumTTxZVdVdpQLb7ndHBsoUg-Ddd7NGATvKASgfzZrZMKBg/w640-h450/107736159_3234777266578970_3309797315958075379_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>In the 1930s it became Simon’s Diner</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TCmoBbzUibFfJG6MomrY5iGqgRn7NJZLNU8qvhlrD4E4Ded7Nb6AxDn8jdmWMogr-k5Xo-BFLA65rdcYkGPh10yJqEg8EbdodTalMDarfVe5xy1x-nMd6ZFZuBki7qE4RN2AzMIdqSir/s800/247025373_1338325279920345_7852464353304110108_n-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TCmoBbzUibFfJG6MomrY5iGqgRn7NJZLNU8qvhlrD4E4Ded7Nb6AxDn8jdmWMogr-k5Xo-BFLA65rdcYkGPh10yJqEg8EbdodTalMDarfVe5xy1x-nMd6ZFZuBki7qE4RN2AzMIdqSir/w640-h482/247025373_1338325279920345_7852464353304110108_n-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2UP27bZaAqxaIe1hARdf2fYeBCK-DiNzaS5ZMwru8qrjbQlEoW_zXrqUGzLEGD4J38QCsl3fwpB6cXp1BVPFUbzmwe24tXt69GtFipsEJpaUB1TsjqJEuGoL19Apymx9R761ojMQlTxk/s1184/248418975_410853734079831_3240934720380053550_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="1023" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2UP27bZaAqxaIe1hARdf2fYeBCK-DiNzaS5ZMwru8qrjbQlEoW_zXrqUGzLEGD4J38QCsl3fwpB6cXp1BVPFUbzmwe24tXt69GtFipsEJpaUB1TsjqJEuGoL19Apymx9R761ojMQlTxk/w488-h566/248418975_410853734079831_3240934720380053550_n.jpg" width="488" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">William Simon built over twenty seven drive-ins plus several regular restaurants in Southern California. Over the years, as he opened new restaurants, he would sell off drive-ins to competitors such as Dolores and Carpenters. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkor9Ing3jo10u78o3xcYGdixv5H_jQf2Dp0LTT-NWfqr0mBZZlnDCdLK9ARZxOnwugH94OD-p-QiFOqXsofub-NrC-276rkocKLL2nei4XfDmhR-GK9z91IufkbC1rD5Og6nG2mtJdvms/s736/48361015_10216224687717077_6714614577641816064_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="736" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkor9Ing3jo10u78o3xcYGdixv5H_jQf2Dp0LTT-NWfqr0mBZZlnDCdLK9ARZxOnwugH94OD-p-QiFOqXsofub-NrC-276rkocKLL2nei4XfDmhR-GK9z91IufkbC1rD5Og6nG2mtJdvms/w640-h386/48361015_10216224687717077_6714614577641816064_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>Carpenters located at Sunset & Vine, 1930s</i></span><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0i9sTsEbfAQ_gg9GuL79w8mH92SsadF7H3gz0F3MRx2Qcf7DG-JCghZYLLmEVElKgfYlTRE86hCLzzPtQ40G1sdm0hCsFn_m8blDcNkm_Ue7nrkXdyZfIKnKQtkv1AiZxzZNnLCp-OYY/s1600/unnamed-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1297" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0i9sTsEbfAQ_gg9GuL79w8mH92SsadF7H3gz0F3MRx2Qcf7DG-JCghZYLLmEVElKgfYlTRE86hCLzzPtQ40G1sdm0hCsFn_m8blDcNkm_Ue7nrkXdyZfIKnKQtkv1AiZxzZNnLCp-OYY/w518-h640/unnamed-3.jpg" width="518" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I believe the photo above was the ground floor of the Orpheum Theatre in DTLA</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">William Simon's brother was Mike Simon, who had changed his last name to Lyman, opened his own restaurants under that name, such as Mike Lyman's Grill and Mike Lyman's Flight Deck at LAX</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr41ufEriNHItwLNQNsKE9zCxI3u0_zP7jeXTZLUmAco5Z50sE5DRCviqcLXeol3P3mBskYh8RLaBK2TxGrE5GJRQdeBzaufd6D3jCDdrmKVTeDvtGGpvQuRTyy5fWdGJqFGvZzAYF2Hck/s1078/Screen+Shot+2021-10-28+at+2.17.31+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="676" height="775" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr41ufEriNHItwLNQNsKE9zCxI3u0_zP7jeXTZLUmAco5Z50sE5DRCviqcLXeol3P3mBskYh8RLaBK2TxGrE5GJRQdeBzaufd6D3jCDdrmKVTeDvtGGpvQuRTyy5fWdGJqFGvZzAYF2Hck/w486-h775/Screen+Shot+2021-10-28+at+2.17.31+PM.png" width="486" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Mike Lyman's Cocktail Lounge</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEims0YthET3Zocu0Dvq8McThPeCfmgZviNHwRl7OpxMLTBomZmb3tNZNlnbxhOJkRhYcIwhgY53nPep51uOo5yJqky1-hyDtVonUhuIPpcqjGmIK7s8U7dfvvA0Vf4A3MzgU39U2mEKFSmW/s792/unnamed-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="792" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEims0YthET3Zocu0Dvq8McThPeCfmgZviNHwRl7OpxMLTBomZmb3tNZNlnbxhOJkRhYcIwhgY53nPep51uOo5yJqky1-hyDtVonUhuIPpcqjGmIK7s8U7dfvvA0Vf4A3MzgU39U2mEKFSmW/w640-h496/unnamed-2.jpg" width="640" /></span></i></a></div><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Mike Lyman's Flight Deck</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In 1945 Simons evolved into Dolores Diner. A beautiful Victorian structure. Very similar to the one depicted in "Mildred Pierce". In fact that looks like Mildred crossing the parking lot! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7q2x4UFD01Tf8pPKfi1Bx2Jub1InA02Q-2M-Suo0diKsCfh4fb2ONJ0UqfoeHCsqQl9Jej1LxIvjb1tfEYb1L-sfeg_QdNyXcldG63ffJv-l-hgvUXBWykQZOcvdoL9J1qhvN8s8usqiW/s715/dolores.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="715" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7q2x4UFD01Tf8pPKfi1Bx2Jub1InA02Q-2M-Suo0diKsCfh4fb2ONJ0UqfoeHCsqQl9Jej1LxIvjb1tfEYb1L-sfeg_QdNyXcldG63ffJv-l-hgvUXBWykQZOcvdoL9J1qhvN8s8usqiW/w640-h392/dolores.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span><br /></span></p></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Check out Horn Ave swooping down to Sunset Blvd. That building seen on upper right became Spago. </span>In the 1950s, a Cuban restaurant occupied it and in 1961 it became </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Har-Omar. But it first started out as <span style="background-color: white;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Cafe Gala, the very first gay bar in West Hollywood, graced with Cole Porter, Judy Garland, Cesar Romero, and where Bobby Short got his start. After Gala it was The St. Genesius. </span></span></span></span><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='456' height='379' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxIPzjt6sfvWqJMl5S6g7f328eKdR7NobQb3bvkfJhuJPoEZU0pgDCB5jMXGOVZQOg772OZtrxP0-1gZuZesg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">Above: </span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Remarkable historic *color* footage of Dolores during the 1940s</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sunset & Holloway circa 1948. Dolores can be seen on the right at Sunset & Horn</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCT-0yG8emlPELfu0Co4VypqCuImEJdHwkHRbXzu3ecUCzqbDUetqcy63dxvbrZTYBaPA5t1F-HCP-Lp1BLVaJvn9b9J3YABBlV727o2T5Lpgqf0LN9P_Vr5jDb5-GUmU6Z_op5165PE-W/s580/107714280_3234777346578962_7920753108820055139_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="580" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCT-0yG8emlPELfu0Co4VypqCuImEJdHwkHRbXzu3ecUCzqbDUetqcy63dxvbrZTYBaPA5t1F-HCP-Lp1BLVaJvn9b9J3YABBlV727o2T5Lpgqf0LN9P_Vr5jDb5-GUmU6Z_op5165PE-W/w640-h510/107714280_3234777346578962_7920753108820055139_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">During the 1950s it had a 3rd incarnation as a diner/ car hop. It became Jack’s. Look at that glorious neon. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEOUpOTY5-fCGv1qaDfS8DgSkLA1NDAZJNKMit8b6qNAVS0yEEik2_pEGFy079mJzGQlUUFWBT_eFf-oKFXcFbqESp1vcbRt8rCkPzjoUBwwkJvmHZIPJ5CFXo4ET8x6n-cPgOhqB1jC-/s1126/Jacks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEOUpOTY5-fCGv1qaDfS8DgSkLA1NDAZJNKMit8b6qNAVS0yEEik2_pEGFy079mJzGQlUUFWBT_eFf-oKFXcFbqESp1vcbRt8rCkPzjoUBwwkJvmHZIPJ5CFXo4ET8x6n-cPgOhqB1jC-/w640-h640/Jacks.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQWHHUZvWjN4r7O7lN4E-1yNBV00uqTFZL9S3ZTKgWAd7NSbj8R5LTcFgMu_AukNG7NjmYyBnGQmGxxfpRZKPWBdD_Jo0GWdDIUe6rmJOIN4JbVOdsZJhKajzduliby2gEtE7E91-wb5v/s512/unnamed-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="512" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQWHHUZvWjN4r7O7lN4E-1yNBV00uqTFZL9S3ZTKgWAd7NSbj8R5LTcFgMu_AukNG7NjmYyBnGQmGxxfpRZKPWBdD_Jo0GWdDIUe6rmJOIN4JbVOdsZJhKajzduliby2gEtE7E91-wb5v/w554-h376/unnamed-5.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-70Z6xc2ubdfeDFGDUrFQ10PDePhNgem9g7KindZL6Tks6AAHmux_GzcuISbWtApWcYcuTodS0PigTPi8FQDZixoxK7f8_GKrREmKGsOVzjxFUlycXTJ9n3DVmYzhYUM0rNl9TX5lyfaLi42MwTiWQnK1okibkTz4kWh59je0XkWNwvhyddhmCzD99Ra/s1284/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1284" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-70Z6xc2ubdfeDFGDUrFQ10PDePhNgem9g7KindZL6Tks6AAHmux_GzcuISbWtApWcYcuTodS0PigTPi8FQDZixoxK7f8_GKrREmKGsOVzjxFUlycXTJ9n3DVmYzhYUM0rNl9TX5lyfaLi42MwTiWQnK1okibkTz4kWh59je0XkWNwvhyddhmCzD99Ra/w500-h291/0.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGJzVaGPrtWzCBSse_zwHQ5kgE6zDwaKKoNVPV34fNYB92HWThgv9xq0Hw4LBbjHORxbKReRUTAOFHqIbSjllgwD4DQo7PQMynaFh4_OktODerp4CR1De7XwLp0-3jsu9oec_-ACDRn74fCetV49ud6FLl_4k7VYtC-2NWi61v-qeOiAYief9kYxAm-ye/s2084/0-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="2084" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGJzVaGPrtWzCBSse_zwHQ5kgE6zDwaKKoNVPV34fNYB92HWThgv9xq0Hw4LBbjHORxbKReRUTAOFHqIbSjllgwD4DQo7PQMynaFh4_OktODerp4CR1De7XwLp0-3jsu9oec_-ACDRn74fCetV49ud6FLl_4k7VYtC-2NWi61v-qeOiAYief9kYxAm-ye/w496-h304/0-3.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">A menu from Jack's from the Vintage Los Angeles collection </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>In 1961 it became a Budget Rent a Car. That man standing at the intersection of </span>Sunset and Holloway could easily double for Don Draper. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_ie1V6nJ3X8bUNBAsit-0sucLf69e2lLMkkY2V7hSNJ4xonTt26bYZBRItRBa6xH7vat4mcz8ygGabcya9fKwqU5zTCV2VFsvyCYwp8Quwe-Qd2gFmSYAuO-ZQe8ucpDMnHNY8liyYj4/s1024/339899_284724148250978_1329238227_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1024" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_ie1V6nJ3X8bUNBAsit-0sucLf69e2lLMkkY2V7hSNJ4xonTt26bYZBRItRBa6xH7vat4mcz8ygGabcya9fKwqU5zTCV2VFsvyCYwp8Quwe-Qd2gFmSYAuO-ZQe8ucpDMnHNY8liyYj4/w640-h512/339899_284724148250978_1329238227_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>In 1964 a new front structure was built for Madman Muntz. Muntz sold </span>car stereo systems & developed the 4-track tape cartridge, which played pre-recorded music on a continuous loop. (Photo Ed Ruscha)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1p10PieLtRoUGGMbbmcuGSrp5U3GSy1lre7gV4H_D4CYYIC2stFxmis2DhnqosqBdJqAR5x1xEX6hG1ogukI6gt4HgYNO-mTApMPSauL7S9-1GJgUnlXeHjqpD1MzXy9D3oQGkYxUo8I/s1125/247664070_591029921954272_5271013655902617663_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1125" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1p10PieLtRoUGGMbbmcuGSrp5U3GSy1lre7gV4H_D4CYYIC2stFxmis2DhnqosqBdJqAR5x1xEX6hG1ogukI6gt4HgYNO-mTApMPSauL7S9-1GJgUnlXeHjqpD1MzXy9D3oQGkYxUo8I/w640-h420/247664070_591029921954272_5271013655902617663_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>You can see what was left of the original Simons diner. Muntz used it </span>as a massive tape library and for installations. (Most of you will recognize this as the Tower Records parking lot) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn24bKNMV7eDFzq7UmDYzfmZa61PqdbTXO2pkInVUMNVfb2DagFwg0qX6WS76sQ3dZc7A-whFAsYXOypmX0h8yUOpxDV_R0G8MI-CdL3RzRtexA9RhVqGftAPRV9sHA34xBjcvg5dAWUqy/s1440/247408134_1244364406068273_1142944665039156095_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1440" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn24bKNMV7eDFzq7UmDYzfmZa61PqdbTXO2pkInVUMNVfb2DagFwg0qX6WS76sQ3dZc7A-whFAsYXOypmX0h8yUOpxDV_R0G8MI-CdL3RzRtexA9RhVqGftAPRV9sHA34xBjcvg5dAWUqy/w640-h436/247408134_1244364406068273_1142944665039156095_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Ann-Margret takes a break from screen-test rehearsals and dines with actor </span>Peter Brown (of the TV Western Lawman) at Har-Omar restaurant art 1114 Horn Ave in 1961. This location later became Spago during the 1980s. The building has empty every since it moved to Beverly Hills. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkh0b3_MEs7_jla03Nc_Q4AO0F5zck80E8j7QJrzlr74V3eJjttPTGoALBfoi0rZdZxfct4utlroukXayPWhl1kKQNP_iqWDML5H-OxMv5_ojVhrMMMQQ8_WyFR89K6tRY9_A1RbGrSyz/s1458/Screen+Shot+2021-10-27+at+2.59.41+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1458" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkh0b3_MEs7_jla03Nc_Q4AO0F5zck80E8j7QJrzlr74V3eJjttPTGoALBfoi0rZdZxfct4utlroukXayPWhl1kKQNP_iqWDML5H-OxMv5_ojVhrMMMQQ8_WyFR89K6tRY9_A1RbGrSyz/w640-h504/Screen+Shot+2021-10-27+at+2.59.41+PM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It had also been an Armenian-Russian Restaurant called Kavkaz with banquettes that faced the strip, belly dancers, etc during the mid 1960s and 1970s. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSR7POi0x_Ha-0RWunDpxLbxi5E7y2g5-W_9a2Rr6dM5IK7QsB4QD3OD3_lK-prqRqpdjGvL9g9nPsDT_iUtDnI816uF0stYKbX-sq7qh1zlvk9GbYmnOYwX5ZEoHm6cGKJmB7AnB0TAtn/s1113/131277_181904805153652_3635809_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSR7POi0x_Ha-0RWunDpxLbxi5E7y2g5-W_9a2Rr6dM5IK7QsB4QD3OD3_lK-prqRqpdjGvL9g9nPsDT_iUtDnI816uF0stYKbX-sq7qh1zlvk9GbYmnOYwX5ZEoHm6cGKJmB7AnB0TAtn/w622-h640/131277_181904805153652_3635809_o.jpg" width="622" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjnoZr4GEIhsIWID9vCFQog2aR9tRPNEj3xydDMNDTcN92ncHF8WgTx4OiLjgtjKdVKUgp0dnXgGcWRjvnzWTiGHS3M3FySyRI3M-FDdNK8txeUOIiuWUSmHT-H2YfHOMcWwssmil8cyK/s2048/192126088_4288609214522875_6213359918814078019_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjnoZr4GEIhsIWID9vCFQog2aR9tRPNEj3xydDMNDTcN92ncHF8WgTx4OiLjgtjKdVKUgp0dnXgGcWRjvnzWTiGHS3M3FySyRI3M-FDdNK8txeUOIiuWUSmHT-H2YfHOMcWwssmil8cyK/w480-h640/192126088_4288609214522875_6213359918814078019_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In 1969, all of the prior structures were demolished and <a href="http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-legendary-past-and-celluloid-future.html">Tower Records</a> built their world famous store on this spot, opening their doors in 1971. In 1974 it was mentioned in the Guinness Book Of World Records as being the biggest record store in the world. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4R7pXwAFF22YQy1ET_xe0RrJYN3JvsrEUbOCHuTciHyflQovjFxAjyZWAdK9X90gSslvOTREgo2rUM01dcwPLUcBiLdlgj_FWTJ8l3_-0mCIAi1AeVWsylx1Uuy12QrYT-Wfe2_q2ig7/s650/13315791_10156979309770319_5451625210369112352_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="650" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4R7pXwAFF22YQy1ET_xe0RrJYN3JvsrEUbOCHuTciHyflQovjFxAjyZWAdK9X90gSslvOTREgo2rUM01dcwPLUcBiLdlgj_FWTJ8l3_-0mCIAi1AeVWsylx1Uuy12QrYT-Wfe2_q2ig7/w640-h424/13315791_10156979309770319_5451625210369112352_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Below, Ed McMahon arrives at a Spago Oscar party thrown by Swifty Lazar in 1986. </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Love seeing Tower Records in the background and that famous parking lot.</span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-c6l94gVIUas9QgGLfwTYHZm9hUGq1Sr__ocCtFqt06WeGpO99MhYj8yXiB2sdgjsu3vzTOo4oIX9imL8G-HOphokReKT_oPkZQI8adpCMYiUcLdpKAZnbKIaOKuPP4N9wWgyid92Kuzi/s960/86186533_2855341784522522_1369249820371320832_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-c6l94gVIUas9QgGLfwTYHZm9hUGq1Sr__ocCtFqt06WeGpO99MhYj8yXiB2sdgjsu3vzTOo4oIX9imL8G-HOphokReKT_oPkZQI8adpCMYiUcLdpKAZnbKIaOKuPP4N9wWgyid92Kuzi/w478-h640/86186533_2855341784522522_1369249820371320832_n.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tower Records filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2006. Since then, the building has been occupied by temporary retail and pop up stores, followed by Gibson Guitars who held a lease until 2019. In 2016, Colin Hanks had the iconic Tower Records signage faithfully painted back for the premiere party for his documentary, "All Things Must Pass", attended by Tower Records company founder, Russ Solomon. Since then it's remained unrented and vacant. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE8qw5Dfuym_5fIfv0I5FoKfuuWn6nY_NQ63a7bdh1iFyI3VgmT1D4dbksCCWYYO-5rnFPp7xMO8c_785NuS6F2kNSecQ1iCTV76JXMAClyi8Kp5OwUO_fq_GExIDEJxz-Hcpb5DdBfZE/s1464/246770973_852989305379565_3528469337322447859_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE8qw5Dfuym_5fIfv0I5FoKfuuWn6nY_NQ63a7bdh1iFyI3VgmT1D4dbksCCWYYO-5rnFPp7xMO8c_785NuS6F2kNSecQ1iCTV76JXMAClyi8Kp5OwUO_fq_GExIDEJxz-Hcpb5DdBfZE/w562-h640/246770973_852989305379565_3528469337322447859_n.jpg" width="562" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvgzXDPl8JNVIkJd8OQYpfC1KGnddJbQvROmhIonmnmwcQCtF6WbNgInJiIO8Zo1HaE2lSzE-c5ZcHvalW2ErY3te1DiwA4n7hXdWPXaxYXmi-rkCNVB7dvfmV-Qz3MU3Cg3dDxGmUrJ78KmvqcTXexemwHmow0_Z4oT1BuChcXah0I8WLbxAs7VnPd20/s2048/IMG_5292.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvgzXDPl8JNVIkJd8OQYpfC1KGnddJbQvROmhIonmnmwcQCtF6WbNgInJiIO8Zo1HaE2lSzE-c5ZcHvalW2ErY3te1DiwA4n7hXdWPXaxYXmi-rkCNVB7dvfmV-Qz3MU3Cg3dDxGmUrJ78KmvqcTXexemwHmow0_Z4oT1BuChcXah0I8WLbxAs7VnPd20/w464-h261/IMG_5292.webp" width="464" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">Today is a SUPREME SHOE STORE </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>More additional trivia....</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>In the early 1960s, after Budget Rent A Car closed it was replaced by a 900-square</span><span>-foot concrete and glass building that served as the showcase apartment for the </span>luxury, high-rise Shoreham Towers apartment building. Shoreham Towers was constructed a half a block up Horn Avenue. The building was an exact replica of an apartment in the building, with several desks for the salespeople in the living room area. At the time, having a model apartment was a fairly new concept for an apartment building, especially an off-site model apartment. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgS6mi5iforZ3vmOJGJRSg3rrDCb36LaRLbII4Lgjsze0McOaxJ_6rmP830uFww9oWgZAMcGn8rvxAIkD0NmU6CsWCFtfsHA6XHYW69LvRONYAuSXGUF3YFHoqCdV1K9NEKtQP35fwJ0Zn/s2015/246999787_1462584994119150_7664886817919518717_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1579" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgS6mi5iforZ3vmOJGJRSg3rrDCb36LaRLbII4Lgjsze0McOaxJ_6rmP830uFww9oWgZAMcGn8rvxAIkD0NmU6CsWCFtfsHA6XHYW69LvRONYAuSXGUF3YFHoqCdV1K9NEKtQP35fwJ0Zn/w502-h640/246999787_1462584994119150_7664886817919518717_n.jpg" width="502" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shoreham Towers which has a long list of celebrity residents including David Lee Roth, Neil Sedaka, most recently Liza Minnelli. (Humphrey Bogart had lived on Horn Ave in previous years). The daughter of media personality, Art Linkletter, was a resident at Shoreham Towers. On October 4, 1969, Diane Linkletter, age twenty, jumped out the window of her sixth floor apartment at the Shoreham Towers. She died at the hospital from the injuries sustained in the fall. Her father blamed her death on her drug use, specifically LSD.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvN__HCRff72LtJ1XcLP1RMxS0oHx2bbR-vSJWjbaGkHo2axN1srmFR2Co2cEdykaAeyQ5YBTE8geJfKzdbaT0gUbKlX7NznlVShW6iCCIjQ3LzEV1LVXKsS7q8x81LR6ibniPdxFGSwFT/s600/107820475_3234787019911328_222859632386993124_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="600" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvN__HCRff72LtJ1XcLP1RMxS0oHx2bbR-vSJWjbaGkHo2axN1srmFR2Co2cEdykaAeyQ5YBTE8geJfKzdbaT0gUbKlX7NznlVShW6iCCIjQ3LzEV1LVXKsS7q8x81LR6ibniPdxFGSwFT/w640-h294/107820475_3234787019911328_222859632386993124_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although there is no demolition date scheduled for the old Tower Records structure, I hope what ever it becomes has a fascinating story to carry the property's legacy. I say dig Simon's back up and let's start over!!</span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdAf6Z0l9xO0MlxavN06lza_AteE-PeLu1xqcAtwXV5322rnn2yHD_B-Y9e_gW5vOIhnD9Vmck4GzumB4VjMePxCGeTkyM4pKt0xR7j9JHNuurbK3hk1WManSv4PaAwd9-sc4Df0KqmuW/s1270/243379639_10159367432653480_2145290798578358913_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdAf6Z0l9xO0MlxavN06lza_AteE-PeLu1xqcAtwXV5322rnn2yHD_B-Y9e_gW5vOIhnD9Vmck4GzumB4VjMePxCGeTkyM4pKt0xR7j9JHNuurbK3hk1WManSv4PaAwd9-sc4Df0KqmuW/s320/243379639_10159367432653480_2145290798578358913_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Martino" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Alison Martino</a> is a writer, television producer, and pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/" style="background-color: white; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Vintage Los Angeles </a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;">in 2010. Alison muses on L.A’s. past and present on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonwmartino?lang=en" style="background-color: white; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Twitter </a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;">and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en" style="background-color: white; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Instagram</a> </span></div><br />Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-60512563056485878682021-09-03T15:31:00.035-07:002022-01-28T21:51:05.406-08:00<p> </p><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Lobster, display; font-size: 43.75px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.035em; line-height: 1.05; margin: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-size-adjust: auto;">Peek Inside L.A.’s Forgotten College of Striptease</h1><p class="p-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #999999; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 14.9975px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 8px 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><span class="x-icon-pencil" data-x-icon="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; text-decoration: inherit; text-rendering: auto;"></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>ALISON MARTINO</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2017-12-30T17:37:12+00:00" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x-icon-calendar" data-x-icon="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; text-decoration: inherit; text-rendering: auto;"></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>DECEMBER 30, 2017</time></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><a href="http://alisonmartino.blog/category/hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff2a13; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: nowrap;" title="View all posts in: “Hollywood”"><span class="x-icon-bookmark" data-x-icon="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; text-decoration: inherit; text-rendering: auto;"></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>HOLLYWOOD</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMOX65QpfVTjQVQt071pAUN6RAa64lbAKzADX8vlruTcpB23n3u6rjigIffuEkJJ7DPRlEFeriDEW-JNsJPIZtYxvPkSlWEJSg1b_MbfwsVdbu956xBxTRVap0d4UrM4w7jQ6JbE9PgaC/s1024/8256862360_84f92a4f90_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMOX65QpfVTjQVQt071pAUN6RAa64lbAKzADX8vlruTcpB23n3u6rjigIffuEkJJ7DPRlEFeriDEW-JNsJPIZtYxvPkSlWEJSg1b_MbfwsVdbu956xBxTRVap0d4UrM4w7jQ6JbE9PgaC/w522-h300/8256862360_84f92a4f90_b.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><p></p><div class="x-text cs-ta-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; min-width: 1px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Pink Pussycat in 1967</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">“Fundamentals of Taking It Off.” “Psychology of Inhibitions.” “Applied Sensual Communication.” The courses I recently spotted on a student application from the 1960s could only have been taught at one place: the Pink Pussycat College of Striptease in Los Angeles. The “school,” which opened in 1961, was held at the Pink Pussycat Club, the city’s most unique burlesque theater for nearly 20 years.</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRr9C4TyfoyN3U-Bicp3IkKq7g0iLjIVg3Wdh9JMnhRyw4w7kic1TXVJVO5-AlX107uLF_MONs66y8doSBey9yekR1eHcgSfJfyd6Vo-Of3rV_SEJi7SCulRH-z2zxN1fOeJ8eI3KF8aHj/s2048/img20210301_01183281.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRr9C4TyfoyN3U-Bicp3IkKq7g0iLjIVg3Wdh9JMnhRyw4w7kic1TXVJVO5-AlX107uLF_MONs66y8doSBey9yekR1eHcgSfJfyd6Vo-Of3rV_SEJi7SCulRH-z2zxN1fOeJ8eI3KF8aHj/w640-h430/img20210301_01183281.jpg" width="640" /></a></p></div><div class="x-text cs-ta-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; min-width: 1px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Photograph Vintage Los Angeles Archives</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHtJ0uHH0wz-Ra8qdr7bdfZ57XRP-HnxBD35yds8Ec5cEXi6aM0VFn3tP-RJVR82K5PvLr7d2BaHpaHpjqiBK83-1EXJPI3Ijl7rXBgNN4uK4a4cm9Tg1MhP4PfsRi0wXJUShUdQ3bwYS/s704/IMG_2419.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="476" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHtJ0uHH0wz-Ra8qdr7bdfZ57XRP-HnxBD35yds8Ec5cEXi6aM0VFn3tP-RJVR82K5PvLr7d2BaHpaHpjqiBK83-1EXJPI3Ijl7rXBgNN4uK4a4cm9Tg1MhP4PfsRi0wXJUShUdQ3bwYS/w432-h640/IMG_2419.JPG" width="432" /></a></div><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></em><p></p></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Harry and Alice Schiller owned the fuschia-stained joint. At night it operated like a typical strip club; dancers with clever stage names such as Fran Sinatra, Samya Davis Jr., Deena Martin, Peeler Lawford, Joanie Carson, Edie McMahon, Joie Bishop, and Reegie Philbin put on glittering shows for a packed crowd—which often included members of the Rat Pack.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="x-text cs-ta-left" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal; min-width: 1px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #999999; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1xI20XJKPrBBAS-jW2SqjFQReOcYiEnh1SpLgwq2lZftsxztcf4mCpLUzjEL67_wlpg5Qd7JeP-BrUo8LC5DIUegtScXsoZUDxQPk3y_vSsO4WmzTUpJe5K_960NOmK0X-WkFhkaSUxo/s850/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="850" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1xI20XJKPrBBAS-jW2SqjFQReOcYiEnh1SpLgwq2lZftsxztcf4mCpLUzjEL67_wlpg5Qd7JeP-BrUo8LC5DIUegtScXsoZUDxQPk3y_vSsO4WmzTUpJe5K_960NOmK0X-WkFhkaSUxo/w472-h355/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-4.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></em></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"> Pink Pussycat owner Alice Schiller and her dancers in 1963</span><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wVO_NWxYC0TS49UrPe5TacEsOevTjBhdp3JZjwuzCn5RbGpvCUYoVRyvO-fGnN_GnIu3zcqo-Yng3r72VGqj8JRpifDpAdXPXqrj8Cp640KzkrS18KPDcjHEWZHQ0RFjXq1yn7CI1AyF/s850/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="850" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wVO_NWxYC0TS49UrPe5TacEsOevTjBhdp3JZjwuzCn5RbGpvCUYoVRyvO-fGnN_GnIu3zcqo-Yng3r72VGqj8JRpifDpAdXPXqrj8Cp640KzkrS18KPDcjHEWZHQ0RFjXq1yn7CI1AyF/w495-h373/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-5.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="x-text cs-ta-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-width: 1px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Pink Pussycat marquee as seen in the 1966 film “The Swinger”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzHz2CfLOShFEM0PHMhUubp_3FBOCvO1d1tGd1Q60QaYqGeNFgbK_cE_JYS9BJzkaOqmFGJOpHdJjLgl-MFBB1QwSRpXjBHuU_hUb8RKycboUDK0qya7gbjvMgiLFgcuAZOtVI_0iWXjv/s1375/PinkPussycat-TheSwinger005.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1375" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzHz2CfLOShFEM0PHMhUubp_3FBOCvO1d1tGd1Q60QaYqGeNFgbK_cE_JYS9BJzkaOqmFGJOpHdJjLgl-MFBB1QwSRpXjBHuU_hUb8RKycboUDK0qya7gbjvMgiLFgcuAZOtVI_0iWXjv/w640-h448/PinkPussycat-TheSwinger005.png" width="640" /></a></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"><b>Screen grabs from "The Swinger"</b></p><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJ3ysJSFoa47sL7I1isAbqFpdt9P4OnHw8z1znoyKMl427a5JXjx1ustScytmltF-UO_912_HlMYoKnVMEvm5gtWYNVVKFCasofCdUGfGk-cPblMAge_iaUo8vcXoFgZXaTb2-SvweXsg/s1377/PinkPussycat-TheSwinger004-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1377" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJ3ysJSFoa47sL7I1isAbqFpdt9P4OnHw8z1znoyKMl427a5JXjx1ustScytmltF-UO_912_HlMYoKnVMEvm5gtWYNVVKFCasofCdUGfGk-cPblMAge_iaUo8vcXoFgZXaTb2-SvweXsg/w640-h454/PinkPussycat-TheSwinger004-1.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-align: center;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px;">By day the venue was transformed into a college where young ladies became experts in the exotic arts, like bumping and grinding while flaunting tassels, sequins, rhinestones, and feathers. Of all the strip clubs that offered classes in its day, the Pink Pussycat undoubtedly had the most distinguished facility. Striptease artist Sally Marr served as de facto chancellor, provost, dean, and professor. She also had the distinction of being Lenny Bruce’s mother, and she sometimes persuaded her son to perform at the club.</span></div><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_SnzYuqGCVXeokyhGVZryyIc0P_1vviH2m8QhwN9rbJ4odVM4TTqLNqVC_qsxCJucA0bobkLqwAGM51zj6L6eRg9ArCsKcGx1HyTWf5OD2tBSc4GYPHUmSmJV-1vTp_uyWnGy8QDoDFl/s850/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="850" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_SnzYuqGCVXeokyhGVZryyIc0P_1vviH2m8QhwN9rbJ4odVM4TTqLNqVC_qsxCJucA0bobkLqwAGM51zj6L6eRg9ArCsKcGx1HyTWf5OD2tBSc4GYPHUmSmJV-1vTp_uyWnGy8QDoDFl/w526-h396/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-6.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: auto;">The Pink Pussycat in 1962</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">Photograph courtesy Alison Martino/Vintage Los Angeles</em></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #999999; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelUeOjwbI_TdOUuI4tiQjDAOE-O6FXX5L2gniCxsmL3mTQgRvEYGLBEK98g07jWYUcSz_Ehbnb2z4Gmbi_AteZvwL1YyklKAXtS_U-JpaaFPwNNgTC8-o6OGt-XKQlD9j1HZG-PkbUZ6l/s1600/ar-pinkpussycattime-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 17.5px; font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="850" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSzdD5vKmkLzD66JT8rDLhjv75G-saI9CKW80bfT4Ne6-c1UNblwG1wy536YWyVszBEV8LiInx00sOvX5NY5fVnbP7uWHqPZSdTBz6gk5Hq8wnLVvV-_oguqtyG11zjQuChsTaSb1t5MG/w482-h363/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-2.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;">The front and back of an original 1962 brochure advertising the School of Strip Tease at the famous Pink Pussycat club.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #999999; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Photograph courtesy Alison Martino/Vintage Los Angeles</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #999999; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: mr-eaves-xl-modern, Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", Univers, Calibri, "Gill Sans", "Gill Sans MT", "Myriad Pro", Myriad, "DejaVu Sans Condensed", "Liberation Sans", "Nimbus Sans L", Tahoma, Geneva, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.5; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; 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font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px;">Photograph courtesy Alison Martino/Vintage Los Angeles</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Palatino LT STD, Georgia, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 17.5px;"><i><br /></i></span></span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="x-text cs-ta-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal; min-width: 1px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">A 1962 brochure for the College of Strip Tease that was held at the Pink Pussycat club. A list of classes and requirements for admittance is inside. Pink feathers were </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">attached to every application.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"><span face="mr-eaves-xl-modern, Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", Univers, Calibri, "Gill Sans", "Gill Sans MT", "Myriad Pro", Myriad, "DejaVu Sans Condensed", "Liberation Sans", "Nimbus Sans L", Tahoma, Geneva, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-size: 20px;">Classes were taught by Sally Marr, 52 at the time, and included the following:</span></p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: mr-eaves-xl-modern, Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", Univers, Calibri, "Gill Sans", "Gill Sans MT", "Myriad Pro", Myriad, "DejaVu Sans Condensed", "Liberation Sans", "Nimbus Sans L", Tahoma, Geneva, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding-left: 1.25rem; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">History and Theory of the Strip Tease</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 0.5rem;">Psychology of Inhibitions</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 0.5rem;">Controlling the Structural Components of AnatomyHarry and Alice Schiller</li></ol></div></em></div></li></ol></em></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJL_DaBb8loXM8L2Az1HMPfC0K-klvq0dAfO6m8jIBH05jKdH01iAhfDpKxQcFNx9QSCrSrWAgLAxOa1hFpv64KiYdsdcLTeHQXcWKtW8rjKXkp5m6yu63MsiaFuICVHzXCVSBBXToekI/s960/17904210_1391770907546291_1453981931329584056_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="682" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJL_DaBb8loXM8L2Az1HMPfC0K-klvq0dAfO6m8jIBH05jKdH01iAhfDpKxQcFNx9QSCrSrWAgLAxOa1hFpv64KiYdsdcLTeHQXcWKtW8rjKXkp5m6yu63MsiaFuICVHzXCVSBBXToekI/w454-h640/17904210_1391770907546291_1453981931329584056_n.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="x-text cs-ta-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal; min-width: 1px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: mr-eaves-xl-modern, Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", Univers, Calibri, "Gill Sans", "Gill Sans MT", "Myriad Pro", Myriad, "DejaVu Sans Condensed", "Liberation Sans", "Nimbus Sans L", Tahoma, Geneva, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding-left: 1.25rem; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 0.5rem;">Elementary Bumps and Grinds</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 0.5rem;">Methodology of Teasing, Tantalizing, and Titillating</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 0.5rem;">Fundamentals of Taking-It-Off</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 0.5rem;">Dynamic Mammary, Navel, and Pelvic Rotation and Oscillation</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 0.5rem;">Experimental Workshop</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 0.5rem;">Advanced studies and Seminar In New Trends and Techniques of the Strip Tease</li></ol><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"><br /></p></div></em></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTq-vWVrkdnIGALJK0wuFSHuXk9D5wH_hff5RTeBjVV00R95KQit4qh0e2QvpnnSJFj8ANA0drdGc2lsskuCoU1gpDwjDGRHv48wpfbBmmd9OmcP-vBKJEEg-BpbPghO2KmYwpSzQpFMJz/s1080/Screen+Shot+2021-09-03+at+4.04.12+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1080" height="565" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTq-vWVrkdnIGALJK0wuFSHuXk9D5wH_hff5RTeBjVV00R95KQit4qh0e2QvpnnSJFj8ANA0drdGc2lsskuCoU1gpDwjDGRHv48wpfbBmmd9OmcP-vBKJEEg-BpbPghO2KmYwpSzQpFMJz/w572-h565/Screen+Shot+2021-09-03+at+4.04.12+PM.png" width="572" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-ffO0gbpDSuyrHepz2NrCAhyphenhyphenshGK0LRjheG2SF_6JF57i-1tEJxHwSeXEO2PAv1hboy1UzFoWOAox3T6UYRHVXq8nGfUkiLmo6GLyUdsPhA4mXdGjJds1reO1UwH39RvMiKhTNmSJeiw/s1530/PinkPussycatHomeKit001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1530" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-ffO0gbpDSuyrHepz2NrCAhyphenhyphenshGK0LRjheG2SF_6JF57i-1tEJxHwSeXEO2PAv1hboy1UzFoWOAox3T6UYRHVXq8nGfUkiLmo6GLyUdsPhA4mXdGjJds1reO1UwH39RvMiKhTNmSJeiw/w593-h413/PinkPussycatHomeKit001.png" width="593" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6kqgV8heKGbYCRuP-ICJo3kSbMu7yEDGDg1AlrQ_0NI7yow2UAmTv73cEhGx4jQkejzH776C6I7CYKNcDBVUboV5q8MCZqVJRiJRUpEDj-xg3npjCMpmDoDSTrSwSQnn7w8rOUgWlsnG/s850/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="850" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6kqgV8heKGbYCRuP-ICJo3kSbMu7yEDGDg1AlrQ_0NI7yow2UAmTv73cEhGx4jQkejzH776C6I7CYKNcDBVUboV5q8MCZqVJRiJRUpEDj-xg3npjCMpmDoDSTrSwSQnn7w8rOUgWlsnG/w563-h424/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-8.jpg" width="563" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">This Pink Pussycat application, which appears to be signed by Bob Hope, was listed on eBay.</span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBKST_RXaDeJZXzLwSXzBUSq6VNFOWChIvqHxJdl6AxZ2dsLgVEIizkEwCaO9qN6rlxc1gNJUHPspTfFaZCwfn8mg9Qi6As0EKXyXU5WNT4EWIlKOCdMpYhjsoV__IyflbQAHxHa-fiQm/s850/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="850" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBKST_RXaDeJZXzLwSXzBUSq6VNFOWChIvqHxJdl6AxZ2dsLgVEIizkEwCaO9qN6rlxc1gNJUHPspTfFaZCwfn8mg9Qi6As0EKXyXU5WNT4EWIlKOCdMpYhjsoV__IyflbQAHxHa-fiQm/w590-h444/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-9.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Pink Pussycat matchbook</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #999999; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-align: center;" /><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #999999; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-align: center;">Photograph courtesy Alison Martino/Vintage Los Angeles</em></div><div><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #999999; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; 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font-size: 17.5px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlShYRBCo7d1biJEgsVs30LqJpI9yBqZhQw4E1ApokMasaXJ53VV1CVWldKP5e5vr58zgai_A1WpdoSwwlSTjNmUSglcmg79o0NmHb7jxE98kPxPex7uu71sLMYUDzEPh-OP8emk2X-NU6/s1008/IMG_2420.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1008" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlShYRBCo7d1biJEgsVs30LqJpI9yBqZhQw4E1ApokMasaXJ53VV1CVWldKP5e5vr58zgai_A1WpdoSwwlSTjNmUSglcmg79o0NmHb7jxE98kPxPex7uu71sLMYUDzEPh-OP8emk2X-NU6/w400-h288/IMG_2420.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: medium;">The Original Alice Cooper band in the parking lot of the Pink Pussycat</span><br /><i><br /></i></span></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.5px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;">According to Alice Schiller, the Pussycat changed lives. “I myself am an authority on beauty and glamour,” she told The Los Angeles Times in 1967. “I’ve probably glamorized 1,000 pussycats. Twenty of my pussycats married multimillionaires. One of my girls got a $2,700 tip one night. She disappeared and we never saw her again.”</span></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="x-text cs-ta-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-width: 1px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;">In the late ‘70s the property was turned into a gay and lesbian discotheque named <br />"Peanuts", which was run by Schiller’s nephew, but<a href="https://www.delilahla.com/"> Club Delilah</a> exists in the space today. Thanks to the original marquee up top, the building’s exterior looks much the same as it did when the Pussycat first opened its door—minus a few coats of signature pink paint. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaKTgGfHiB4TANbRqR3YChk5qedbUPy4fMqJvng0bshoFI5IZeT-edHrOnZS-qWg8tXIvlVvdSLJ6XadgAM7xiiU2Kk_j7mPyJVzY-10whltcNiBEigJZ8lbtOXpKddYNp1hIjrtzoIp6/s850/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-1.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="850" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaKTgGfHiB4TANbRqR3YChk5qedbUPy4fMqJvng0bshoFI5IZeT-edHrOnZS-qWg8tXIvlVvdSLJ6XadgAM7xiiU2Kk_j7mPyJVzY-10whltcNiBEigJZ8lbtOXpKddYNp1hIjrtzoIp6/w640-h482/pink-pussycat-college-of-striptease-los-angeles-hollywood-sunset-strip-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YsZjS6N7LNtWzTl8CaRINhi3MASwUykmlZiVCe3ByTC0Qu-Xc4DA9vMFzYHJaKZtiY-rt26AiF8Qs0TrfyKKL9kJSp35nvGyDLDxg2D_XvxTnUaQtXNMhpSDYQc6ZEYCeFH42mJ7PmeW/s1530/ar-pinkpussycat003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1530" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YsZjS6N7LNtWzTl8CaRINhi3MASwUykmlZiVCe3ByTC0Qu-Xc4DA9vMFzYHJaKZtiY-rt26AiF8Qs0TrfyKKL9kJSp35nvGyDLDxg2D_XvxTnUaQtXNMhpSDYQc6ZEYCeFH42mJ7PmeW/w640-h426/ar-pinkpussycat003.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8_skRz3haTsQumrZOmJGCOMSLifX488stvKIUGHRYtkzGLJ64tze4NQguyZG6taxZef1sUbL2yRfEvIqvajfYOp33lRUhdPUu0wdqCNQhcLSFjmjTyvY4dLtY_2_I5JC54S8uOHXYeAp/s600/5d94c3599b46990c18048d2f.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8_skRz3haTsQumrZOmJGCOMSLifX488stvKIUGHRYtkzGLJ64tze4NQguyZG6taxZef1sUbL2yRfEvIqvajfYOp33lRUhdPUu0wdqCNQhcLSFjmjTyvY4dLtY_2_I5JC54S8uOHXYeAp/w640-h480/5d94c3599b46990c18048d2f.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: left;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;">This article was also published in<a href="https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/an-education-in-l-a-s-long-closed-college-of-striptease/"> Los Angeles Magazine</a></span></p><div class="x-column x-sm x-1-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; float: left; font-size: 17.5px; margin-right: 21.2344px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 254.812px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 17.5px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PiAk-yiBZcljGRv9s2uUveK25-rQACDoRLLiNzmGlVHDphR_6hlhxp7asVKGywla1uqMu-pyG-JYdEXkReE4YKZdLi_uMiQO5qCe6gp7f56TQwEYoN4VQSfppX6-oaadYbmfQHhCO-o6/s714/alison-martino.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="662" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PiAk-yiBZcljGRv9s2uUveK25-rQACDoRLLiNzmGlVHDphR_6hlhxp7asVKGywla1uqMu-pyG-JYdEXkReE4YKZdLi_uMiQO5qCe6gp7f56TQwEYoN4VQSfppX6-oaadYbmfQHhCO-o6/s320/alison-martino.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="x-column x-sm x-1-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; float: left; margin-right: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 254.812px;"><div class="x-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-width: 1px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alison Martino is a writer, television producer, and pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page<a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff2a13; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Vintage Los Angeles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 2010. Alison muses on L.A’s. past and present on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff2a13; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Twitter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://instagram.com/alisonmartino" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff2a13; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</span></p></div></div></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-27788422324076070182021-06-10T13:36:00.057-07:002021-06-10T16:09:45.850-07:00The Source Restaurant<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl75bwsV0pVOdY7BT2t3XvK3-Cmzoaeab82njYibp2k-DQIWi9qWC-UijTCkoV_natGjcYtjCGdq6MXB9WZ8iqNxXDKh3iPO5fxgKEeTinesZEHZwICOA_5l5Pw2_95SE3WrUFy-ZR8CyX/s2048/10514334_728204300569625_8377927218299506419_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="2048" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl75bwsV0pVOdY7BT2t3XvK3-Cmzoaeab82njYibp2k-DQIWi9qWC-UijTCkoV_natGjcYtjCGdq6MXB9WZ8iqNxXDKh3iPO5fxgKEeTinesZEHZwICOA_5l5Pw2_95SE3WrUFy-ZR8CyX/w640-h438/10514334_728204300569625_8377927218299506419_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6IV-LdbxL4-vRLpT2k0biXcS0lY-OZuvqh01TfmitnBL5qUsiXiHsgWfQShMNv-IpIJh5_n1HA72efQZvpWIPqhxsCKlt-E55LkQk-h5W4nYwZVOzDjPhc-3ls0NjAtgikQq15muusK29/s1600/121472212_10164250574545324_686812404652437185_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6IV-LdbxL4-vRLpT2k0biXcS0lY-OZuvqh01TfmitnBL5qUsiXiHsgWfQShMNv-IpIJh5_n1HA72efQZvpWIPqhxsCKlt-E55LkQk-h5W4nYwZVOzDjPhc-3ls0NjAtgikQq15muusK29/w640-h360/121472212_10164250574545324_686812404652437185_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Photo: Ed Ruscha 1972</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I walk the neighborhood looking for older structures that are still standing. In a city that likes to tear everything down, I’m forever searching for reminders of the prior century… </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I’m actually amazed the old SOURCE Restaurant is still standing. It’s now Cabo Cantina located at 8301 Sunset Blvd. It was owned by Jim Baker, who’s quirky, bohemian eatery became the originator of the spiritualized vegetarian health food craze long before tempeh, quinoa, and vegan were household names. The SOURCE opened in 1969 at Sunset and Sweetzer serving veggie burgers and other healthy fare to hippies, musicians and counterculture types who hung out on the strip. Baker, who was a </span><span>wealthy former US Marine who fought in WWII, </span><span>drove a Rolls-Royce and called himself </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Yod">Father Yod</a>. <span>He had </span><span>previously run the Old World and Aware Inn restaurants not too far from the SOURCE. </span></span></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOcNJjjQ2_StoS9g2jvkkmeizkajuS-NldmGa-afq5z0y6jvAh2jARHRrEie9sh_6CRvVdQ0V8tzOX_CjAWhFBV1NkAZ59btFQ5E8N0yUvPYdoMqcIOox4ywhvA_qtDtqqoxvTdPcQ9kn/s444/nouvelleawareinnmay81.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="353" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOcNJjjQ2_StoS9g2jvkkmeizkajuS-NldmGa-afq5z0y6jvAh2jARHRrEie9sh_6CRvVdQ0V8tzOX_CjAWhFBV1NkAZ59btFQ5E8N0yUvPYdoMqcIOox4ywhvA_qtDtqqoxvTdPcQ9kn/w318-h400/nouvelleawareinnmay81.jpg" width="318" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The Aware In </span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNeeBGo1r2SElicxPtkFSbY-h-7VtZp3wbL_4J1rNZ5WrOzSMc1D0cdS8zzmHs7qIbBTFWyC5miZBLcwCwn1JBeXPLrKLk791I6UWSU6dWgq0vDFIsliPm-NUE8cDluTnE7UxA2Z_Ygxi/s1392/82057889_2797720833617951_1285690226605293568_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="1392" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNeeBGo1r2SElicxPtkFSbY-h-7VtZp3wbL_4J1rNZ5WrOzSMc1D0cdS8zzmHs7qIbBTFWyC5miZBLcwCwn1JBeXPLrKLk791I6UWSU6dWgq0vDFIsliPm-NUE8cDluTnE7UxA2Z_Ygxi/w640-h540/82057889_2797720833617951_1285690226605293568_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span></div><span><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The Old World. (This building at Sunset and Holloway is still a restaurant today called The State)<br /></span></i></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span> Baker had taken his new spot from an old biker bar called </span><span>"The Strip Combers" and renamed it the SOURCE. It was an instant hit. During its peak it was grossing close to $10 thousand dollars a day!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Baker also w</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFIjxBolWr4DmgSqBwfdKpBxI5VUo2jAhBhC15FxPA8hVOYm0LEvMq3UVzmcw8S4IPTs-Nss8Mp9DDjE1Jte5G1TMxb0oOzQrGzPBQiYXk8utUE6bJs-1xN7RdMFk9wAtTdOX7lh63Mzc/s960/195930603_455889489198999_2145834429240720018_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="960" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFIjxBolWr4DmgSqBwfdKpBxI5VUo2jAhBhC15FxPA8hVOYm0LEvMq3UVzmcw8S4IPTs-Nss8Mp9DDjE1Jte5G1TMxb0oOzQrGzPBQiYXk8utUE6bJs-1xN7RdMFk9wAtTdOX7lh63Mzc/w640-h430/195930603_455889489198999_2145834429240720018_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">As the Hell's Angels rode on, dozens of devoted hippies moved in. Father Yod was also who also fronted an experimental psychedelic rock band. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIj2H70qdblqBlLdk4fJ0GPJFULmXOcOsqxrbBpAUmA2Wpyz-Uh2EZYKxwqkzGcH5ErT_PK2QTgtatTVVzBKdobuBICI2BILdf8T7sTC4M9eNM_0wCF56a4zlcNb62bsZAYZbX-egHOpr/s750/194024358_415525572748761_2051344628386415940_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIj2H70qdblqBlLdk4fJ0GPJFULmXOcOsqxrbBpAUmA2Wpyz-Uh2EZYKxwqkzGcH5ErT_PK2QTgtatTVVzBKdobuBICI2BILdf8T7sTC4M9eNM_0wCF56a4zlcNb62bsZAYZbX-egHOpr/w640-h426/194024358_415525572748761_2051344628386415940_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Source became popular with all kinds of celebrities and served “vibrationally pure” cuisine to the likes of John Lennon and Marlon Brando. My mother took me to the SOURCE a few times growing up. It’s the first time I ever remember having avocado on a sandwich on whole wheat with a side of magic mushrooms! My mother always had the "Awake Salad". </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHr8tBXkDeL190Q2p0RW0E2ZxWAj1KZlCoa3PXtA8uepHn3Wu2gzrRe-0R-52iHb12my227CwJ9F4yZGn1tSfHdlB0TczpQLOSpMrZQ0P9OG94TD7kJESIga-APJluPbgbDuBi_PuAa4J/s860/946652_531862876870436_1045148254_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="860" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHr8tBXkDeL190Q2p0RW0E2ZxWAj1KZlCoa3PXtA8uepHn3Wu2gzrRe-0R-52iHb12my227CwJ9F4yZGn1tSfHdlB0TczpQLOSpMrZQ0P9OG94TD7kJESIga-APJluPbgbDuBi_PuAa4J/w640-h360/946652_531862876870436_1045148254_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-size: large;"><b>Their old parking lot, that used to feature music billboards back in the day, is long gone.</b> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Photo credit: Isis Aquarian</b><br /></i></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aUh7CO8UyXl5PqbmhUgGhUvmeinW0bjFavW2ctNIEzGTWH8AL8cLe4mqU0wlYwawDOkEQmBpgp4ZJds8wQ2x76huJby5pKvAbyCH8iVDvpp6GO_T3xXcNgpe8F6fDM4zaqgIk6kC-v5D/s320/198771294_295091722332258_2144925542202653262_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="320" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aUh7CO8UyXl5PqbmhUgGhUvmeinW0bjFavW2ctNIEzGTWH8AL8cLe4mqU0wlYwawDOkEQmBpgp4ZJds8wQ2x76huJby5pKvAbyCH8iVDvpp6GO_T3xXcNgpe8F6fDM4zaqgIk6kC-v5D/w574-h366/198771294_295091722332258_2144925542202653262_n.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>A rare glimpse inside the Source</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWM4wTnZK1sqrLQ5JQIHM8WtcSFHJiem2YSLE3OkV1kBpNnJi12O0jr54wNP064z3S7yGMQDcULWVjhxZRW4PODuIp7A44A9rMC_jAm8xl3hsnPVGg29R46O7GPGjVKmZHpalQIMnWYaDT/s2048/90.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1373" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWM4wTnZK1sqrLQ5JQIHM8WtcSFHJiem2YSLE3OkV1kBpNnJi12O0jr54wNP064z3S7yGMQDcULWVjhxZRW4PODuIp7A44A9rMC_jAm8xl3hsnPVGg29R46O7GPGjVKmZHpalQIMnWYaDT/w430-h640/90.jpeg" width="430" /></a></div></span><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>The Source often held outdoor concerts in their parking lot</i></span></span></h1><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Source is also where Woody Allen gets dumped by Diane Keaton in “Annie Hall” while ordering a plate of alfalfa sprouts and a plate of mashed yeast!</span><span> </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3leCH7q9a_sAcE5qMkDw5fWi_U-29lqzwkJ89H0eVEmoUtbWR1kjKtAp8s-gjwTmqvzFt4xWvCL8KKY4SZ2l-KLHTzGgOgW6kXyxOg8MM7iOVUWsL7rlSsmCqFmvRNxebe0j23kdHCfEH/s501/194916817_199731832007941_2684237897807114769_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="500" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3leCH7q9a_sAcE5qMkDw5fWi_U-29lqzwkJ89H0eVEmoUtbWR1kjKtAp8s-gjwTmqvzFt4xWvCL8KKY4SZ2l-KLHTzGgOgW6kXyxOg8MM7iOVUWsL7rlSsmCqFmvRNxebe0j23kdHCfEH/w551-h553/194916817_199731832007941_2684237897807114769_n.jpg" width="551" /></a></div><span><p><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">This scene from "Annie Hall" also shows the old Standard Hotel in the background when it was the Golden Crest</span></i></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The SOURCE is also captured on celluloid in the films “Shampoo” and “Alex in Wonderland”. Three films that brilliantly capture the bohemian lifestyle of Los Angeles during the late 60s and 70s. </span></p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiat4b4ioo06Axtt2MlKpjwiPq83gx_rdfBF1FW7f1d7QWbwGColReX4zb1YLd1iiu3KhujjmoESf5rb6kyUJ8IIZsdjJk31DkM4INOHoTrtWcvtOrAJmcAt-6jXn4lgaS805RceHvTzNhI/s800/196406551_1148521378983304_76205602553947285_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="800" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiat4b4ioo06Axtt2MlKpjwiPq83gx_rdfBF1FW7f1d7QWbwGColReX4zb1YLd1iiu3KhujjmoESf5rb6kyUJ8IIZsdjJk31DkM4INOHoTrtWcvtOrAJmcAt-6jXn4lgaS805RceHvTzNhI/w640-h500/196406551_1148521378983304_76205602553947285_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn at the SOURCE in the 1975 film, SHAMPOO</b></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">One of the most fascinating documentaries ever made is about Jim Baker & his radical utopian way of living called THE SOURCE FAMILY. (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Source-Family-Jim-Baker/dp/B00CGFHCRQ">Click here</a> to watch in on Amazon Prime). And just like the poster says, "IT'S FAR FUCKIN' OUT!"</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQBqhmYSu9gje98sZJ341U2LLposHCNMgIW0QQcsOleoVjN9fCTt37SiP6gBXx4IMZxeXtXclA1puE-VIcxWyPsdvl_6eqlWVA3h5BkotWdB2Ov54RAhRaA-PKghuCPfq4M9sXmX1DvQ0/s1300/11224550_522957404535033_6020717442200624046_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQBqhmYSu9gje98sZJ341U2LLposHCNMgIW0QQcsOleoVjN9fCTt37SiP6gBXx4IMZxeXtXclA1puE-VIcxWyPsdvl_6eqlWVA3h5BkotWdB2Ov54RAhRaA-PKghuCPfq4M9sXmX1DvQ0/w444-h640/11224550_522957404535033_6020717442200624046_o.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><p>Baker was looked up to as a spiritual leader to a cult of gorgeous followers who all lived together and became the darlings of Sunset Strip. It’s more then just a doc on the hippie-dippy lifestyle…it’s a deep dive into the hedonistic principles of Hollywood's favorite cult leader during the sexual revolution. The entire story is a serious TRIP! Baker even committed murder in 1963, and pretty much got away with it. </p></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Xku_DFtDeItllzjgzCnaJagoM41IaJLfs_dC9ZHUBYNMsfUdLmOD2geL4lZXhgcvOmw1eJGKCCUPYgizlN7uevILf9xyihN3H6POodQtsE7aU3n04w6FKbtXAnycTdthhNljtEFaerr3/s800/YA-HO-WA-13-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="800" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Xku_DFtDeItllzjgzCnaJagoM41IaJLfs_dC9ZHUBYNMsfUdLmOD2geL4lZXhgcvOmw1eJGKCCUPYgizlN7uevILf9xyihN3H6POodQtsE7aU3n04w6FKbtXAnycTdthhNljtEFaerr3/w640-h440/YA-HO-WA-13-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Family lived communally under the spiritual guidance of Father Yod and Baker does get bonus 'cult leader' points for being a positive influence on his devotees, unlike other cult leaders such as Manson. Baker's tribe were young hard working, intelligent individuals who just enjoyed getting it on with their bearded loving God from time to time. Sadly, he loses points for believing a little too strongly in his own divinity. </span></p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0AKReRWHwCe2QkHkUvzwpt-8EG0izTKVGVJakOQ9waS7mPiPinhnKWLLEsxl2Lk9AEwjfbqtjU_lURHgPgnTLVD2iyVX-UC1ptC4eL9op9ba6qFMLSPsjnEdAL2cB_rMZEsbTT0qPkwL/s1878/36526495_1045812225594556_6025132950650093568_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="1280" height="714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0AKReRWHwCe2QkHkUvzwpt-8EG0izTKVGVJakOQ9waS7mPiPinhnKWLLEsxl2Lk9AEwjfbqtjU_lURHgPgnTLVD2iyVX-UC1ptC4eL9op9ba6qFMLSPsjnEdAL2cB_rMZEsbTT0qPkwL/w486-h714/36526495_1045812225594556_6025132950650093568_n.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="382" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N1hlBaSDu_8" width="460" youtube-src-id="N1hlBaSDu_8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtAgTt1vXLtjv-UJ6MI_5ACMXKvfmUacTdNmD_YGIAeP6LZp54QWsNkTqpDstJtBYnr7gQJb9EkJcyjWYY4bGThBel_Yz1bq6M20pFxliT8nB-0aRIC2kuq64zWozxcanuTiC1jPNz1La/s1300/11224550_522957404535033_6020717442200624046_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtAgTt1vXLtjv-UJ6MI_5ACMXKvfmUacTdNmD_YGIAeP6LZp54QWsNkTqpDstJtBYnr7gQJb9EkJcyjWYY4bGThBel_Yz1bq6M20pFxliT8nB-0aRIC2kuq64zWozxcanuTiC1jPNz1La/w444-h640/11224550_522957404535033_6020717442200624046_o.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And if the documentary isn't enough for you, read the book written by Family Source member, Isis Aquarian. Click <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0976082292/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_GJ8CBXPZF45SV9HC1R90?fbclid=IwAR2jUVriKqLOQxBLB9eVKAIG6D5rTUxaRaBmtVSoYUtENU8z31M2NKkjbqc">here</a> to get it on Amazon. It's a fascinating read. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgry08ohZOy-thkCr2jYn60k49OT-r5mtgXZjj2yNe2Y9Px9xzncMoDAsff4d1_3HJH7riEfk7NWPKkD3NYTnkVldq5bBViUnareSVSsSIlRt0c7q4Las6icoX6348rAipGkJVvG1OYa-OK/s733/195293650_334841094699097_7537754264864900991_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="728" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgry08ohZOy-thkCr2jYn60k49OT-r5mtgXZjj2yNe2Y9Px9xzncMoDAsff4d1_3HJH7riEfk7NWPKkD3NYTnkVldq5bBViUnareSVSsSIlRt0c7q4Las6icoX6348rAipGkJVvG1OYa-OK/w636-h640/195293650_334841094699097_7537754264864900991_n.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span>Jim Baker and Isis Aquarian who was never far from his side</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="Enhancement" data-align-left="" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); clear: both; color: #2a2a2a; float: left; font-family: merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 20px 40px 24px 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 350px;"><figure class="Figure" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="5ddd72b7c92b3500089d3eee-eight.jpg" class="Image" data-src="https://scpr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e8f61bd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/730x932+0+0/resize/1440x1838!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fi%2F01e08afff565037c180512b5b58b1fa7%2F5ddd72b7c92b3500089d3eee-eight.jpg" height="1838" src="https://scpr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e8f61bd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/730x932+0+0/resize/1440x1838!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fi%2F01e08afff565037c180512b5b58b1fa7%2F5ddd72b7c92b3500089d3eee-eight.jpg" srcset="https://scpr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/400fb58/2147483647/strip/true/crop/730x932+0+0/resize/2880x3676!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fi%2F01e08afff565037c180512b5b58b1fa7%2F5ddd72b7c92b3500089d3eee-eight.jpg 2x" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 8px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1440" /></picture><div class="Figure-caption" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--secondaryColor2); font-family: var(--secondaryHeadlineFont),Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: var(--caption-1); line-height: 1.43; margin-bottom: 8px;">A menu from the Source, a popular Sunset Strip restaurant from the late 1960s to the '70s. (Isis Aquarian/Source Archives )</div><div class="Figure-credit-container" style="align-items: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--secondaryColor2); display: flex; flex-direction: row; font-family: var(--secondaryHeadlineFont),Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: var(--caption-1); line-height: 1.23;"></div></figure></div><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-family: merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 56px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">"He experimented when The Source first opened. It was kind of raw and vegan, and it really wasn't going over very well. He had to switch over to vegetarian, which was dairy. We did have about six or seven items that were cooked with rice and tofu and the tomato sauces and stuff," Aquarian says.</p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-family: merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 56px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">The revised Source menu, featuring vegetable salads, fruit salads, lentil soup, cheesecake and the "best fresh juices on the planet" (including smoothies and lemon slushies) began attracting some of L.A.'s hippest swingers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-family: merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 56px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">"There was a short renaissance period there where it really was very magical," Aquarian says.</p></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">All of these thoughts entered my mind as I walked past the old structure last night. Back in the day it seems to fit the scale of the Strip, but today it’s completely dwarfed by oversized developments. I can't begin to figure out how it has survived all these years. Although, the mystical vibe is gone, I've always been happy it's still there. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFIG6IDhmo7s-xP_igmvQmS4yj0yTRrQIKDziyXwkIlbxqcW8H8z8itymXSyPLobKKdpy_eKmvbICwTTofoNwO88enD1YJ5m9PUSE_D6h6mnyO9NwtQ9pPLRVPx04IEtYGyYtmglpsi40/s1090/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+1.33.16+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1086" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFIG6IDhmo7s-xP_igmvQmS4yj0yTRrQIKDziyXwkIlbxqcW8H8z8itymXSyPLobKKdpy_eKmvbICwTTofoNwO88enD1YJ5m9PUSE_D6h6mnyO9NwtQ9pPLRVPx04IEtYGyYtmglpsi40/w638-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-06-10+at+1.33.16+PM.png" width="638" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>CABO CANTINA </b></i></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Fortunately, I got to go to the SOURCE before it closed. It was one of the only establishments on the strip that had a huge outdoor dirt parking lot up against the Hollywood Hills. That parking lot is long gone. And from the looks of the Cantina it appears to be closed, but let's hope the structure keeps on trucking for years to come. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Now I'm craving mashed yeast! </span></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://alisonmartino.com/"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://alisonmartino.com/"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWwOTlGY3guB5x7CQaIw_vb4KgthaCgiX8-XFJeBkCOGU1d3tVTkkXKMGEAST-9V8hOHdwoHTY9Nb9sbYLWuCgWJVB4niPIw2amg2CWK_l7B0kkYMmZOJLVBaLH3Smpz8MjOTFiFxA90-/s320/IMG_3581-2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWwOTlGY3guB5x7CQaIw_vb4KgthaCgiX8-XFJeBkCOGU1d3tVTkkXKMGEAST-9V8hOHdwoHTY9Nb9sbYLWuCgWJVB4niPIw2amg2CWK_l7B0kkYMmZOJLVBaLH3Smpz8MjOTFiFxA90-/s0/IMG_3581-2.jpg" /></a></div><br />Alison Martino<span style="color: #222222;"> is a writer, television producer and personality, and L.A. pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </span></i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #9966cc; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: large; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>Vintage Los Angeles</i></a><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: large;"> in 2010. </i></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i style="color: #222222;"><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i style="color: #222222;">Martino muses on L.A’s. past and present on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>Twitter</i></a><i style="color: #222222;"> and <a href="http://instagram.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and </i></span></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: large;">also writes articles about the history of L.A for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.lamag.com/author/alison-martino/" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Los Angeles Magazine</a> and appears on weekly show called the SO CAL SCENE airing on Spectrum News 1</i></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Alison's book of unpublished photos of L.A.'s past is also currently in production. </i></span></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-60226854861954600972021-05-12T14:14:00.031-07:002024-03-20T06:09:20.200-07:00The Comstock Hotel On Wilshire Blvd<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqt6pM63ybme6owwQBw2rlOqVosmhXRWDFYsITFBZhNdP6HxNmtAgW15B3ZNKauBKFP3wWvyAYOrWXpxHpSnnEV3zqlyaDKJH4jdkgZTt4YiURayOR-6yVbbHCxNQfhzL9e31fQHqTE7d/s1640/IMG_8268.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1640" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqt6pM63ybme6owwQBw2rlOqVosmhXRWDFYsITFBZhNdP6HxNmtAgW15B3ZNKauBKFP3wWvyAYOrWXpxHpSnnEV3zqlyaDKJH4jdkgZTt4YiURayOR-6yVbbHCxNQfhzL9e31fQHqTE7d/w640-h442/IMG_8268.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">The original <i>Comstock Hotel</i> was located at 10300 Wilshire Blvd in Westwood. It was designed by Kenneth Lind in 1956. There’s a lot of history here.... some of it is fun, some of it is tragic.... </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0bj9yJmlQWFdR1Zh3DtrQI5h1Ufw7144S00L0leLpAPpPMe0a0vWBHymBFsSAOOox4sOZ1XCXSJhtDXkbIJeVJmjS-Ex1u_LrZzHbcDLy_sQi47b5eTKMTj_j2CxtEPWC65Gx12f8hC-/s1005/IMG_8316.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1005" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0bj9yJmlQWFdR1Zh3DtrQI5h1Ufw7144S00L0leLpAPpPMe0a0vWBHymBFsSAOOox4sOZ1XCXSJhtDXkbIJeVJmjS-Ex1u_LrZzHbcDLy_sQi47b5eTKMTj_j2CxtEPWC65Gx12f8hC-/w640-h370/IMG_8316.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Color slide courtesy of Carol Watson. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Black & whites taken by photographer </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Maynard Parker in 1957</span></span></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4437cEENaAaIMQAAOySDs59ZUawGMaoJ_dIxIIwWsyODC_OEnEXAzJD6lM9iNxvgI34MU7xv4GEzHEn1JthuZO4SPyFAdFMb5ie5duvwjE5GJ8zMKO2T9OU_UwrQv7i8Uw17MMtZaXHJ/s1138/IMG_8320.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1138" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4437cEENaAaIMQAAOySDs59ZUawGMaoJ_dIxIIwWsyODC_OEnEXAzJD6lM9iNxvgI34MU7xv4GEzHEn1JthuZO4SPyFAdFMb5ie5duvwjE5GJ8zMKO2T9OU_UwrQv7i8Uw17MMtZaXHJ/w640-h520/IMG_8320.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">During the late 1950s until the early 1980s the <i>Comstock</i> was a classic mid century / contemporary design. Very reminiscent to the <i>Standard Hotel</i> on Sunset Strip or a mini version of the <i>Beverly Hilton</i> not too far away.<span style="background-color: white;"> It</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> was THE place for displaced BH residents. </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfU8BRQGJUrewzLoTeiVuRgfWlIVO6vETLpI5t_lue2lTz11Fj37gtixPxP6CvircrqUMBqtKgLfwLoVnsHBUqdtscnOgiLz_7BE0bjeU9L8PAjVeRzKtCUsdmmAQ6N3UdMGy5MLw6Pkz/s1200/IMG_8347.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfU8BRQGJUrewzLoTeiVuRgfWlIVO6vETLpI5t_lue2lTz11Fj37gtixPxP6CvircrqUMBqtKgLfwLoVnsHBUqdtscnOgiLz_7BE0bjeU9L8PAjVeRzKtCUsdmmAQ6N3UdMGy5MLw6Pkz/w640-h336/IMG_8347.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWL3DRhQF5IBR-OhXJIU6XZa6uQHEfj0GFIGTbnxeeUnpUwBKSUFp9Dvbe_GM-5koOCCBR40zkBxy4uTW4aNDaWddg4S4b5nOy8PBesOratXREg692uG3VG2kBq19AyPxvMhLq6FBB9Onu/s1015/IMG_8318+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1015" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWL3DRhQF5IBR-OhXJIU6XZa6uQHEfj0GFIGTbnxeeUnpUwBKSUFp9Dvbe_GM-5koOCCBR40zkBxy4uTW4aNDaWddg4S4b5nOy8PBesOratXREg692uG3VG2kBq19AyPxvMhLq6FBB9Onu/w640-h494/IMG_8318+2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfFqt6oLbDX61YERM50CZtEj8PHgDIXVgaHvKU6gIpq4b-0THb21uwrlf3lJ04aCbU8_Ssihb5mvSoQvgiPOQa6rD1JYeCSsp8Ff4Uh4o-_kTXUKf7lnIHJ3ZpkO-jBagCmZFCbEBGlww/s1026/IMG_8349.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1026" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfFqt6oLbDX61YERM50CZtEj8PHgDIXVgaHvKU6gIpq4b-0THb21uwrlf3lJ04aCbU8_Ssihb5mvSoQvgiPOQa6rD1JYeCSsp8Ff4Uh4o-_kTXUKf7lnIHJ3ZpkO-jBagCmZFCbEBGlww/w640-h496/IMG_8349.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">In 1972, a small Italian place called <i>Derek’s</i> opened on the second floor owned by the Shwartz family. Richard Simmons was a waiter and eventually became Maitre D’ before he became a sensation with those exercise videos. He created a unique experience with his overly ecstatic personality. He would also insult the customers in a humorous way. It was all in fun until he cut your tie off! (He cut my fathers off once and I started to cry!)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8UsZdsos4Vu_pF3lynnCEwl5BZTbPsKL6LqhfgOHSKtdzeUtXjnGCp14d0E0oTfzy16-TxoZok6HHEFdEyiosFJZJi_PQIu1EXymf39UIcQNowjUcmTCs_pTO3dmNJgjq-o6qYrLq8er/s2000/IMG_8315.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1515" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8UsZdsos4Vu_pF3lynnCEwl5BZTbPsKL6LqhfgOHSKtdzeUtXjnGCp14d0E0oTfzy16-TxoZok6HHEFdEyiosFJZJi_PQIu1EXymf39UIcQNowjUcmTCs_pTO3dmNJgjq-o6qYrLq8er/w484-h640/IMG_8315.JPG" width="484" /></span></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> Richard Simmons was the main event at <i>Derrick's</i> restaurant.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span><i>Derek’s</i> regulars were Henry Mancini, Sidney Poitier, Johnny Carson, Joe Cocker (who was living there at the time), and Ed McMahon and Johnny Carson who brought a host of celebrities and fun people who closed the place down nightly. </span>Those famous names would give Simmons extra tips, knowing that he would do something special with his life and was eventually discovered there. Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Lois Dwan, in a March 1973 piece, made reference to Maitre D’ Simmons as an “effervescent catalyst.” The perfect prelude to describe the soon to be flamboyant fitness guru. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div dir="auto" style="color: black; font-size: xx-large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span><span style="color: #222222;">I remember the<i> Comstock</i> and <i>Derrick’s</i> well as a kid because my parents were also regulars and would bring me along. It was there where I tried Manicotti for the first time: A favorite dish of mine until this day. I also remember a manager named Raphael who gave me a little rubber dog that I carried around as a kid for years. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black; font-size: xx-large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black; font-size: xx-large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><span style="background-color: white;">Raphael and Richard both eventually opened up their own restaurants including the </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><i>Roughage</i> in Beverly Hills</span><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><span style="background-color: white;">. So did the Comstock's </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">attorneys, </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Larry Flax and Rick Rosenthal</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">who opened a little thing called <i>California Pizza Kitchen</i>! Lot's of talent started at the <i>Beverly Comstock Hotel</i>. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black; font-size: xx-large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfzgsWA1j5_JFS5nFTQvu1mf1td2JgGe_kOCFUWTMANJZ-Af3lTS6O-UHKEAZXIr5wimGNancPXD6JQ71ibe8GXT1c5v1mxlxTYWbEW3M3fCDmWLgjkwG_09mOxKLrV7zI2QwZpfiV4qU-9Y80lsWxQLWDziYaGohfZR9M_GGPzIRm60c_VFyym0Ngw/s960/122130671_10158374974926091_4942273540529065950_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfzgsWA1j5_JFS5nFTQvu1mf1td2JgGe_kOCFUWTMANJZ-Af3lTS6O-UHKEAZXIr5wimGNancPXD6JQ71ibe8GXT1c5v1mxlxTYWbEW3M3fCDmWLgjkwG_09mOxKLrV7zI2QwZpfiV4qU-9Y80lsWxQLWDziYaGohfZR9M_GGPzIRm60c_VFyym0Ngw/w480-h640/122130671_10158374974926091_4942273540529065950_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">Old School recipes. Photo provided by Annie Schwartz</span></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsB55zvYe0BGM8Gyuqe4ZjWYoSMVNGpZg2Frt2xA8nzlXEKaU4sGKRmh_BO4fGZz4CoBSW_YpMKfg5b-TNF3Ls48bsDYg5Np1aeK0mR31SoqZwNrBN7k0f29gv_eYOzx-JrMQR45etj2e/s2048/IMG_8327.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2048" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsB55zvYe0BGM8Gyuqe4ZjWYoSMVNGpZg2Frt2xA8nzlXEKaU4sGKRmh_BO4fGZz4CoBSW_YpMKfg5b-TNF3Ls48bsDYg5Np1aeK0mR31SoqZwNrBN7k0f29gv_eYOzx-JrMQR45etj2e/w640-h500/IMG_8327.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">On a much sadder note, the <i>Comstock Hotel</i> was the location of actor Freddie Prinze's tragic suicide. Prinze, known for his role as "Chico" in the 1970's hit show "Chico and the Man" shot himself on January 28, 1977 in room 216 in front of his business manager. It has been reported that Freddie<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white;">playing the soundtrack to "Car Wash" when he took his life</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">. </span>Such a shocking and tragic story at the time. I still think of him when driving by. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Annie Schwartz shares the following personal sentiments: "</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">My parents owned the <i>Comstock</i> and <i>Derrick's </i>for several years. My father Derrick, (who the restaurant was named after was also the chef). </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This is a picture of my dad and Mom Judy, who I sadly lost almost 30 years ago. This was us celebrating my 21st birthday". </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0vdKN7r5nopsCv99TwAp98BCHuq5XyUJ2PCz4C6PNReAXP_fN0uTUSBvzmNBRTDn76K-ORpsz6bMIhCgBBgk2YjK_rgubV04FHFKSTdM6x_K2CzImtsq2jAK8jMjmtG2mhD9NFKavAiYamlyE0MTCSPOsC4-LuOcbiHMINl20xyYkjhlS8rVO5wfyw/s640/121404143_10158367891821091_9141754180137577484_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0vdKN7r5nopsCv99TwAp98BCHuq5XyUJ2PCz4C6PNReAXP_fN0uTUSBvzmNBRTDn76K-ORpsz6bMIhCgBBgk2YjK_rgubV04FHFKSTdM6x_K2CzImtsq2jAK8jMjmtG2mhD9NFKavAiYamlyE0MTCSPOsC4-LuOcbiHMINl20xyYkjhlS8rVO5wfyw/w605-h454/121404143_10158367891821091_9141754180137577484_n.jpg" width="605" /></a></div><br />Annie continues....</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">"I spent 4 years living at the Beverly Comstock Hotel when my parents owned it. I was 12 years old when we moved into the hotel. I watched my parents build a business out of the passion of my father wanting to share his incredible desire to share and prepare delicious gourmet Italian delicacies. Before the hotel, my Dad would prepare these dishes nightly for just our family. You can't imagine as a child how difficult it was to try and taste vegetables and sauces that were just way to complex, and yet today, I would kill to have some of those amazing meals that my father made. Anyway, a few things, Ed McMahon became a dear friend of my parents. He was never an owner of </span></span><i style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Derrick's</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">, but he did spend a tremendous amount of time enjoying the restaurant and bar. He was a HUGE driver in bringing celebs to the restaurant, since the Tonight Show taped at 4 in the afternoon, Ed often brought or invited those guests on the show to </span></span><i style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Derrick's</i><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><span style="background-color: white;">. It became a celebrity hangout in no time. Joe Cocker was a resident for quite a while and WILD. I was 13 when I met him, and had really no idea the magnitude of who I was hanging out with at the pool as a young child.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> Richard Simmons was our host for the restaurant, and many memorable events took place. But u</span></span><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><span style="background-color: white;">nfortunately, w</span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">hile we lived in the hotel, Freddie Prinze tragically killed himself. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Many notable people and wonderful stayed at the hotel. The vibe that was created was magical. The hotel had a piano bar in the lobby of the hotel and when people came to the restaurant it wasn't just a meal, it was an experience. Yes Richard Simmons cut off all the men's ties, and sat on everyone's lap, his energy was infectious and entertaining nightly. Sometimes my dad wanted to ring his neck...But then after the customers ate there meal, they would make there way down to the Piano Bar. Many famous musicians throughout our time there would play the piano and just enjoy the energy of the small crowd that was lucky enough that night to hear some incredibly famous musicians play. Anyway, there are so many amazing memories, and throughout the years, I have never experienced anything remotely like the experience at <i>Derrick's </i>2nd Floor in the <i>Beverly Comstock Hotel</i>. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">I recently came across my fathers recipes from the restaurant. This is how he kept them old school for sure."</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>In the 1980s Donald Sterling purchased the<i> Comstock</i> and expanded it. He</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> sold it soon after that.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> It eventually became the the <i>Beverly Hills Ritz Hotel</i> in the 90's. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1019" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3VISC1GCdBnFJpc6SlALW81aCZrfPoOQ0L9IhKHrq4nvrJTDfj8KmMfFG42F9VDjQ_XgDcU-Hod6yNzY_M1n_sRvaWLzAKalTex_hrJcubpL_m5ZwQXIgLdgqtKvvcjg3tfuIfI0-jqB/w482-h374/IMG_8278.jpg" width="482" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Today it’s the <a href="https://www.beverlyhillsplazahotel.com/">Beverly Plaza Hotel</a>. 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She founded the Facebook page </span></i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>Vintage Los Angeles</i></a><i style="color: #222222;"> in 2010. </i></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i style="color: #222222;"><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i style="color: #222222;">Martino muses on L.A’s. past and present on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>Twitter</i></a><i style="color: #222222;"> and <a href="http://instagram.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and </i></span></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: large;">also writes articles about the history of L.A for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.lamag.com/author/alison-martino/" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Los Angeles Magazine</a> and appears on weekly show called the SO CAL SCENE airing on Spectrum News 1</i></p><div style="color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: medium; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: medium; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Alison's book of unpublished photos of L.A.'s past is also currently in production. </i></span></div></span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5VErKI6IY8ag0BpZY8Pc_poHUPx4XVZ19OECFMJPCJNzzv1XRM-eR31H1Oc22ufugI7QhpxGVmhHPAcCRy2LIDT_X1MWlnaEDYZoSXPUmJZKDAQUknBAFbhTWwc9Y0qSljLLVjuwfZe3/s2048/IMG_3581.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br />Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-839432076947587772021-04-09T23:46:00.011-07:002021-10-28T14:21:07.734-07:00Sunset Strip 1963<div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Take a drive down Sunset Strip in the 1963</span></b></div></b><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XT2tU_zAxuc" width="320" youtube-src-id="XT2tU_zAxuc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Astonishing color footage of Sunset Strip starting at Horn Ave and ending at Doheny. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">A few historical notes: The Melody Room became Filthy McNasty’s, The Central an is now the Viper Room. The Jerry Lewis Club became the Classic Cat, University Stereo & eventually Tower Video (demolished). The PARTY became the Whisky a Go Go, The Largo became the Roxy, The Villa Nova become the Rainbow Bar & Grill and the Hamburger Hamlet can be seen in its ORIGINAL Location. The 9000 building is under construction and Sierra Towers had not been built yet! And check out the billboard for Pacific Ocean Park and an advertisement for the premiere of The Fugitive on KABC. This is truly the next best thing to a time machine. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Footage can be licensed from GETTY IMAGES</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubN6ODKxHwAsp_kjm2tNT3BXeqg0bJ2CVxyHbYjx8xidNyC7M2ax72fADWq8xit2slQglpHR_RMX4q7JWp_L59H-2zaCm8N26Rqq452ERzSTReF6Im2_6kMLzJjlN-wRumEz2Nuke_5Xs/s2048/IMG_3581.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubN6ODKxHwAsp_kjm2tNT3BXeqg0bJ2CVxyHbYjx8xidNyC7M2ax72fADWq8xit2slQglpHR_RMX4q7JWp_L59H-2zaCm8N26Rqq452ERzSTReF6Im2_6kMLzJjlN-wRumEz2Nuke_5Xs/s320/IMG_3581.JPG" /></a></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><br />Alison Martino is a writer, television producer and personality, and L.A. pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>Vintage Los Angeles</i></a><i> in 2010. In addition to VLA, Martino muses on L.A’s. past and present on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>Twitter</i></a><i> and <a href="http://instagram.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and on her website, alisonmartino.com</i></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;" /></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: medium; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i><i>Alison also writes articles about the history of L.A for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.lamag.com/author/alison-martino/" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Los Angeles Magazine</a> and appears on weekly show called the SO CAL SCENE airing on Spectrum News 1</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: medium; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: medium; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Alison's book of unpublished photos of L.A.'s past is also currently in production. </i></span></div></span></div></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-74915138277446513812021-04-09T13:42:00.095-07:002023-09-02T00:51:25.371-07:00The Villa Capri In Hollywood<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Villa Capri In Hollywood </b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="caret-color: rgba(245, 224, 229, 0.98); color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkWErg-sftmWAoR_82ms11y4vXmhF3GXqU0fN2NM80BfPKbJkQvXQg16M_RpkaoR0cuKRig8k42kktLBaenP2CT2bTn3jMd11wCQ1KUl3GrOybhaQbBCmGkPK7Y_vSflcDiiun7NtC2eH/s2048/169452057_353457269420175_5205194501189111524_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkWErg-sftmWAoR_82ms11y4vXmhF3GXqU0fN2NM80BfPKbJkQvXQg16M_RpkaoR0cuKRig8k42kktLBaenP2CT2bTn3jMd11wCQ1KUl3GrOybhaQbBCmGkPK7Y_vSflcDiiun7NtC2eH/w640-h410/169452057_353457269420175_5205194501189111524_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">A Villa Capri postcard : Vintage Los Angeles Archives</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span>Pasquale "Patsy" D'Amore served the very first pizza pies in Los Angeles in 1939 at his first restaurant called Casa D'Amore located at</span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; text-align: center;">1644 Cahuenga Blvd. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><p><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_W8s9AZnZzO0nyZJlK17jOXlMvyzVCYPEZGenpb-R8u8Kb4ZbiRnEBG-aepJVQEQYU1Rw-J7vXIIiBtSBatx6iKU9ul0otrq3dXuT8WR-cx4ND-Nx5ihGJ07MeM014oDUAE7rfpHuiRO-/s364/169134244_279123910381089_3611166356475595417_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="364" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_W8s9AZnZzO0nyZJlK17jOXlMvyzVCYPEZGenpb-R8u8Kb4ZbiRnEBG-aepJVQEQYU1Rw-J7vXIIiBtSBatx6iKU9ul0otrq3dXuT8WR-cx4ND-Nx5ihGJ07MeM014oDUAE7rfpHuiRO-/w405-h229/169134244_279123910381089_3611166356475595417_n.jpg" width="405" /></a></span></span></div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span><p style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Original business card from Casa D'Amore</i></b></span></p><p style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i></i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RwXFhAak_oIo_YHw3cYv_dlOCcPXDUyZcfWUKex6DXzgnlXgJgbp7hrjaatoQjq3rjI3Hsi9KVvmwVm0BuaSZIFnMcTaHcRxkiLsZSHtqXSeg9A_Pki8_R8s-x2wtU8BBdCWB3b4UsvU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RwXFhAak_oIo_YHw3cYv_dlOCcPXDUyZcfWUKex6DXzgnlXgJgbp7hrjaatoQjq3rjI3Hsi9KVvmwVm0BuaSZIFnMcTaHcRxkiLsZSHtqXSeg9A_Pki8_R8s-x2wtU8BBdCWB3b4UsvU/w640-h416/Xgpod23nMYi4waB26wK_4H9GYSGtpy26Ns09349aPuA-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></b></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Casa D'Amore menu from way back in the day. Check out the old prices!</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Patsy also opened up the very first pizza stand in Los Angeles located at the Farmers Market and it's still there today. </span></span></p></span></span></span><p></p><p><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUOxzrfTt2WVSNvOeMZZcy9nrE_nlV4FEup4_evlHqWFyQpY8J9wyxyRUSRaBIjW-faiMG0a8i1nA58hCzg7lmoPPgL4NV45DD7rDrzEAEzjia-xLXjquXv0oE3_VqxJ16XLZIEXae5x8/s2048/Patsy%2527s%252BPizza%252B002%252B%2528Patsy%252B%2526%252BMary%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2032" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUOxzrfTt2WVSNvOeMZZcy9nrE_nlV4FEup4_evlHqWFyQpY8J9wyxyRUSRaBIjW-faiMG0a8i1nA58hCzg7lmoPPgL4NV45DD7rDrzEAEzjia-xLXjquXv0oE3_VqxJ16XLZIEXae5x8/w636-h640/Patsy%2527s%252BPizza%252B002%252B%2528Patsy%252B%2526%252BMary%2529.jpeg" width="636" /></a></span></span></div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="caret-color: rgba(245, 224, 229, 0.98); letter-spacing: 0.4px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><strong style="letter-spacing: 0.4px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><em><span style="font-size: medium;">In 1949 when Patsy (Pasquale) opened the pizzeria, a cut of pizza (otherwise known as a slice) was .20 cents.</span></em></strong></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.4px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><em style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></em></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.4px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-weight: normal;">By 1950 Patsy opened the famed Villa Capri restaurant in Hollywood directly next door to Don the Beachcomber. It moved to a much larger location in 1957 at 6735 Yucca Street. By that time it became a legendary Hollywood celebrity hot spot. Dean Martin, Lauren Becall, Jackie Gleason, Sammy Davis Jr., James Dean, Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe, Micky Cohen, Cary Grant, Ava Garnder and other well- known Hollywood notables would frequently dine at the Villa Capri </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">as it was well known that Frank Sinatra was a co-owner. But, Patsy was truly the star to the stars. </span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">A film of the opening night aired on the "Tonight Show". It was said the restaurant was "built on a foundation of mozzarella, and dedicated to the proposition that spaghetti is fattening, but who cares?"</span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOvoXHAiZrOakdsKx0CWb1c3Mx9YX4NrGsaEWGP-8GlPf5AkeyRYokoExi5UdM4CM2rB-maxxgjAtCsxrkWV-z3Z8oeVImQlRm_7bY3DBjbcYDOdKBos7NFAKVzfj-kQ5VKWDpndLJv_j/s394/villacapri.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="394" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOvoXHAiZrOakdsKx0CWb1c3Mx9YX4NrGsaEWGP-8GlPf5AkeyRYokoExi5UdM4CM2rB-maxxgjAtCsxrkWV-z3Z8oeVImQlRm_7bY3DBjbcYDOdKBos7NFAKVzfj-kQ5VKWDpndLJv_j/w414-h316/villacapri.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5balVJ5X7y7cfYSmCKykYy8YuGKwkLguhKpp15P39VANsDF8tqm1YfAx2_tnRxnfkc7jnKR5guTqa1bEEPE6yMX_naMjLfHri3fd0dP9YzkjitMdINXQIWB-LR8geD2KbC81rl1ECnK6/s2048/IMG_3815.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5balVJ5X7y7cfYSmCKykYy8YuGKwkLguhKpp15P39VANsDF8tqm1YfAx2_tnRxnfkc7jnKR5guTqa1bEEPE6yMX_naMjLfHri3fd0dP9YzkjitMdINXQIWB-LR8geD2KbC81rl1ECnK6/w640-h480/IMG_3815.jpg" width="640" /></a><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Patsy D'Amore with Frank Sinatra</i></b></div></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazTH84QQ3Knc3I_fFvfPmj1wAQoy08255LqgPad_BV2gVB5dPOK2-q0wUCa7TYAUVjY7x9Mt-Kt3YG6Rbv5NxJ-Oo3DPYe6_IsR7KkFmkZkipplwfvVbVV8PLNxTtlDvosx12i4GbOWrQ/s960/126932213_10225790071365211_8754538803109938005_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="671" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazTH84QQ3Knc3I_fFvfPmj1wAQoy08255LqgPad_BV2gVB5dPOK2-q0wUCa7TYAUVjY7x9Mt-Kt3YG6Rbv5NxJ-Oo3DPYe6_IsR7KkFmkZkipplwfvVbVV8PLNxTtlDvosx12i4GbOWrQ/w448-h640/126932213_10225790071365211_8754538803109938005_n.jpg" width="448" /></a></span></div><span><br /><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>A rare Villa Capri menu signed by Frank Sinatra. </i></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6k1mr1UeiGrmdU8qObTyfLKfIrCy2-Nco7_xj6f5bBMswLhDOm-gWaKOCHefnMb5Mc_7uckA0pvRWVa9gf0EKuAXrZ3g1ipK5xXW9eG4hyylidWC3Nb2YMP9SYLt5O8xk1BnsrCXttN0/s1646/Screen+Shot+2021-04-09+at+6.12.45+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1646" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6k1mr1UeiGrmdU8qObTyfLKfIrCy2-Nco7_xj6f5bBMswLhDOm-gWaKOCHefnMb5Mc_7uckA0pvRWVa9gf0EKuAXrZ3g1ipK5xXW9eG4hyylidWC3Nb2YMP9SYLt5O8xk1BnsrCXttN0/w640-h486/Screen+Shot+2021-04-09+at+6.12.45+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Villa Capri Menu </i></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-2m5Pes6hBxH4zTvJdgsUhO2KBnxJnE5BbUCQTrRCsSvtO276qToceUop1RhHXNII4yeGJUNpvfiyl2WGmemPjdpj4v2BNVFABIy-TdUw2duxnhGuwDIiCbdJ_uP5J_0Fb8-jycVnSQF/s678/126278940_10159108359583628_6322296631962779941_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="678" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-2m5Pes6hBxH4zTvJdgsUhO2KBnxJnE5BbUCQTrRCsSvtO276qToceUop1RhHXNII4yeGJUNpvfiyl2WGmemPjdpj4v2BNVFABIy-TdUw2duxnhGuwDIiCbdJ_uP5J_0Fb8-jycVnSQF/w578-h578/126278940_10159108359583628_6322296631962779941_n.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><br /><i>Sinatra was often seen singing and goofing around at the piano bar with his pals, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Lauren Bacall and James Dean. </i></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72TEZK8uZ-F7toBN4_XNzUtFBCXcjkNnrtP7w1JjgaW6JKjyXl6mDQXXzRLSBVo9m56eLMUG61bvQahcUCKj79_ylmdtQ6uonfpykwGa2HQZJCJQr_BfByag3zx3xO8DjFNJywJGDjBMJ/s1232/Screen+Shot+2021-04-09+at+3.57.40+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="972" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72TEZK8uZ-F7toBN4_XNzUtFBCXcjkNnrtP7w1JjgaW6JKjyXl6mDQXXzRLSBVo9m56eLMUG61bvQahcUCKj79_ylmdtQ6uonfpykwGa2HQZJCJQr_BfByag3zx3xO8DjFNJywJGDjBMJ/w504-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-04-09+at+3.57.40+PM.png" width="504" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><i><span class="Apple-converted-space">James Dean and Sammy Davis Jr., </span>goofing around at the Villa Capri's first location in Hollywood. This is actually the last place Jimmy was seen having dinner. </i></b></span></span><b style="color: #050505; font-size: large;"><i>He was tragically killed the very next day.</i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQTXKlOyFtL5chrxKLOCnHSJzizsbu1XLZTr0VoOpBpd4vmF9oPb84ecRDVVpUkC0FNot76X043ABnIrhyphenhyphenvRPAVXPpPxefyBD9Vfs1aH7W4END_bBU1JqBnNH885uA52_oZxuBNj8s2NF/s727/32525891_1778070212249690_4707321943538270208_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQTXKlOyFtL5chrxKLOCnHSJzizsbu1XLZTr0VoOpBpd4vmF9oPb84ecRDVVpUkC0FNot76X043ABnIrhyphenhyphenvRPAVXPpPxefyBD9Vfs1aH7W4END_bBU1JqBnNH885uA52_oZxuBNj8s2NF/w564-h640/32525891_1778070212249690_4707321943538270208_n.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall having drinks at The Villa Capri</b></span></span></span></span></div></span></i></span></span></div></span><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;">The Capitol Records building just a few blocks away, so Frank practically used the restaurant as his clubhouse, dining there often and throwing lavish parties. When he recorded the song, “The Isle of Capri,” he snuck a mention of the Villa Capri into its lyrics: "twas goodbye at the Isle O</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: trebuchet;">f Capri" and changed a line to, "she wore a lovely meatball on her finger". The lyric he substituted that for was "she wore a golden ring on her finger". </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vzD8YHhdv3w" width="414" youtube-src-id="vzD8YHhdv3w"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Frank Sinatra "Isle of Capri" released in 1957</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">It is also said that in 1960, when Sinatra threw his support behind John F. Kennedy for president, he held planning sessions there to figure out how to mobilize show business to help J.F.K.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXd3P9GReM-Ax2fFTKadPz8FgL7wNs8s_eLDRRaOQOvwdjOhim_p1O6SRnKMD0MnpzKorlgqDa2ROW4DX4FFluyi4YXgx1oWuTb9-elHvxDr62O8l7Eu0i0dHZomdpnUSu5MecC0bfaxo-/s1224/Screen+Shot+2021-04-09+at+4.12.42+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="808" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXd3P9GReM-Ax2fFTKadPz8FgL7wNs8s_eLDRRaOQOvwdjOhim_p1O6SRnKMD0MnpzKorlgqDa2ROW4DX4FFluyi4YXgx1oWuTb9-elHvxDr62O8l7Eu0i0dHZomdpnUSu5MecC0bfaxo-/w422-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-04-09+at+4.12.42+PM.png" width="422" /></a></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b><i>Sinatra entering the Villa Capri on Yucca</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ww2L1FOgZuJJHdle0AhhyzJr1i2nUUAl7o4clH7tss7nvHkrGqDnHkrLMYJq5AukEplDMGOQfXbvFPCs179u1RWB2IhTUQai2g3e6imrLmsUYOSDCuI-QKoQ1SeAdn03NDGLwVbZO7AU/s664/36fb358ec03d24b1605e27dce8d8ce53.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ww2L1FOgZuJJHdle0AhhyzJr1i2nUUAl7o4clH7tss7nvHkrGqDnHkrLMYJq5AukEplDMGOQfXbvFPCs179u1RWB2IhTUQai2g3e6imrLmsUYOSDCuI-QKoQ1SeAdn03NDGLwVbZO7AU/s16000/36fb358ec03d24b1605e27dce8d8ce53.png" /></a></div><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">Sinatra's birthday at the Villa Capri</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPm4lPilI_eAb-mNDozdmd5Yxv9-rhQAqgrFtzGr6YD_fnddSxcfcbzM9WLu0equ-uQv9PbG-q9g8os2MIZhrF4z559xWODlYs4rLE6WUuHywfD3EdrNPcZTqAJp4m5cOKtdL593xDKj9s/s564/29cfb48beef7b39f26dca830c779ffd2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPm4lPilI_eAb-mNDozdmd5Yxv9-rhQAqgrFtzGr6YD_fnddSxcfcbzM9WLu0equ-uQv9PbG-q9g8os2MIZhrF4z559xWODlYs4rLE6WUuHywfD3EdrNPcZTqAJp4m5cOKtdL593xDKj9s/w640-h640/29cfb48beef7b39f26dca830c779ffd2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></i></b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Nat 'King' Cole and Sammy Davis Jr. at a bon voyage party for Patsy and Rose D'Amore at the Villa Capri, 1955. Photographer Bernie Abramson.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHHEKLnUbJvoUeZoYBQ58vJKuDWR_aDm7g-XCtBUcFehrKfk7RgzQUybDOKIQ1YP24vuwdNWmF4fcImVsIfVftLpo8_cyjZoBqe1om-SnxAuMsqY0epK1ormkFldxwJtfJ_i_kJrP19-v/s1491/phonto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1491" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHHEKLnUbJvoUeZoYBQ58vJKuDWR_aDm7g-XCtBUcFehrKfk7RgzQUybDOKIQ1YP24vuwdNWmF4fcImVsIfVftLpo8_cyjZoBqe1om-SnxAuMsqY0epK1ormkFldxwJtfJ_i_kJrP19-v/w433-h313/phonto.jpg" width="433" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><i><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;">A rare color slide of the Villa Capri. Vintage Los Angeles Archives</span></span></span></i></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span>Good customer and friend <a href="https://journal.classiccars.com/2020/07/03/lew-bracker-james-dean/">Lew Bracker </a>remembers the Villa Capri in great detail, "</span><span>The Villa, as they called it, opened in 1950, just one year after Patsy D'Amore's tremendous success with his Pizza stall at the Original Farmers Market which is still there today".</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Bracker continues...."James Dean spent a lot of time at the Villa Capri. It was his haunt, his hang out, his cocoon, his inner sanctum". </span></p><p dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">James Dean rented "the log cabin" in Sherman Oaks from the maitre d' of the Villa Capri, Nicco Romanos</span></p><p dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExazNOS5T3xQJLRPcpYjc8GpH0dViBp2_gHzYCkuKfwd4pExDHdtQoVJm1BtIAcnR_kMf5EU8fdH7IyTg_kJkUb89x9c4Ek2mFZ-H702aXi7DlDUwq7MOxekdH_OvowaFryXV8UimJZBC/s664/Screen+Shot+2021-04-09+at+3.41.43+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="616" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExazNOS5T3xQJLRPcpYjc8GpH0dViBp2_gHzYCkuKfwd4pExDHdtQoVJm1BtIAcnR_kMf5EU8fdH7IyTg_kJkUb89x9c4Ek2mFZ-H702aXi7DlDUwq7MOxekdH_OvowaFryXV8UimJZBC/w341-h367/Screen+Shot+2021-04-09+at+3.41.43+PM.png" width="341" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">The Villa Capri was a small restaurant with a bar room barely separated from the dining room, where the three walls were lined with booths and a few tables in the middle of the room. My father, Al Martino, actually built their first fireplace in the mid 50s when he was trying to get a record contract. Patsy would often feed him when dad was broke or down and out. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHp5fuYnP3HNyAPAJi3LVfgppGg407x6A2M4Fm2pmxtUeZAjnDWOEeU1oYJkyxMx4WVxy3fzirvB9BBvixpS7ABQMmxuvOZFfFdgpCeIrWasSTh6sJZ-kj9La7qTamjvIPxMFwDSWQvH0/s936/Screen+Shot+2021-04-09+at+1.33.07+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="644" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHp5fuYnP3HNyAPAJi3LVfgppGg407x6A2M4Fm2pmxtUeZAjnDWOEeU1oYJkyxMx4WVxy3fzirvB9BBvixpS7ABQMmxuvOZFfFdgpCeIrWasSTh6sJZ-kj9La7qTamjvIPxMFwDSWQvH0/w333-h484/Screen+Shot+2021-04-09+at+1.33.07+PM.png" width="333" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b><i>The fireplace my father built. It was called the Durante Fireplace. </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIobpBt47U-ryBKVyxBBXW6OLVDEhg-kFSj97EBxEY1sh3oRdKDOj8Z0syytpKpzpfey-XOaKnHetd2q-bXs0uQ9SOy_FnJv0hPMRF4YEZVE6qjkIBxObH1yvqEo8IgacJNziAXOdCysri/s1280/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="1280" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIobpBt47U-ryBKVyxBBXW6OLVDEhg-kFSj97EBxEY1sh3oRdKDOj8Z0syytpKpzpfey-XOaKnHetd2q-bXs0uQ9SOy_FnJv0hPMRF4YEZVE6qjkIBxObH1yvqEo8IgacJNziAXOdCysri/w466-h323/0.jpeg" width="466" /></a></div><i><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div>Patsy feeding costumers. Notice the fireplace on the left. I heard in ended up in Catalina Island somewhere. </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><b>Photo courtesy of Filomena D'Amore </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The food was very good but old Southern Italy Italian, but then, so were all the other Italian eateries", says Bracker. "The Villa was far more than just another restaurant. It was an oasis in the Hollywood desert for Hollywood celebs, notably Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, big time song writers, actors and actresses and of course, James Dean. It was even more to Jimmy, it was his "safe house", says Bracker. "</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jimmy and I always entered the Villa through a kitchen door off the parking lot. The chef, Carmine, ruled his domain like a tyrant and we were the only ones he allowed to enter that way and always gave us a big greeting, even allowing us to sample his array of appetizer goodies. The Villa was the only restaurant I was ever in that placed a 3-tiered appetizer tray on your table as you sat down."</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSktvXDfENprvXXXwqhah7-v8j__ekwEj3MdhoNM32O4mr1q9AySvjwEysX4fTypXH3GEKqlY-Cj7uFhB-FXk4Gxs3kKJI9U-GCoGO9F8tZca4gVrUmwpgEUawPUbusuI6jj7H-gCusXDy/s1440/165799014_3975837665806256_8436829334389682502_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1440" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSktvXDfENprvXXXwqhah7-v8j__ekwEj3MdhoNM32O4mr1q9AySvjwEysX4fTypXH3GEKqlY-Cj7uFhB-FXk4Gxs3kKJI9U-GCoGO9F8tZca4gVrUmwpgEUawPUbusuI6jj7H-gCusXDy/w640-h388/165799014_3975837665806256_8436829334389682502_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Lew Bracker (far right) with Photographer Dennis Stock and director Terry Sanders at the original location in 1955</i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXyCU1XuAcMf405M44kI1nf_Ky2IFHG2g95eB4VZlcq49D_3aFqbP8kNdq6Lgm78_r-lBCA5IgrJPtiYDtgi8zZlB5tCyk2-wTGkUz_sU32Se8rW8E8ccJ5L2E-a5s0IVtVhicauXiu64/s612/gettyimages-524518875-612x612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="612" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXyCU1XuAcMf405M44kI1nf_Ky2IFHG2g95eB4VZlcq49D_3aFqbP8kNdq6Lgm78_r-lBCA5IgrJPtiYDtgi8zZlB5tCyk2-wTGkUz_sU32Se8rW8E8ccJ5L2E-a5s0IVtVhicauXiu64/w516-h342/gettyimages-524518875-612x612.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, sit in a booth, on either side of two unidentified men, at the opening of the new Patsy d'Amore's Villa Capri in 1957. The event was televised for the 'Tonight Show. (Photo by Leonard McCombe/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)</i></b></span><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></b><i style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></i></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">"Yes, tourists did find their way to the Villa", says Bracker, "but cameras were not allowed nor were autograph seekers. Your booth was your castle, especially Jimmy's. When you walked into the Villa, the bar was on your left where Baron reigned supreme. Right in front of you was the only table in the bar room. It was long and sat eight. The table faced the door and was definitely separated from the tables in the main room. Dan Tana told me the waiters called it "Siberia."</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's been reported that James Dean ate his last meal at the Villa Capri the night before he was tragically killed.</span></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQxBKBBMEbB3DJmrqvSYtASw_w1LSbB1meJKVV7cA0u2i1CqhL2Pnx4TBcFTCI8qZ32371VGEwS7xiyZ0SMfMDS0rsHocQBF-Lu9SqKk1jMAGGquPhAdvfKcN_FIUxO_xPqYQUhzKre8v/s1080/62016648_1273631846118663_7839239398888570880_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1080" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQxBKBBMEbB3DJmrqvSYtASw_w1LSbB1meJKVV7cA0u2i1CqhL2Pnx4TBcFTCI8qZ32371VGEwS7xiyZ0SMfMDS0rsHocQBF-Lu9SqKk1jMAGGquPhAdvfKcN_FIUxO_xPqYQUhzKre8v/w640-h636/62016648_1273631846118663_7839239398888570880_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><b><i>James Dean & Ursula Andress at Frank Sinatra's birthday party in Villa Capri, 1955</i></b></span></div></span><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTFVbErp_JNPSacs51_7pqycLgKbnrYDofMsoCtB9KIE_6YwuQwteHVMZy8SAkhpqxXVTVb6shFiLHGJLBFoEwPAhiMtCZZfaFAIuUh6znb-8PKhqHzXCePOgplgGQupiS9dAHKpU0syA/s960/unnamed-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="960" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTFVbErp_JNPSacs51_7pqycLgKbnrYDofMsoCtB9KIE_6YwuQwteHVMZy8SAkhpqxXVTVb6shFiLHGJLBFoEwPAhiMtCZZfaFAIuUh6znb-8PKhqHzXCePOgplgGQupiS9dAHKpU0syA/w640-h588/unnamed-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Patsy cutting the cake. This Bon Voyage Party was given by Frank Sinatra, sending Patsy & Rose off to Italy! The photo was taken at the Villa Capri in Hollywood. And yes, that’s also James Dean and Ursula Andres. Photo courtesy of Filomena D’Amore</i></b></span></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWxwvouzNNrJGnbJO7OoMo7wXWcvNWHvgYQFBsRwlX2vWImhPpVywpCa72e0zgyBmNr9U9MtFOo_XvUjmAQ_zlFum1s7i-Wrz04_zTtx_ASS_ilSGLZBqFCFCKuDerfsjzkUGLzs4o0dc/s1251/IMG_5276.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1251" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWxwvouzNNrJGnbJO7OoMo7wXWcvNWHvgYQFBsRwlX2vWImhPpVywpCa72e0zgyBmNr9U9MtFOo_XvUjmAQ_zlFum1s7i-Wrz04_zTtx_ASS_ilSGLZBqFCFCKuDerfsjzkUGLzs4o0dc/w640-h512/IMG_5276.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><i>The original Villa Capri. Check out the cigarette vending machine on the left. A very different time for sure. </i></b></span></span></span><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Photo courtesy of Filomena D'Amore</i></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="font-family: times;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEh-_pM35c0W8jOVgyPB2h0WOj-zhCaA3mgkQfWPmYs4BsHhRiVkaIH3FZhdaX9jEV-CeOPtP9Hkw6x0Fn-sujWUITKMsY6uDWp6506b7hEe_DiaVoeAYLXTj5GY-hNdDjFBsMVNtpzqZ/s720/unnamed-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="720" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEh-_pM35c0W8jOVgyPB2h0WOj-zhCaA3mgkQfWPmYs4BsHhRiVkaIH3FZhdaX9jEV-CeOPtP9Hkw6x0Fn-sujWUITKMsY6uDWp6506b7hEe_DiaVoeAYLXTj5GY-hNdDjFBsMVNtpzqZ/w568-h364/unnamed-6.jpg" width="568" /></a></b></div><b style="font-family: times;"><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Villa Capri's second location </span></i></b><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222;">Bracker continues..."It was at the Villa where important friendship were made during the "Italian restaurant explosion. Jean Leon, Matty Jordan, Sal Marino and Dan Tana, who were all associated with the Villa Capri were to open <a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino/status/1227045898473000960/photo/1">Martoni's,</a> La Scala Boutique, <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/matteos-los-angeles">Matteo's</a>, and <a href="https://www.marinorestaurant.com">Marino'</a>s. Later, Joe Patti and <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-22-fo-2729-story.html">La Famiglia</a>". Also, </span><a href="https://www.peppone.com">Peppone</a>,<span style="color: #222222;"> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=guido%27s+restaurant&client=safari&sxsrf=ALeKk00L5V7f7McxfMKz3W_clebu_H2R5Q%3A1618012631520&source=hp&ei=1-lwYMSuHZHr-wS-96LgBA&iflsig=AINFCbYAAAAAYHD350jZZQNgpt95SOd8xsCepBNLq_V4&gs_ssp=eJzj4tZP1zcsSSsrMUspNGC0UjWosDBINkpKMrNMtjQwME42SLMCCqVZmKVZppqam6eapiYbWnoJpZdmpuSrFysUpRaXJJYWJeaVAAAACBZD&oq=guido%27&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYAzIHCAAQhwIQFDICCAAyCggAEIcCEMkDEBQyCAguEMcBEK8BMgIIADIICC4QxwEQrwEyCAguEMcBEK8BMgIIADIICC4QxwEQrwEyAggAOgQIIxAnOggIABCxAxCDAToFCAAQsQM6AgguOg4ILhDHARCvARCRAhCTAjoFCAAQkQI6BQguELEDOg4ILhCxAxCDARDHARCjAjoLCC4QsQMQxwEQowI6CAguEMcBEKMCOgQILhAKOgoILhDHARCjAhAKOgQIABAKOgQIABAeOggIABCxAxCRAjoICAAQyQMQkQI6BQgAEJIDOgoIABCHAhCxAxAUOg0ILhCHAhDHARCvARAUOg4ILhCxAxDHARCjAhCTAlDqB1jOKGCwPGgGcAB4AIAB1wGIAeIJkgEFMS44LjGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6&sclient=gws-wiz">Guido's</a>, and <a href="http://www.carminesla.com">Carmine's</a>. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Former Villa Capri maitre d' Ciro Marino also spoke about his fellow waiters who went on to open <a href="https://dantanasrestaurant.com">Dan Tana's</a> and La Dolce Vita. Marino, of course, owns Marino's on Melrose and his son owned Il Grano. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Mario Marino and Tony Riccio, also took over the Marquis on the strip and renamed it the Martoni Marquis </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: trebuchet;">They can ALL trace their origins back to</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> the Villa Capri. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>"James Dean wanted to get involved with the restaurant biz too," says Bracker, "but we all know why that didn’t happen. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>I will always remember, at the party for the the Restaurant's 50th Birthday party, Dan, his daughter Katerina, my daughter Lesley and I sitting in a booth, 56 years removed from our Villa Capri days. And the night at the restaurant when Dan, Katerina and my two daughters, Lesley and Alison, ate and reminisced into the evening. </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">History eerily repeated itself again in 1974. Joe Patti, bartender at La Scala, showed me a failed, closed restaurant at 453 Canon, in Beverly Hills, a block from La Scala. This restaurant was to become La Famiglia, and like La Scala, Matteo's and Dan Tana's, all a big success".</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="312" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Pr8YBynNCI" width="375" youtube-src-id="-Pr8YBynNCI"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Dan Tana is interviewed about the Villa Capri</i></b></div></b></span><p></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOR3WioECwcTSJprrLKXUH9LcET2WPjxnh-HbN8uBZJJ3_nTJcDHGzeNKE4E-GYRakfXu5384TQxgXmIshgmwKKjcpQUP-qX0PjGmzwuGzD7OAQi4Xm_s8LcRWSrNNvG4xfrxypPOAZFvT/s782/1378024_593145250742198_4981169_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="782" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOR3WioECwcTSJprrLKXUH9LcET2WPjxnh-HbN8uBZJJ3_nTJcDHGzeNKE4E-GYRakfXu5384TQxgXmIshgmwKKjcpQUP-qX0PjGmzwuGzD7OAQi4Xm_s8LcRWSrNNvG4xfrxypPOAZFvT/w640-h494/1378024_593145250742198_4981169_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: normal;"><i><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: normal;"><i><br /></i></b></div>Here's one from my personal archives. These are my parents, Al and Judi Martino at the Villa Capri's second location with “Patsy” D'Amore in 1969. A place where they always felt at home</i></b></div></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UfgH_p4udn6M0wed4lIoyYkVXWoyPBp7l9thb79dvcsBu06_la4J7FbXQmKZ4AikbnJHSAo0vFdF_bDLkis2BPH_DzZkruWIs0R-CjKGq2hkauntOHv_N-brQngGAswSu-cb7VygJakD/s720/651e13819aa75d63e9c0263b0a7c62cf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="720" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UfgH_p4udn6M0wed4lIoyYkVXWoyPBp7l9thb79dvcsBu06_la4J7FbXQmKZ4AikbnJHSAo0vFdF_bDLkis2BPH_DzZkruWIs0R-CjKGq2hkauntOHv_N-brQngGAswSu-cb7VygJakD/w553-h486/651e13819aa75d63e9c0263b0a7c62cf.jpg" width="553" /></a></div><br /><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5AN9Dt4beYVO1rF8JcGaXU2HVDI6S7pwyUQSbYW0mDzPlthbJiroQ5iqihrsGCaV1tp0MMknRyQUz5-lmaVUj-bCOmVhEXektscqNOswF5fWVGEdpRE4LkOa0wwJzYY1ahQmNpE4uVrk/s1440/120859500_3496881253701902_7380520966209934884_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5AN9Dt4beYVO1rF8JcGaXU2HVDI6S7pwyUQSbYW0mDzPlthbJiroQ5iqihrsGCaV1tp0MMknRyQUz5-lmaVUj-bCOmVhEXektscqNOswF5fWVGEdpRE4LkOa0wwJzYY1ahQmNpE4uVrk/w640-h360/120859500_3496881253701902_7380520966209934884_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Don the Beachcomber located in the heart of Hollywood at 1727 N. McCadden Place. You can see the Villa Capri was at the end of the block. </i></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Photo taken by Ed Ruscha in 1974. Sadly, the Villa Capri building was torn down in 2006</i></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">The Villa Capri is long gone now, but Patsy's daughter still runs his historic pizzeria, "<a href="https://www.patsydamore.com">Patsy's</a>" at the original Farmers Market on Fairfax in Los Angeles. Now, "That's 'Amore!"</span></div></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKg-QAj8tr8gI0cgXDzwQhQietEvvh0PogVL_iJ-sXbmj4aUHMfJg06aTm64sKj7_Fl-1cFF7fEPsQVEPPgFSq9qVGsPBd3tP-jbKIhp2HyM19yWPtqptgRFjpgxa8XkxZuBbj7ZH4uhe/s2048/IMG_2513.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKg-QAj8tr8gI0cgXDzwQhQietEvvh0PogVL_iJ-sXbmj4aUHMfJg06aTm64sKj7_Fl-1cFF7fEPsQVEPPgFSq9qVGsPBd3tP-jbKIhp2HyM19yWPtqptgRFjpgxa8XkxZuBbj7ZH4uhe/w640-h640/IMG_2513.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /><span>Alison Martino with Filomena D'Amore at Patsy's Pizza located at the Famers Market</span></i></b></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='395' height='328' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw8EjjQo5B_IHz6KhdLr6X_9XS5jPJBEusUN5BQmPEdO-XF7Q6REjTEEXbn1T3MgDQ-ewL0u1P58FCDL34xFw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Filomena D'Amore shows us some historic family & celebrity photos at Patsy's Pizza </span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85tmrANZaW0CKa-70IyFVpZzpFks23VOB2qVMeMRilnSuYtNP-Yl55Lj89MCrKxi4yuWqHG777PuvD4XNGSMhBPVnfvp7H2x4AOJlRiMTHDPRykbjDMLSobSpkNeCUGPN4Hn7dyyf6Jhyphenhyphen/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="390" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85tmrANZaW0CKa-70IyFVpZzpFks23VOB2qVMeMRilnSuYtNP-Yl55Lj89MCrKxi4yuWqHG777PuvD4XNGSMhBPVnfvp7H2x4AOJlRiMTHDPRykbjDMLSobSpkNeCUGPN4Hn7dyyf6Jhyphenhyphen/w388-h388/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJtZXJjYXRvLWltYWdlcyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJmaWxsIiwid2lkdGgiOjM5MCwiaGVpZ2h0IjozOTB9fSwia2V5Ijoic3RvcmUtaW1hZ2VzL3VYUE54ZFpZVTJnU1NMU0ppeTVqZ0RvdEFjcGR6TXpjQVFEeGZCZDkuanBnIn0%253D.jpeg" width="388" /></a></div><br /></span></i></b></div></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Hope you enjoyed this "slice" of history! </b></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubN6ODKxHwAsp_kjm2tNT3BXeqg0bJ2CVxyHbYjx8xidNyC7M2ax72fADWq8xit2slQglpHR_RMX4q7JWp_L59H-2zaCm8N26Rqq452ERzSTReF6Im2_6kMLzJjlN-wRumEz2Nuke_5Xs/s2048/IMG_3581.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubN6ODKxHwAsp_kjm2tNT3BXeqg0bJ2CVxyHbYjx8xidNyC7M2ax72fADWq8xit2slQglpHR_RMX4q7JWp_L59H-2zaCm8N26Rqq452ERzSTReF6Im2_6kMLzJjlN-wRumEz2Nuke_5Xs/s320/IMG_3581.JPG" /></a></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><br />Alison Martino is a writer, television producer and personality, and L.A. pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>Vintage Los Angeles</i></a><i> in 2010. In addition to VLA, Martino muses on L.A’s. past and present on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>Twitter</i></a><i> and <a href="http://instagram.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and on her website, alisonmartino.com</i></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;" /></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i><i>Alison also writes articles about the history of L.A for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.lamag.com/author/alison-martino/" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Los Angeles Magazine</a> and appears on weekly show called the SO CAL SCENE airing on Spectrum News 1</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Alison's book of unpublished photos of L.A.'s past is also currently in production. </i></span></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><div>Photo David Wallace Crotty / Getty Images</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><i style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you’d like to read more of Lew’s remarkable stories, he’s also written memoirs about his friendship with James Dean which I highly recommend called "<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jimmy & Me: A Personal Memoir Of A Great Friendship: JAMES DEAN & LEW BRACKER". It is available on Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jimmy-Me-Personal-Friendship-BRACKER/dp/1940287014">here. </a></span></span></i></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-26633784121460891372021-03-29T13:58:00.064-07:002021-08-16T22:10:34.818-07:00The Bistro in Beverly Hills<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZuh2JuwhWhZx62Z48-t9YvjjWBITDNzuZe4TdmHKUkDc6LhebgGIrKd0edEHmJXkHMyUpPOF8NrE9LTXCDJGw5I86ftOYf8ULcG_rb1YOPnpkNkQROV5zdBejjLlS2ObwcVXerEhxw0U/s2048/unnamed-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZuh2JuwhWhZx62Z48-t9YvjjWBITDNzuZe4TdmHKUkDc6LhebgGIrKd0edEHmJXkHMyUpPOF8NrE9LTXCDJGw5I86ftOYf8ULcG_rb1YOPnpkNkQROV5zdBejjLlS2ObwcVXerEhxw0U/w640-h400/unnamed-2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">No, this isn't a production still from James Cameron's TITANIC, this is the original Bistro restaurant once located in Beverly Hills. The original address was 235 Canon Drive. Today this room is the 2nd floor of Mastro’s Steak House (although it looks nothing like this now). </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;">The Bistro catered to high-powered crowd thick with denizens of the film industry and high society from 1963 until 1996. The Bistro was a favorite of Billy Wilder, Groucho Marx, Debbie Reynolds, and Elizabeth Taylor to name a very selective few. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGsFVeUYXiDaGnWkoHRaDWvQ1ec1TYPl-uY2_hnUfxSCmA1DBKzNUX5j0GR4Joc6yS4oJntXNf-GiJ9ZttrpZnT_cwNitowpNhfDqF80USWTK0TNPsqWltTfn0PIzZ5tckPtEyf1KZleu/s1543/unnamed-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1543" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGsFVeUYXiDaGnWkoHRaDWvQ1ec1TYPl-uY2_hnUfxSCmA1DBKzNUX5j0GR4Joc6yS4oJntXNf-GiJ9ZttrpZnT_cwNitowpNhfDqF80USWTK0TNPsqWltTfn0PIzZ5tckPtEyf1KZleu/w640-h414/unnamed-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Bistro on Canon Drive in 1965. Photo: Robert C. Wood</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">My mother had her baby shower for me on the second floor event room. It was given by Karen Kramer, wife of Stanley Kramer. And check out my grandmother in white go-go boots! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr6PH-gs5AR5d5GzWhQB-VTlLUEGc-r6kBg_UVXOUoUlVn4nsvbXBqaHFklJd9AIypb6VtFzvQDcvrZzUOCuOspxJL4hoIlcZyShghnWrfw6U4Jd_AF5xzSBM28V6zS4TuFPSqLOqsi9C/s1131/IMG_1822.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1125" height="543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr6PH-gs5AR5d5GzWhQB-VTlLUEGc-r6kBg_UVXOUoUlVn4nsvbXBqaHFklJd9AIypb6VtFzvQDcvrZzUOCuOspxJL4hoIlcZyShghnWrfw6U4Jd_AF5xzSBM28V6zS4TuFPSqLOqsi9C/w540-h543/IMG_1822.JPG" width="540" /></span></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">My mother, Judi Martino at her baby shower at the Bistro with my stylish grandmother, Verna </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHXNsqnQKaTYE4He99LeP997ebZt_kECPwYAzg7g52h0YQ2aNpVHarr1yrlDPCNd5D8hPP2089_HFvjIxPBaT1G7jGPVN8bI5EdqzvH3pfyx7mibS3gKLVhHDkGG9ceYhCoIXH8cCPAiP/s1023/IMG_0988.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="997" height="547" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHXNsqnQKaTYE4He99LeP997ebZt_kECPwYAzg7g52h0YQ2aNpVHarr1yrlDPCNd5D8hPP2089_HFvjIxPBaT1G7jGPVN8bI5EdqzvH3pfyx7mibS3gKLVhHDkGG9ceYhCoIXH8cCPAiP/w534-h547/IMG_0988.JPG" width="534" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Karen Kramer, <span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">wife of Stanley Kramer who directed, “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, </span>her mother Dorothy and our interior decorator and friend, Janet Anderson</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAvXUyKYaZWVN-lz8qm-2YS64c0b28c_voG0KClmu4m4oWBAZ-hNh972teG45tA0qK8hXUwxRgjfb6-PtDV_AXUTm3nZV6C_ry6weckPFK93oqOaXAOf_pd3eOHs2FDrXLr8ST4rwe6DC/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="939" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAvXUyKYaZWVN-lz8qm-2YS64c0b28c_voG0KClmu4m4oWBAZ-hNh972teG45tA0qK8hXUwxRgjfb6-PtDV_AXUTm3nZV6C_ry6weckPFK93oqOaXAOf_pd3eOHs2FDrXLr8ST4rwe6DC/w627-h640/unnamed-15.jpg" width="627" /></a></div></span></i><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b>Judy Garland and Mark Herron leaving the Bistro in 1965. Newspapers and articles chronicling the event</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7UObQ8-_L28DdQoJRHU84rp7T_6QQkRAZRBaqQXvejZszuJtFK-xJlwEWQ71kaMYLL_s7J7yGjrKOo6khyphenhyphenmWbcqpPm1JW4osD0Y3Xmi86hdLyUdIM3cABg5uy5gW9nEikXLgybnmDFtg/s2048/168405527_475979896934913_8443989904777341373_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7UObQ8-_L28DdQoJRHU84rp7T_6QQkRAZRBaqQXvejZszuJtFK-xJlwEWQ71kaMYLL_s7J7yGjrKOo6khyphenhyphenmWbcqpPm1JW4osD0Y3Xmi86hdLyUdIM3cABg5uy5gW9nEikXLgybnmDFtg/w480-h640/168405527_475979896934913_8443989904777341373_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ellen Dunne outside of the Bistro in 1965. </span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Photo taken by her husband Dominick Dunne</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Courtesy of Griffin Dunne</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;">One of the first events that gave the Bistro world wide publicity is when Judy Garland sang a few songs for Princess Margaret. According to columnist Early Wilson, she sang, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco", "Chicago", and "The Man That Got Away". Sadly, no recording is available. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOI-CFnwn3YSTEwKLNumdxhhEXM7CYcCXdPZrC5s_POT7qXedpcjt3mqKzbWTwCk7A_DTaXxiGhegn6trwjl9XZesme0Q4t03HlJEhXVmz2sG50iWR3vsZm8_B5goDmCsKDjWS6CVkIys/s497/IMG_3887.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="346" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOI-CFnwn3YSTEwKLNumdxhhEXM7CYcCXdPZrC5s_POT7qXedpcjt3mqKzbWTwCk7A_DTaXxiGhegn6trwjl9XZesme0Q4t03HlJEhXVmz2sG50iWR3vsZm8_B5goDmCsKDjWS6CVkIys/w446-h640/IMG_3887.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">I can always tell when photos were taken at the Bistro because of their signature lattice work and wooden saloon chairs. </span></div></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i>The decor was originally the set for Billy Wilder's movie,"Irma La Douce". When filming was finished, he donated it all to the restaurant. Thus the name... Bistro</i></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGDFDEdGcR_Z1FP3r7FBUlJF9vfurkgZe-NfveZgjyBpSC522i3cV2d63ISr6faJr1kPxpnhyphenhyphenMPKPOWJ-uFI1ZoXRQVolsDDK9sZp6W3BXgIfBivB_vmSYfROrcQ6Q-jmk1ISzN2KarDP/s604/IMG_3922.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="371" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGDFDEdGcR_Z1FP3r7FBUlJF9vfurkgZe-NfveZgjyBpSC522i3cV2d63ISr6faJr1kPxpnhyphenhyphenMPKPOWJ-uFI1ZoXRQVolsDDK9sZp6W3BXgIfBivB_vmSYfROrcQ6Q-jmk1ISzN2KarDP/w394-h640/IMG_3922.JPG" width="394" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Farrah Fawcett</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4JNOhNX8sAdDWwaCnyHE7mANsenkIACpsOP81ZWiTtpMHLIe6jpzqZtRnmYI_5dawxmc0-RvUnve7tfhVFGNsndvcxf9L2nK0JAtHtzxmrCbTOgMnmY9xBzFu9vQT_DRkFSOGwul5XvP/s1050/IMG_3924.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4JNOhNX8sAdDWwaCnyHE7mANsenkIACpsOP81ZWiTtpMHLIe6jpzqZtRnmYI_5dawxmc0-RvUnve7tfhVFGNsndvcxf9L2nK0JAtHtzxmrCbTOgMnmY9xBzFu9vQT_DRkFSOGwul5XvP/w512-h640/IMG_3924.JPG" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span><b>David Bowie</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TXukWxQxeWOURsmp13YnOlPaygwtADBn_QoTIaMAGDQg7d9Q4Gx0dAAatf9XR-uV5-HcSplCMRW5X8GcA9hVQSJ4wkGUMqr1CHk9omvBRBHY0fa8HYy2s8qKUdv9GhBqMuy49KtyKcN1/s725/IMG_3925.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="508" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TXukWxQxeWOURsmp13YnOlPaygwtADBn_QoTIaMAGDQg7d9Q4Gx0dAAatf9XR-uV5-HcSplCMRW5X8GcA9hVQSJ4wkGUMqr1CHk9omvBRBHY0fa8HYy2s8qKUdv9GhBqMuy49KtyKcN1/w448-h640/IMG_3925.JPG" width="448" /></b></a></div><br /><span><b>Groucho Marx</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span>The Bistro was highly popular with old Hollywood celebrities and music personalities and was known to throw parties for record companies, award shows, and movie studios. Also, bridal showers, weddings & receptions, bar mitzvahs, birthday & holiday parties. </span> It was quite a room for an event. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RhyphenhyphenC-cnxhuPyKsg8RPTtSsIwTg37r4LIrpZVNCWnhyphenhyphenkpDPEX_ikEh2DLxcyRn13A4cQp88I4Z8gmZZhPiyGXkrtuzn5VFxMojNKqRYIbnwNVKip6mT8mBZAw3bGnrd5AdX37pJ_3IlBO/s923/unnamed-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="731" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RhyphenhyphenC-cnxhuPyKsg8RPTtSsIwTg37r4LIrpZVNCWnhyphenhyphenkpDPEX_ikEh2DLxcyRn13A4cQp88I4Z8gmZZhPiyGXkrtuzn5VFxMojNKqRYIbnwNVKip6mT8mBZAw3bGnrd5AdX37pJ_3IlBO/w506-h640/unnamed-5.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Sammy Davis Jr., Dyan Cannon, and Carol Channing</b></i></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span>Scores of residents and Hollywood types did what they could to keep the party circuit going. If it wasn't a luncheon it was a black tie dinner-dance affair. Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Dinah Shore, Gregory Peck would often frequent the Bistro, and James Stewart never seemed to mind sitting next to out-of-town guests sipping a "Silver Bullet" - a gin & tonic with Scotch floating on top. It was party central and 'where to be seen'. For example, shortly after Mia Farrow married Frank Sinatra they attended a party where Princess Margaret, and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, met the elite of Hollywood. It was at that party, Mia showed off hew new short Vidal Sasoon haircut.</span> In 1974, Debbie Reynolds was presented the "Americana Award" during a buffet dinner and Christina Onassis had her 21st birthday upstairs. But, <span style="background-color: white;">Niklas said the greatest party that ever took place in the Garden’s private Pavilion Room was producer Jerry Perenchio’s one-year wedding anniversary bash. “He flew Pavarotti over to sing.”</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbBm8SxciN086O49hhC9YhJ3HCfEVMkqa0UdxLYAlzXEQ4ygxUTYg21Pn4ouoGYUKZrZnwHLfjg-soFwqUhEei9ElANjP-PqRoZGlBTU9kSUP1yr6dCuug1byioryhfrDWjoqqiIydpmv/s647/unnamed-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbBm8SxciN086O49hhC9YhJ3HCfEVMkqa0UdxLYAlzXEQ4ygxUTYg21Pn4ouoGYUKZrZnwHLfjg-soFwqUhEei9ElANjP-PqRoZGlBTU9kSUP1yr6dCuug1byioryhfrDWjoqqiIydpmv/w452-h640/unnamed-13.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><i><b>Alan Alda and Roger Daltrey in conversation at the Bistro in 1974</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><b>The Bistro was one of the greatest places to see Hollywood movie stars mingling with rockstars. </b></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhob2JBHK1wUEMfjCaxEh4h9ctfTUwcomwH9JCC8S5w7NQfqwdkSRqtQSSwKYeXgRYlU1706i6DBTfMeyO83JCfI1xKl4xwB47ofDQ4Wi16TlZywFcIsSoYv4HIvLrFHRFTWbMHr_W5ZQA1/s612/IMG_3927.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="612" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhob2JBHK1wUEMfjCaxEh4h9ctfTUwcomwH9JCC8S5w7NQfqwdkSRqtQSSwKYeXgRYlU1706i6DBTfMeyO83JCfI1xKl4xwB47ofDQ4Wi16TlZywFcIsSoYv4HIvLrFHRFTWbMHr_W5ZQA1/w640-h630/IMG_3927.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><b>David Cassidy, Elliot Mintz and Elton John</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="330" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gId1rBDzSPs" width="397" youtube-src-id="gId1rBDzSPs"></iframe></div><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b>MCA Records party for Elton John </b></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcm98udVDzQSWkRxSI7k2Z4anJi34HrOxwjjQqokuJALZmo1JYDqikXvSesDu6Nv2vCaoT8iXnARsezYKvQTiPAwYLMc9cDszHvMWzdSRV0Dexhyphenhyphen5UntVEonAHphhcrBbTgvvpvJDfUdv/s599/unnamed-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="599" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcm98udVDzQSWkRxSI7k2Z4anJi34HrOxwjjQqokuJALZmo1JYDqikXvSesDu6Nv2vCaoT8iXnARsezYKvQTiPAwYLMc9cDszHvMWzdSRV0Dexhyphenhyphen5UntVEonAHphhcrBbTgvvpvJDfUdv/w640-h476/unnamed-7.jpg" width="640" /></a><i style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><b>Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli at the Bistro, 1977</b></i></div></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="341" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lgQdJvjL5Hc" width="410" youtube-src-id="lgQdJvjL5Hc"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Xanadu launch party in 1979 </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span>The Bistro was also recreated on a sound stage for Robert Towne & Hal Ashby’s SHAMPOO. Production was denied permission to shoot at the original location because of the restaurants tight event schedule. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qkhCdbzGhnlvxOJOgA1Dvht2BoAqCgkM8LhpchZBrs4Fe0Pg7oNzSg7oQldoNyFmhC9PtvIjb4nM61lJTzkgeuc2JeSVHbrBBdzEgzPYlJWQEnVvRnbi0-r_Cbp3lrMxeEDsQOKg5Bkb/s1600/IMG_3937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1600" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qkhCdbzGhnlvxOJOgA1Dvht2BoAqCgkM8LhpchZBrs4Fe0Pg7oNzSg7oQldoNyFmhC9PtvIjb4nM61lJTzkgeuc2JeSVHbrBBdzEgzPYlJWQEnVvRnbi0-r_Cbp3lrMxeEDsQOKg5Bkb/w640-h436/IMG_3937.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"Shampoo"</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCosHaSKhEMHBLnNnRL7RDqioXR6u7AwGXnwGvadD5HL5zE0Zzg4_wo9DNwimfEnMCx2XSkKt40W2Lt_K3rSeY2vp3KSR8mh2UsxmWNgUY1M4ZG4nbYX4m_ds2WCDvvVRoMMdquF0I0MFw/s959/IMG_3926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="959" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCosHaSKhEMHBLnNnRL7RDqioXR6u7AwGXnwGvadD5HL5zE0Zzg4_wo9DNwimfEnMCx2XSkKt40W2Lt_K3rSeY2vp3KSR8mh2UsxmWNgUY1M4ZG4nbYX4m_ds2WCDvvVRoMMdquF0I0MFw/w500-h305/IMG_3926.jpg" width="500" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrGf3s4vXZK3XqU8YKL83ejLxaHS-dKVcxzShOvYSfjgFQBjAKctqHAgWnvXcLEUNOcrWAvZOoquZpQ2tMLjphTzWPCNxQnbmPTZhwV2LPoF8mGpy9SpU3zB9mAeJ4NOtbrDawBLFJpPg/s475/unnamed-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="291" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrGf3s4vXZK3XqU8YKL83ejLxaHS-dKVcxzShOvYSfjgFQBjAKctqHAgWnvXcLEUNOcrWAvZOoquZpQ2tMLjphTzWPCNxQnbmPTZhwV2LPoF8mGpy9SpU3zB9mAeJ4NOtbrDawBLFJpPg/w242-h395/unnamed-4.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></span><b><i>Jackie Collins was inspired by the Bistro Garden to write her 1983 novel “Hollywood Wives.”</i> </b></div></span><div><br /></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">In 1977 the Bistro moved down the street to 176 Canon and was renamed the Bistro Garden. It closed 20 years later after scandalous rumors of an anti-Semitic insult to a patron had caused a number of customers to defect. That 'rumor' had the phones ringing off the hook. It was most likely </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">a big misunderstanding, and Kurt apologized publicly and profusely, but a particular influential society matron refused to let it go, kept the story circulating and initiated a boycott. And that was the beginning of the end for the Beverly Hills location. One of the first examples of cancel culture.</span></span></div><div class="yj6qo ajU" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; cursor: pointer; margin: 2px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 10px 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 22px;"><div aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Show trimmed content" class="ajR" data-tooltip="Show trimmed content" id=":242" role="button" style="background-color: #e8eaed; border-bottom-left-radius: 5.5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5.5px; border-radius: 5.5px; border-top-left-radius: 5.5px; border-top-right-radius: 5.5px; border: none; clear: both; line-height: 6px; outline: none; position: relative; width: 24px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img class="ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" style="background-image: url("https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/more_horiz_black_20dp.png"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; 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display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 10px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span>Owner Kurt Niklas, owner/ maitre d’ Jimmy Murphy of the Bistro restaurant in Beverly Hills, 1972 (photo UCLA). </span></i></span><span style="color: #222222;"><i>Although Niklas might joke that the restaurant’s Continental fare didn’t win fancy awards, a 1986 review by former Times restaurant critic Ruth Reichl praised the “perfectly cooked” capellini, “impeccable” onion soup and “wonderful clams casino.”</i></span></b></div><div class="post-body entry-content float-container" id="post-body-509676806018534245" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content float-container" id="post-body-509676806018534245" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQN56v7DpbkWypm7wqzhTUNOSzSyyhzGxGqvrdrQVBtPvYOJ_JYmWqAuNQhEkuhEeG2TtBXBMiFAytmHsBqR7OnkeG5BBnQANhe8pjzUdyFOm3rx742CboytIn-Rc8emBm8wmy84s9eGs/s655/unnamed-14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="655" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQN56v7DpbkWypm7wqzhTUNOSzSyyhzGxGqvrdrQVBtPvYOJ_JYmWqAuNQhEkuhEeG2TtBXBMiFAytmHsBqR7OnkeG5BBnQANhe8pjzUdyFOm3rx742CboytIn-Rc8emBm8wmy84s9eGs/w601-h446/unnamed-14.jpg" width="601" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Bistro fashion show, circa 1978</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QqJukEAnCxrrKKvVM_pzwc_E734UZxEvHBNG-0qxdLL4AgzP4EKwhq2zqC3MUOkSvbS9wZ7l5kCPXK4X7idIcFMq4I1qZ9rzaE4SOa9smHVpUQs_iQs6RV87lBGad65ETVeFFNY_RJ4c/s2048/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLWvWB0hYaNgpFMkw51WFA-6NbH6EUODbG75e3DGI7RwljficOCzWSkSmXdaJ6FMREEm_GCettDO_jq8DnA47BFBub0yCU7JYMsgaz2q2TD5fN-a1vmKS20Ca3myw6fqoMg3wlRkGXA20/w520-h640/238660291_10226821360149788_8441893038487806096_n.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b>Robert & Rosemarie Stack with Sylvie Vartan in 1970</b></span></span></div></i></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yyZ_qjWvj9Qu7dOf11aK38DrmVxlz02UxzqfQ6ehBIndsKPknCqUNnKmeXJ-7-DN9B-Hj5fHW_rV2GPJ5xBULb8CRBHbtpFE-FP0Ik9jGWLRIoDVbMDtpcl7KZH70FEiqjZAB63VqcJU/s960/unnamed-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yyZ_qjWvj9Qu7dOf11aK38DrmVxlz02UxzqfQ6ehBIndsKPknCqUNnKmeXJ-7-DN9B-Hj5fHW_rV2GPJ5xBULb8CRBHbtpFE-FP0Ik9jGWLRIoDVbMDtpcl7KZH70FEiqjZAB63VqcJU/w612-h612/unnamed-12.jpg" width="612" /></b></a></div><b>Elliot Gould, Christopher Reeve and John Belushi</b></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><b> (photo Jim McHugh)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCBLN-DMQKTOYJmVE31wslsHlzLCWwO42XGpwYYppA8e6pLcXMvhXpaMRZzbf839aVQHHY-P-cCpAXUZ2ly68A5odkY2_iiLHKqrU90wRZ1DMrp19Y4Dby1jW9y96qb_w2V6Dh68yxG9n/s960/unnamed-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="960" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCBLN-DMQKTOYJmVE31wslsHlzLCWwO42XGpwYYppA8e6pLcXMvhXpaMRZzbf839aVQHHY-P-cCpAXUZ2ly68A5odkY2_iiLHKqrU90wRZ1DMrp19Y4Dby1jW9y96qb_w2V6Dh68yxG9n/w640-h470/unnamed-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"Three's Company" Party invitation </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></i><div style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; text-align: start;">The Bistro then moved to Ventura Blvd, although Niklas was not happy about Spago taking over their old location since Swifty Lazar moved his legendary Oscar parties to that same infamous address. (Lazar had held his Oscar parties years before at the original Bistro before partnering with Wolfgang Puck). Niklas was so worried about this that he wouldn’t sell the property exclusively to Spago. Wolfgang had to turn to Michael Ovitz to help plant a story that Creative Artists was looking to purchase the property. By the time Niklas learned the true identity of the buyer it was too late to back out of the deal. </span></div></span></div></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolBF9e0bjywnC29pZ9NtWTPSDSkMoRJG4JLMb_8CbC4DWhmzY2TdmiQ2OXuix1hBgJr7O9kLyvwH-MSQpIzMB9M4zAC0YrB8Oyc__Nuf8hpUPhEfV2eDEJ5Sw9XDeX38yUTJYRyiZmnkf/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="472" height="581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolBF9e0bjywnC29pZ9NtWTPSDSkMoRJG4JLMb_8CbC4DWhmzY2TdmiQ2OXuix1hBgJr7O9kLyvwH-MSQpIzMB9M4zAC0YrB8Oyc__Nuf8hpUPhEfV2eDEJ5Sw9XDeX38yUTJYRyiZmnkf/w462-h581/unnamed-10.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Swifty Lazar and Diana Ross at the Bistro Garden</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5A4ffgGdS56T15Zm9qbhdOf1V_R2_bv0B3qrkyMcuU2TVmtOhsBrV1iCfDsJG_eyTmhMWzyJ_Hd02RHVkHW3IcHwxQr4CA7nE2goM58mrlyrcp-5cfRKipKJFPP3YcEP86GNuI5puqyxv/s840/unnamed-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5A4ffgGdS56T15Zm9qbhdOf1V_R2_bv0B3qrkyMcuU2TVmtOhsBrV1iCfDsJG_eyTmhMWzyJ_Hd02RHVkHW3IcHwxQr4CA7nE2goM58mrlyrcp-5cfRKipKJFPP3YcEP86GNuI5puqyxv/s320/unnamed-5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-small;"><h1 dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 2.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>Kurt Niklas died at 83 in 2009 </i></h1></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyN10eTTVFUKde1ALKOITBNuRXuFEJ3NLngNDZG1nGupfWiVVM7nszDPO_zfFF1NVtNFrLFVXWROq-HbMdE7978S5gs3SUt0jcgamKoYZTGuA7B4XsMabRqBiN4D3lQq361huSGVJueBQj/s2048/LDN-L-BISTRO-GARDEN-FILE-0824-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyN10eTTVFUKde1ALKOITBNuRXuFEJ3NLngNDZG1nGupfWiVVM7nszDPO_zfFF1NVtNFrLFVXWROq-HbMdE7978S5gs3SUt0jcgamKoYZTGuA7B4XsMabRqBiN4D3lQq361huSGVJueBQj/w640-h426/LDN-L-BISTRO-GARDEN-FILE-0824-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b>The Bistro on Ventura Blvd closed in 2020</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Last year the Bistro on Ventura was forced to close because of the pandemic. And so it goes. More Hollywood history washed away, but not forgotten. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPLYaQA-4JMjjGF5o4BUgw1Py8raFYM8PLbrGM6TghyphenhyphencdwRYB1MCpYYXrNWR9ZQN4lb59WlTDVWViFqcc6W4xPKqxIANgVtDl6EN0385pZpE-vWiD9-vxxwmF48AGQrS_bBX1Mmdy-fCi/s1000/%2524_57-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPLYaQA-4JMjjGF5o4BUgw1Py8raFYM8PLbrGM6TghyphenhyphencdwRYB1MCpYYXrNWR9ZQN4lb59WlTDVWViFqcc6W4xPKqxIANgVtDl6EN0385pZpE-vWiD9-vxxwmF48AGQrS_bBX1Mmdy-fCi/w330-h440/%2524_57-3.jpg" width="330" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /><span><i><span><b>Vintage matchbook from the Bistro with the CR prefix, circa 1965</b></span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZefZgF2jlXxUvEsrh0xjA1VGYjedmA-CpGxpuITzCKyzjkLsWzB_jOhfKXIEaY23sAvIuaNWVt4PtltBcQ-4xRslH1tMKOGb_G0oXPNgggZSul9NCxJJnfgVO7nAEnQ_1NwjeYX8-92_/s1075/unnamed-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1075" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZefZgF2jlXxUvEsrh0xjA1VGYjedmA-CpGxpuITzCKyzjkLsWzB_jOhfKXIEaY23sAvIuaNWVt4PtltBcQ-4xRslH1tMKOGb_G0oXPNgggZSul9NCxJJnfgVO7nAEnQ_1NwjeYX8-92_/w537-h517/unnamed-6.jpg" width="537" /></a></div><b><br /><span>Matchbook cover art 1970s & 1980s </span></b></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0JPA1Ttj9o1CkWDS_mfTXCdm-vX-wCx6iJJ5WGpvYPPUAnKttMMXy_VfjhgX_n-stGSPnZOdMBw4HrbjxN80C6tRxfPafO3NuCYnNCxKcqybf7mwn-aMm-IgfMNSAzyNNY1XaUaQf6DU/s595/IMG_3920.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="595" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0JPA1Ttj9o1CkWDS_mfTXCdm-vX-wCx6iJJ5WGpvYPPUAnKttMMXy_VfjhgX_n-stGSPnZOdMBw4HrbjxN80C6tRxfPafO3NuCYnNCxKcqybf7mwn-aMm-IgfMNSAzyNNY1XaUaQf6DU/w400-h389/IMG_3920.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><b>Matchbook from the later years</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">My mother kept this ashtray and a bottle of water as souvenirs from her baby show. It's amazing how the water hasn't evaporated after all these years. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBh7cL2c4ctQAdoZylF5aG8t9nfcqC_KBUR8UgumNkF1T8hSQ1rH-DBiKwTYwUcDBy629V0J2DGYbzh3o54c_dn3bqW_RjJuh46jaas6hTTywoOpWUDEoAMFXBs7KO-u_IntrvO9yZYlJ/s2048/unnamed-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBh7cL2c4ctQAdoZylF5aG8t9nfcqC_KBUR8UgumNkF1T8hSQ1rH-DBiKwTYwUcDBy629V0J2DGYbzh3o54c_dn3bqW_RjJuh46jaas6hTTywoOpWUDEoAMFXBs7KO-u_IntrvO9yZYlJ/w578-h414/unnamed-9.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HWg5pCrcJqjkDkyu47Is99OlOjAsqXWmhldlrbP5QbX3CgdYi5pCBo43e08_YKa9oxyOssOioHoSw2BMROiY0huqLJQYKBitBAEwOK-vqfTibPUxh90j4-z5f47KMUr9kH95RWLbBp7u/s2048/unnamed-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1388" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HWg5pCrcJqjkDkyu47Is99OlOjAsqXWmhldlrbP5QbX3CgdYi5pCBo43e08_YKa9oxyOssOioHoSw2BMROiY0huqLJQYKBitBAEwOK-vqfTibPUxh90j4-z5f47KMUr9kH95RWLbBp7u/w434-h640/unnamed-7.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubN6ODKxHwAsp_kjm2tNT3BXeqg0bJ2CVxyHbYjx8xidNyC7M2ax72fADWq8xit2slQglpHR_RMX4q7JWp_L59H-2zaCm8N26Rqq452ERzSTReF6Im2_6kMLzJjlN-wRumEz2Nuke_5Xs/s2048/IMG_3581.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubN6ODKxHwAsp_kjm2tNT3BXeqg0bJ2CVxyHbYjx8xidNyC7M2ax72fADWq8xit2slQglpHR_RMX4q7JWp_L59H-2zaCm8N26Rqq452ERzSTReF6Im2_6kMLzJjlN-wRumEz2Nuke_5Xs/s320/IMG_3581.JPG" /></a></div><br />Alison Martino is a writer, television producer and personality, and L.A. pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>Vintage Los Angeles</i></a><i> in 2010. In addition to CityThink and VLA, Martino muses on L.A’s. past and present on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>Twitter</i></a><i> and <a href="http://instagram.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and on her website, alisonmartino.com</i></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;" /></span><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i><i>Alison is also currently a columnist for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.lamag.com/author/alison-martino/" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Los Angeles Magazine.</a></i></span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-48675526962675218392021-03-08T00:21:00.012-08:002021-04-12T23:23:26.887-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQDvbYWY6WUAuBlWyGom4WJoa0NVlJld96830aIe7EUvhAakFp2pEi89l6CP-D-lwVkIRLphnT_ZEmxEByfd87VIqOirTuYzuQdjVYELt-NpvhFAP9J0_gUy7fL4Wb4G56PXABxfjxjZZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQDvbYWY6WUAuBlWyGom4WJoa0NVlJld96830aIe7EUvhAakFp2pEi89l6CP-D-lwVkIRLphnT_ZEmxEByfd87VIqOirTuYzuQdjVYELt-NpvhFAP9J0_gUy7fL4Wb4G56PXABxfjxjZZ/w640-h384/IMG_8394-700x420.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span face="D-DIN, Arial" style="font-size: 14px;">Alison Martino, creator of the Vintage Los Angeles online community, sits for a meal in a vintage restaurant. (Courtesy of Alison Martino)</span></p><p></p><div class="pricat_name" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "D-DIN Condensed Bold", Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-so-cal-los-angeles" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA</a></div><div class="post_title" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 43px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 40px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pop Culture Historian Preserves LA’s Past While Looking to the Future</span></h1><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 40px;"><div class="author" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; display: inline-block; font-family: D-DIN, Arial; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: text-bottom;">BY <span class="author_name" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; 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background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><a href="http://alisonmartino.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Alison Martino</a> calls herself a “DeLorean of the internet”—comparing herself to the iconic car that serves as a time machine in the movie “Back to the Future.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">The daughter of show business royalty, Martino has made it her life’s mission to preserve the pop-culture <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-history" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">history</a> of Southern California by creating <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Vintage Los Angeles</a>, an online community with a thriving archive dedicated to documenting L.A.’s history, <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-architecture" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">architecture</a>, and show business.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“It’s like an online history book, and it’s told by the people that contribute stories every day,” Martino says. “I’m documenting history online, that’s there forever.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Martino oversees an interactive virtual experience—with more than half a million followers—that preserves the people, places, and things in her hometown. She initiates entries on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en">Instagram,</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a>, then lets other members of the shared community run with it.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“My page is more storytelling. I’ll give a background on a photograph, or I’ll tell a story about a place I was at, and then I just sort of let the community take over,” she said.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">On a typical day, Martino said she wakes up to thousands of notifications. One post can generate hundreds of comments from people suddenly inspired to take a trip down memory lane. They may recall a restaurant in the photo, remember visiting a specific building, or even meeting their significant others at one of the places.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“There’s always a story,” said Martino. “You’re actually hearing the stories told from the people who lived it—right there online. Someone has a direct connection to something that I posted, and that makes it really exciting.”</p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 0.83em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Always a Story</b></h2><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Martino—who is also a television producer, documentarian, and <a href="https://www.lamag.com/author/alison-martino/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">columnist</a> for <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-los-angeles" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a> magazine—founded Vintage Los Angeles in 2010. She said her goal is to preserve the memory of the entire city of Los Angeles, not just <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-hollywood" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Hollywood</a>.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“There’s a reason I called it Vintage Los Angeles, not Vintage Hollywood. I wanted it to be more about the people who grew up here and their personal stories,” she said.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Since then, she’s become a renowned chronicler of local history—“I’ve built quite a database in my head,” she said with a laugh—but constantly learns more about the city by encouraging people to participate.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“I can Google something forever and hit a dead end,” she said. If she can’t figure out who designed a building or what years it existed, she asks the community; within 10 minutes, somebody will answer, she said, often with firsthand knowledge.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“It’s astonishing,” she said. “Someone on there is going to have the answers to what you’re looking for.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">She encourages people to dig out their old scrapbooks and photo albums, scan old pictures, and take new ones with their smartphones. She then asks questions, kick-starting conversations that can yield priceless results.</p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 0.83em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Personal Museum</b></h2><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Martino has been collecting souvenirs, pictures, mementos, and memorabilia since she was 14 years old. She calls herself a hunter who digs deep for artifacts connected to old show business, pop culture, and history.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">She has thousands of vintage restaurant menus, thousands of postcards, and hundreds of ashtrays. Over the course of many decades, she has amassed several thousand matchbooks—a collection she is “absolutely obsessed with.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“I have a real affection for collecting artifacts from L.A.,” she said. “I’m a hardcore collector.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Some of her prized possessions include an original mug used by Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show”; a “Valley of the Dolls” soundtrack record signed by Sharon Tate, Patty Duke, and Barbara Perkins; and a Space Age stereo that General Electric presented to entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“I love that stereo,” Martino said, beaming. “I play it every day. It actually works.”</p><div style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nVyYKse087TjVNeIm1M1K3QPFK7kAbm6Dcs9pUuMcsDcyC1vTCENvTw7QG2pNGNhfiLcG7IUFnGDIQHrbtoWvTqNWRL8atBhccaH9MPx1bEIahRm7hTiqsS8edNeWYwYttHLbjgZ7jFl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nVyYKse087TjVNeIm1M1K3QPFK7kAbm6Dcs9pUuMcsDcyC1vTCENvTw7QG2pNGNhfiLcG7IUFnGDIQHrbtoWvTqNWRL8atBhccaH9MPx1bEIahRm7hTiqsS8edNeWYwYttHLbjgZ7jFl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5u7s21paU0gXzYz7vQAS4lu9lZgGSN969RRlqYlxInnJ5InQsFKgeRW1GPS-ukwoWL4rAoyZ8dxBhQbF5zvB1-iNIvbMmmUnXM7AL4sE-9MyaLqcYX9KBoIBtWY4fMe7k_ILhewzN1IL/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5u7s21paU0gXzYz7vQAS4lu9lZgGSN969RRlqYlxInnJ5InQsFKgeRW1GPS-ukwoWL4rAoyZ8dxBhQbF5zvB1-iNIvbMmmUnXM7AL4sE-9MyaLqcYX9KBoIBtWY4fMe7k_ILhewzN1IL/w596-h447/IMG_8191-1-600x450.jpg" width="596" /></a></div><br /><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nVyYKse087TjVNeIm1M1K3QPFK7kAbm6Dcs9pUuMcsDcyC1vTCENvTw7QG2pNGNhfiLcG7IUFnGDIQHrbtoWvTqNWRL8atBhccaH9MPx1bEIahRm7hTiqsS8edNeWYwYttHLbjgZ7jFl/w640-h426/IMG_8195-1-600x400.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7l_LFNjMPq-RpzpKJ_pzdwqPO_-NfAKMiEg-mnT6TSVRurL4_DfpssbvKj_4u7StbTFDPd0riaIBvDfVX3S6v2r2A3GedojWfuXtAqLTPp5SF8NQ7rZ29fT4KS4SRebRmGbP8Hpq43tAs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7l_LFNjMPq-RpzpKJ_pzdwqPO_-NfAKMiEg-mnT6TSVRurL4_DfpssbvKj_4u7StbTFDPd0riaIBvDfVX3S6v2r2A3GedojWfuXtAqLTPp5SF8NQ7rZ29fT4KS4SRebRmGbP8Hpq43tAs/w640-h426/IMG_8218-1-600x400.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOKKLTUTEO-K0Ul5nwtEMbrLpVa-rKpY8UvSb87LsEOz6XAgJwD3REhc1z4rcXiGn7tVHxgz_sJ946ljlSURCHAeIjdffLQIvgVHgL8LM4MJEkPXoxaJgybURV3TFrWy-NbzxHcn0gtEn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOKKLTUTEO-K0Ul5nwtEMbrLpVa-rKpY8UvSb87LsEOz6XAgJwD3REhc1z4rcXiGn7tVHxgz_sJ946ljlSURCHAeIjdffLQIvgVHgL8LM4MJEkPXoxaJgybURV3TFrWy-NbzxHcn0gtEn/w640-h426/IMG_8183-2-600x400.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><figure class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_3706062" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; height: auto; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 600px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 6px; width: 600px;">Vintage menus are part of Alison Martino’s collection. (Courtesy of Alison Martino)</figcaption></figure><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Luckily, she has enough wall space to display her collection.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“People say, ‘Oh, I bet if I come to your house, I’m going to be stepping over things.’ Nope! Everything looks like a museum. … I present it in a way that’s almost like a museum-style, I guess.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Though she has toyed with the idea of donating her collection for a temporary exhibit at The Hollywood Museum, she’s not quite ready to part with it.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“I want to get to a certain level where I feel satisfied. The thing about collecting is you’re never satisfied. You never have enough.”</p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 0.83em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Born Into Show Business</b></h2><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Martino was born in Hollywood in 1970 and spent her entire childhood in Beverly Hills—at the time a smaller, less hectic neighborhood that just happened to be populated with Hollywood legends, she said.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">It wasn’t uncommon to run into Fred Astaire at the post office, or catch a glimpse of Jack Lemmon buying ice cream at Thrifty Ice Cream. She’d see Doris Day riding her bike regularly, and Natalie Wood shopping for her children at a clothing store.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“We didn’t ask for autographs. We didn’t ask for pictures. It wasn’t like, ‘Oh my gosh, I gotta get this on Instagram and get a lot of likes.’ It was different,” she said.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Martino was used to being around celebrities. Her father, Al, was considered “one of the great Italian-American pop crooners” of the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/al-martino-mn0000509367/biography" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">according</a> to All Music critic Steve Huey.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Alison often accompanied him on tours; she said she basically grew up in nightclubs in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Reno, where comedians such as Joan Rivers, George Carlin, Shecky Greene, Norm Crosby, and Buddy Hackett opened for her father.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“I knew all these names that are no longer with us,” she said. “I mean, Shecky is, thank God, but many of them are gone. And I like to preserve their legacy on my Vintage L.A. page by bringing them up quite often to keep their memories alive.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Even though her father wasn’t an actor, he played a pivotal role in one of the most famous movies ever made: “The Godfather.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1px; text-align: left;">According to Alison, Phyllis McGuire, a member of the pop music trio The McGuire Sisters, got hold of an early version of the movie’s screenplay while she was dating Sam Giancana, a notorious mob boss for the Chicago Outfit crime organization in the ‘50s and ‘60s. When McGuire read the script, she contacted Al Martino and said the part of Johnny Fontane—a singer based on several Italian-American crooners, including </span><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-frank-sinatra" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.1px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra</a><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1px; text-align: left;">—was perfect for him.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBYyM_NNCHQTSJBGHoZdFVb3aI2RIWACCkWnE3KKhK7jYR7yAfqlnvLt0xiXCAW6RWm1ikJok56kpQWE2qflqrh-gQ_b2qZG8DOetzwnjYV7Hnrw_ZoVuNsu5LMHz-RITGh27yDHHmsui/s1440/al+martino.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBYyM_NNCHQTSJBGHoZdFVb3aI2RIWACCkWnE3KKhK7jYR7yAfqlnvLt0xiXCAW6RWm1ikJok56kpQWE2qflqrh-gQ_b2qZG8DOetzwnjYV7Hnrw_ZoVuNsu5LMHz-RITGh27yDHHmsui/w640-h360/al+martino.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1px;">Martino knew the film’s producer, Albert S. Ruddy; he gave him a call and nabbed the part. Alison said her father was one of the first people attached to the movie, even preceding director Francis Ford Coppola.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“Even though my dad told me this my whole life, after he passed away, I wanted it verified,” Alison said. “So I had a lunch with Bob Evans [head of Paramount Pictures from 1967 to 1974] and a lunch with Al Ruddy, who both told me the exact same story verbatim.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">She still has her father’s copy of “The Godfather” screenplay among other original Godfather memorabilia. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDP1k8Z4SzZ7ZfBKnTHMTvNEkoUyFS1agIL08_wKwf7R4bpyqC5o0KJ831619ub4SM4msXucGWJd1NZN2bCtygHXT6Sf6jnpvewq6LOJ73F2upjKdZRUB_1O6KyYjtG8jKQQquyvFM71U-/s2048/18589058_1433184420071606_5224300575937862873_o-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1570" data-original-width="2048" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDP1k8Z4SzZ7ZfBKnTHMTvNEkoUyFS1agIL08_wKwf7R4bpyqC5o0KJ831619ub4SM4msXucGWJd1NZN2bCtygHXT6Sf6jnpvewq6LOJ73F2upjKdZRUB_1O6KyYjtG8jKQQquyvFM71U-/w640-h490/18589058_1433184420071606_5224300575937862873_o-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1px;">“That’s probably my rarest piece of memorabilia,” she said. “Plus, it’s a personal item from my family. I smart enough to keep it in a safe deposit box. I worry about fires”.</span></p><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_3704486" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; height: auto; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin-bottom: 25px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; max-width: 100%; width: 600px;"><a href="https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/02/20/Alison-w_-Al-Judi-Martino2.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Epoch Times Photo" class="lazy wp-image-3704486 size-medium ll-init ll-loadstarted ll-loaded" data-src="https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/02/20/Alison-w_-Al-Judi-Martino2-600x380.jpg" height="380" src="https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/02/20/Alison-w_-Al-Judi-Martino2-600x380.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="600" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 6px; width: 600px;"><a href="https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/02/20/Alison-w_-Al-Judi-Martino2.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a>Alison Martino (R) sits with her parents. (Courtesy of Alison Martino)</figcaption></figure><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 0.83em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Architectural Nervous Breakdown’</b></h2><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Martino said she’s particularly drawn to color images from the ‘60s that capture buildings and cars painted psychedelic colors.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“It’s kind of fun to see how colorful the city was at one point. Now today, everything’s sort of bland,” she said.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Though Martino said she doesn’t like to “put down the city,” she’s critical of how the buildings and structures have changed aesthetically—giving extra meaning to her quest for color photos from 50 years ago.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“I feel we’re stripping away the charm and the character of what L.A. … originally had,” she said. “All the original structures are coming down, and we’re not going to recognize where we are. I don’t remember it ever being [as] bad as it is now.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">She said the redevelopment trend began when a slew of 1920s-era Spanish duplexes started coming down in the late ’70s. Since then, she’s seen brightly colored one- and two-story buildings gradually replaced by large coal-colored buildings that block out the sky.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“I always say that L.A. is suffering from an architectural nervous breakdown because we’re losing a lot of its original architecture. Charming old Spanish duplexes are being replaced with cheap concrete blocks with a lot of glass that have zero character. Some of this new development looks like communist housing,” she said.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“I understand there will always be new buildings, but they should blend in with their environment: Art Deco, Spanish Revival, something that says ‘Los Angeles.’ Why would anyone even want to visit Hollywood or Los Angeles if every vestige of its once rich, unique, and colorful history has been, or will be, destroyed? There needs to be a balance.”</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">She misses the quaint simplicity of courtyards, lavish landscaping, circular driveways, and fountains—hallmarks reminiscent of her youth. She’s especially fond of the futuristic work of architect Welton <a href="https://www.laconservancy.org/architects/welton-becket" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Beckett</a>, who designed the Capitol Records Building, the master plan for Century City, and the Cinerama Dome, among many other iconic structures in and around L.A.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“He’d be rolling in his grave,” Martino said.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; letter-spacing: -0.1px;">- Story by Chris Karr</span></p></div></div></span></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Vollkorn, Georgia, Palatino; font-size: 40px;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="author_date_tools" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="tools" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; bottom: 7px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="text_sizes" id="font_sizes" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; display: inline-block; font-family: D-DIN, Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px; margin-right: 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle;"><span class="font-bigger" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;">bigger</span><span class="font-smaller" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;">smaller</span></a></div></div></span></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-83880882602734636482021-03-07T18:22:00.048-08:002021-05-07T18:31:17.658-07:00<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">"OSKO'S" </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: trebuchet;">The Holy Grail Of the Disco Clubs In Los Angeles.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQfAyQ0iSmiZnRpgQJdfZMiCJT5dZUOMFSg7azegyMvy51S-g0uDKAoqpUGHaO6uESVS43Kb5YkfqHiIt1xhR5GsSJyn2vQWF3Wbv9hLcGOb6cx2HpJ-KYC8cPy_TX1IJKi58IZX8BVj_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img alt="" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="844" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQfAyQ0iSmiZnRpgQJdfZMiCJT5dZUOMFSg7azegyMvy51S-g0uDKAoqpUGHaO6uESVS43Kb5YkfqHiIt1xhR5GsSJyn2vQWF3Wbv9hLcGOb6cx2HpJ-KYC8cPy_TX1IJKi58IZX8BVj_/w640-h350/393199_148351881942750_100003038173485_203096_525040449_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Back in the day Osko's Nightclub is where it ALL went down. It’s also where they shot "Thank God It's Friday" with Donna Summer performing some of her most iconic songs. I just recently scored a matchbook promoting the movie. </span><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnH0kIYj-KzlRiQ7cZ6ghIbfOWMk6z52yZc2XL3wtSOC2RThLBtdRNujCT8ZAjwA-Em1TLYX1aq5VEXCFHvaZdTKLESRa54xPMr-n8oLE_o2agcwt0TsRE4N5hcFK6FW8QBztGW257a9tv/s730/Screen+Shot+2021-03-07+at+6.43.26+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="662" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnH0kIYj-KzlRiQ7cZ6ghIbfOWMk6z52yZc2XL3wtSOC2RThLBtdRNujCT8ZAjwA-Em1TLYX1aq5VEXCFHvaZdTKLESRa54xPMr-n8oLE_o2agcwt0TsRE4N5hcFK6FW8QBztGW257a9tv/w409-h451/Screen+Shot+2021-03-07+at+6.43.26+PM.png" width="409" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtfJ2cfijxHeVGU2pmosXTC9Q_-z3fi4ik9EibNMzGA2-ZWnHkLkr2Ws_wsc6-zsCbicGg-K8cEidWIEZE5ZGS7fcWXGhbrG9KnwBLXQm_sYvrC9-AADyY8jzNEOTlcQGstLEv-5aTn6A/s674/Screen+Shot+2021-03-07+at+6.43.40+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="674" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtfJ2cfijxHeVGU2pmosXTC9Q_-z3fi4ik9EibNMzGA2-ZWnHkLkr2Ws_wsc6-zsCbicGg-K8cEidWIEZE5ZGS7fcWXGhbrG9KnwBLXQm_sYvrC9-AADyY8jzNEOTlcQGstLEv-5aTn6A/w400-h373/Screen+Shot+2021-03-07+at+6.43.40+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="354" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c_M07jVrYTA" width="426" youtube-src-id="c_M07jVrYTA"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Donna Summer performing at Osko's in "Thank God It's Friday"</span><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9fNXoj7dQeresRvPz5ptO6rzKsQlxU-34h8xLoDjlD0FrDBdc8438dQy2OYIZ9p68k2m0H7HzNoYlNbh7IzX6KNF3VSpmJf6YKDhlANtHeso_0uq77or-AFPyd_xemzaMd629_6IyGd5/s720/i271178.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="720" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9fNXoj7dQeresRvPz5ptO6rzKsQlxU-34h8xLoDjlD0FrDBdc8438dQy2OYIZ9p68k2m0H7HzNoYlNbh7IzX6KNF3VSpmJf6YKDhlANtHeso_0uq77or-AFPyd_xemzaMd629_6IyGd5/w456-h254/i271178.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Terri Nunn made her film debut long before she become he the lead singer of Berlin</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>You can watch the entire movie <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgAeAhVZKVo">here</a></b></span></div></span></div><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">This futuristic 1960s design was built by architect Lee Linton in 1961 was located at 161 N. La Cienega. </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">The structure was very reminiscent of the LAX Theme building or the ticket office at Pacific Ocean Park. It appeared as though </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">a space ship had landed at the Intersection of La Cienega and San Vicente</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmM5d1bzdTiDer0ZwHocQF9xvKOY-E5nSqeFhyldmntbbqRma695EjF3H8ph-1EeFZoGZyyOPQtidZBoylAmuwhP_3WSa00iNwD76UCHIfLnewGx02-XlCG8FHsgCOWJVWQ2ZEvcSSinI/s1640/178427421_10158432302061267_6614297594395645841_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1640" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmM5d1bzdTiDer0ZwHocQF9xvKOY-E5nSqeFhyldmntbbqRma695EjF3H8ph-1EeFZoGZyyOPQtidZBoylAmuwhP_3WSa00iNwD76UCHIfLnewGx02-XlCG8FHsgCOWJVWQ2ZEvcSSinI/w640-h434/178427421_10158432302061267_6614297594395645841_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Kodachrome slide courtesy of Carol Watson</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">The space-age structure was once located next door to the "Captain's Table and across the way from the "Fish Shanty", near restaurant row.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuwnFsc-Ce6KywHkEqmcf7Y_Yo7mQao4aKhNv-11pXkFtT2wWcpVUNHaQOldl0soEPyRM2QjA92UvuVnS7S3KqX6yBwXdDv_9XGlYbWI3bj_PW_6hPT3A0l2IucYJ1-wO9M8FRhEFGHYY/s1640/180578939_10158436312326267_2346738443474695917_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1640" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuwnFsc-Ce6KywHkEqmcf7Y_Yo7mQao4aKhNv-11pXkFtT2wWcpVUNHaQOldl0soEPyRM2QjA92UvuVnS7S3KqX6yBwXdDv_9XGlYbWI3bj_PW_6hPT3A0l2IucYJ1-wO9M8FRhEFGHYY/w640-h434/180578939_10158436312326267_2346738443474695917_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;"> Kodachrome slide courtesy of Carol Watson</span></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1NYPEXDk2mIJx61hxC1joQ_e7wJcnAew6V4zbqSTUcJectHgQbICxz9BZjeEPhrfHxydyCJEhSbuAumBrikIOtoj1Hda9eMF1IhTtm-pSUvSRCX-sY-dhPqDEJ2QQ5j1sVPboJejMQ58/s552/Screen+shot+2012-03-04+at+2.38.38+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="552" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1NYPEXDk2mIJx61hxC1joQ_e7wJcnAew6V4zbqSTUcJectHgQbICxz9BZjeEPhrfHxydyCJEhSbuAumBrikIOtoj1Hda9eMF1IhTtm-pSUvSRCX-sY-dhPqDEJ2QQ5j1sVPboJejMQ58/w640-h428/Screen+shot+2012-03-04+at+2.38.38+PM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZWgBXqyn-PJH3zzQ2dl8ik1et6t9O7aHyNpc6ikUBeqmBuHSrOwhjOg03040d2DLBiztmuOus63pmhgt9p48PZdiVoWrcZd8Q2OrTmVZB7LCf5jMRTfSAMTEK54dUKHW-GPVNP7aiXy_/s1000/LALaCienega1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZWgBXqyn-PJH3zzQ2dl8ik1et6t9O7aHyNpc6ikUBeqmBuHSrOwhjOg03040d2DLBiztmuOus63pmhgt9p48PZdiVoWrcZd8Q2OrTmVZB7LCf5jMRTfSAMTEK54dUKHW-GPVNP7aiXy_/w640-h480/LALaCienega1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Captain's Table </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="377" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6fs8yid1Bxo" width="454" youtube-src-id="6fs8yid1Bxo"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">A quick drive by Osko's & the Captain's Table</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLM78KpPchD4cIERhaiPt6CrNXox6CdgMC0DUoiV-jhYfq0tlqgHfPL2jydcnMJcTBwVYIbWpytRauQiThGE-9oYDi_uRkciXlTEGK_XwQzLAQWba7kFcGxN2qxkjNptBmSqs5-S7flQp/s1310/Screen+Shot+2021-03-07+at+7.45.53+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1310" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLM78KpPchD4cIERhaiPt6CrNXox6CdgMC0DUoiV-jhYfq0tlqgHfPL2jydcnMJcTBwVYIbWpytRauQiThGE-9oYDi_uRkciXlTEGK_XwQzLAQWba7kFcGxN2qxkjNptBmSqs5-S7flQp/w640-h378/Screen+Shot+2021-03-07+at+7.45.53+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Later, in the 1970s, it wasn't too far from "Fatburger" - which was very convenient after a long night of partying. </span></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSwJhrIdNQruGn1YUwln0XE8KwEq84EYngf0tuV7dF0f6xsu63skjaBPlikYFlKrmisJnOALc5xJX7GKeIMCeV6-UrMaFGV-bletlv7upFcItFtObDC6ifSktRZUBtkS98L29I1X3Y_tk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1500" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSwJhrIdNQruGn1YUwln0XE8KwEq84EYngf0tuV7dF0f6xsu63skjaBPlikYFlKrmisJnOALc5xJX7GKeIMCeV6-UrMaFGV-bletlv7upFcItFtObDC6ifSktRZUBtkS98L29I1X3Y_tk/w640-h414/unnamed-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> <b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;">Fatburger. You can see Osko's peeking through on the left</b></span></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> Other incarnations were “the Gaslight”, & “1520 AD” which had a Henry the 8th, medieval renaissance theme. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikZRWeigfA-FpNZGUHs3391d1b_N0V1BBebu7Gbjf0xGjtJswoDk56BPtRRhZGeOUdZSvSfQHAmyxCRjm34NeS5tMfCchFxUAj7FanI6v0QEVmXDcQyntoGwdVJr5Zy8uVjCvlYMxQPb0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikZRWeigfA-FpNZGUHs3391d1b_N0V1BBebu7Gbjf0xGjtJswoDk56BPtRRhZGeOUdZSvSfQHAmyxCRjm34NeS5tMfCchFxUAj7FanI6v0QEVmXDcQyntoGwdVJr5Zy8uVjCvlYMxQPb0/w616-h616/unnamed-7.jpg" width="616" /></span></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It first opened as the Millionaire's Club - a private drinking club. Drapes were added to the claw and an enormous chandelier that was visible from the street. Then it became "1520 AD" which had a medieval, renaissance theme.</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvXJKhJxE_i5RDCyAvjNxHxX3WSYQvt0uy3QmqklgAimucP5JRwCfTa3NEqhsnFqTUSwwcKkW9WP35HmEXyrs36eS_LWO6o1wJ_8ghUUdnYEWqDvi95qpZYaNAVFLsCGOKM8tFYWbQYzc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1312" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvXJKhJxE_i5RDCyAvjNxHxX3WSYQvt0uy3QmqklgAimucP5JRwCfTa3NEqhsnFqTUSwwcKkW9WP35HmEXyrs36eS_LWO6o1wJ_8ghUUdnYEWqDvi95qpZYaNAVFLsCGOKM8tFYWbQYzc/w601-h329/unnamed-6.jpg" width="601" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b>1500 AD</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs4Wd_3q_weWKdZ6wFk4vYMSxeVesjex8_qHYpNCyPMYJ8PV341GpJfuDPuFs-I9fnqFITMSJ5aFxmuEh62oJNDZe0hup4MdYcB2RqI5sm8wERSM36KvBNIRPOWHDzDts9_KdxQ-RK-5r/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="745" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs4Wd_3q_weWKdZ6wFk4vYMSxeVesjex8_qHYpNCyPMYJ8PV341GpJfuDPuFs-I9fnqFITMSJ5aFxmuEh62oJNDZe0hup4MdYcB2RqI5sm8wERSM36KvBNIRPOWHDzDts9_KdxQ-RK-5r/w496-h640/unnamed-9.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div>Postcard for 1500 AD<br /></b><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Back in 1969, it was a psychedelic treasure called “Climax II”. It became a trippy night spot painted by the imaginative </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPEyOwz_4Bc&t=111s" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Los Angeles Fine Arts Squad.</a><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> It featured a psychedelic interpretation of Siddhartha's journey toward his great Awakening. It took almost two years to complete and 12,000 gallons of sign-painters enamel and 12,000 to produce. Even before it was finished the Climax Club mural they drew praise from the local art world</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l2uwTMhl9e0e6LU_ERAmonHiHoJ2w1UPCmrM-Ier8Gop7Lo8xBQSVxCR6vqdsmZjWPEKI8YhAmY9GZ5No0PoLbVQrC5pq6sD3-U7xkRg96Vdd36niecEts87CQpOPEpgpGN7no4r_toO/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1982" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l2uwTMhl9e0e6LU_ERAmonHiHoJ2w1UPCmrM-Ier8Gop7Lo8xBQSVxCR6vqdsmZjWPEKI8YhAmY9GZ5No0PoLbVQrC5pq6sD3-U7xkRg96Vdd36niecEts87CQpOPEpgpGN7no4r_toO/w640-h424/0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaHTpA9tLT7GZ0J0K-8bdV3bUPard6uE6GQr4fHbq1xIW45Maz76jwbjbq6caft-f_9DvVbSUVtgGdHUDHqBlXniKNWDIc6NY54JlaqR71uccUhk70FrmtDCzLZB10EUODL291_IsNSzH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1444" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaHTpA9tLT7GZ0J0K-8bdV3bUPard6uE6GQr4fHbq1xIW45Maz76jwbjbq6caft-f_9DvVbSUVtgGdHUDHqBlXniKNWDIc6NY54JlaqR71uccUhk70FrmtDCzLZB10EUODL291_IsNSzH/w640-h426/Screen+Shot+2021-03-07+at+6.38.23+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo9ZNoOHuEH5U5RsR_6Gnzr-VzXjwpR1_G0nzz-S_hv44dxj7Qs6f3vmZJONpBy2ZrDE-oFCU4I-VGXt2Cw_5hIg-T0qhMvzAMdDFL2sRt1widcOl2dD0By4ZF3NiTmrxTfMqwhQ1aLbu/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="2048" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo9ZNoOHuEH5U5RsR_6Gnzr-VzXjwpR1_G0nzz-S_hv44dxj7Qs6f3vmZJONpBy2ZrDE-oFCU4I-VGXt2Cw_5hIg-T0qhMvzAMdDFL2sRt1widcOl2dD0By4ZF3NiTmrxTfMqwhQ1aLbu/w629-h391/unnamed-3.jpg" width="629" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">There was a movie room with bean bag chairs, a disco downstairs with stalactites on the ceiling and a giant head of the devil in the corner that winked one eye. Just outside the ballroom which is where bands would play, was a dining area where roast beef was served until 11pm. Cheech and Chong played there too. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMZ5azmJBjHJJqj9xDemfkbMnKHzzJk5dYzcke8yRsGlEgmckbEMa7fIIfw7blis-p08c2tuYmYCQsaiaepKsSdFqS67lLnwmNqH9JE1Htxigz7qNsbhqiwF0ERZYwnLlSwrbpbuY9GvM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMZ5azmJBjHJJqj9xDemfkbMnKHzzJk5dYzcke8yRsGlEgmckbEMa7fIIfw7blis-p08c2tuYmYCQsaiaepKsSdFqS67lLnwmNqH9JE1Htxigz7qNsbhqiwF0ERZYwnLlSwrbpbuY9GvM/w640-h426/unnamed-8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-T4JXT-d5IUquMkZSHxPNqxALCRBkZy0fkzaqrqC9s_0UGCUwwpeocNlynVYAQum6yWkgT9uchM8sRoTpRAtmIan78NkwfOFSwtLrX0NiN1k5v2kcXhwMczCuZiv12oe4OBGEGeXO3aTB/s640/Climax+II+1972-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="640" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-T4JXT-d5IUquMkZSHxPNqxALCRBkZy0fkzaqrqC9s_0UGCUwwpeocNlynVYAQum6yWkgT9uchM8sRoTpRAtmIan78NkwfOFSwtLrX0NiN1k5v2kcXhwMczCuZiv12oe4OBGEGeXO3aTB/w640-h430/Climax+II+1972-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FbNcuYLkNDAn6xDNUTw-zOCB2rgqRsQaYkswoPNPzFYnJQpCUPMsgqtmUnAsOMhfZUmq07ijgfzV3FibPTGG2BUN83WQm_0qDQPlhdjUA9pci4aVRGDlcX-jVDl3IVOzUmv_ziKB-zWS/s640/Climax+II+1972-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="640" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FbNcuYLkNDAn6xDNUTw-zOCB2rgqRsQaYkswoPNPzFYnJQpCUPMsgqtmUnAsOMhfZUmq07ijgfzV3FibPTGG2BUN83WQm_0qDQPlhdjUA9pci4aVRGDlcX-jVDl3IVOzUmv_ziKB-zWS/w640-h424/Climax+II+1972-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6UOZMBFjSeiNmLYwFoKisujSFvoRVcIR32h-6Zyi9xyE1M_Maacl8idoXZ40gzZMSfEJCXb-1Yl9E4iqXwNFKOLzfPni-6TXePl35QlchUPXkFu3LmuvjnmpXtYz96BIqkiEZWOayPSl/s640/4e02ad51b9fa29c8_large.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="640" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6UOZMBFjSeiNmLYwFoKisujSFvoRVcIR32h-6Zyi9xyE1M_Maacl8idoXZ40gzZMSfEJCXb-1Yl9E4iqXwNFKOLzfPni-6TXePl35QlchUPXkFu3LmuvjnmpXtYz96BIqkiEZWOayPSl/w640-h414/4e02ad51b9fa29c8_large.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The group never finished this self initiated project because a club owner named Michael Hewitt lured them away with a paid commission to paint the exterior of his club in Hollywood. The narrative followed the spiritual journey of a young man moving to Los Angeles, a city of natural beauty, artistic opportunity, and vice. Unfortunately, once the Climax Club changed hands, in 1971, the new owner had a different plan for the wild structure, and the painting was white washed out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div></span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkE0qYpJ46h-feSxnWs4l8zxtjJhmG6kuzsGelL5Gu9sp6kJfjkMKysQR5rK3Ys-PQmEaUMjrl3hjGcYICysCfvW-tZ8GWq8uaCT7xNJcMCHt0VT9VpyNQDCmUi-qqE_nvwaabkxF0RCJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="960" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkE0qYpJ46h-feSxnWs4l8zxtjJhmG6kuzsGelL5Gu9sp6kJfjkMKysQR5rK3Ys-PQmEaUMjrl3hjGcYICysCfvW-tZ8GWq8uaCT7xNJcMCHt0VT9VpyNQDCmUi-qqE_nvwaabkxF0RCJ/w542-h431/unnamed-12.jpg" width="542" /></a></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> <b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Screen grab from "Clay Pigeons" released in 1969</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> <span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Less than two years later after the murals were painted, it was back to its original generic white. The process that took almost 8months! That's a lot of white paint! </span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkB_zO_0BO0kBEKIQN09Gk1Op07xFf95_XKnC1UoWhYenpHPVOCMnn2JsqgE7XO6ukbdIUULY_5RrGgLZmJtuVe3frkonIQOvG6Z7c4RIoQYcRr4kedNlT0TcuWMRtjZ3DOY9FYF7jmtZH/" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img alt="" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkB_zO_0BO0kBEKIQN09Gk1Op07xFf95_XKnC1UoWhYenpHPVOCMnn2JsqgE7XO6ukbdIUULY_5RrGgLZmJtuVe3frkonIQOvG6Z7c4RIoQYcRr4kedNlT0TcuWMRtjZ3DOY9FYF7jmtZH/s16000/unnamed-4.jpg" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigd_gazeBzmMtAZhy3jJb9IC5TtTWWuQbmKok-I398BR8igc8Z2Mgn7BoJilMU4Nq5bVf3o7rQugmeI_RATNdFmNrNRdGyrBlPca6hncAoaIUslWeAEgNYHXM3qfoiiWO40TMFMDK2wT4b/s500/gq.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigd_gazeBzmMtAZhy3jJb9IC5TtTWWuQbmKok-I398BR8igc8Z2Mgn7BoJilMU4Nq5bVf3o7rQugmeI_RATNdFmNrNRdGyrBlPca6hncAoaIUslWeAEgNYHXM3qfoiiWO40TMFMDK2wT4b/w400-h400/gq.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Osko's was featured for the front and back cover R&B group CQ's "Disco Nights" released in 1979</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMpDau8YlcokCBVlhr_dndFo2Gy3-Gi0zou_wJCrfVy6KbxupkUQTIUcyShqSZ3WPbh7041DWd4Bw1Jqs-UaOZQ-UUwJ6Au0V7Nm3rXTk3b9sKoJ1esv7OX-xio21ELobe_CgujOArxi_/s400/s-l400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">Incredible footage of the Cave Club inside Osko's</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="413" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x3a8RpNOMLQ" width="497" youtube-src-id="x3a8RpNOMLQ"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">In 1976, it was the short lived KROQ Cabaret: a crazy, decadent rock & roll club. I don't think it lasted six months, but young new bands like Van Halen, Quiet Riot, the Motels, and so many more, were regulars, just getting their start. It was also the short lived club, "UP", that was known for funky Reggae parties. If you're lucky you can catch shots of the club in TV shows such as "Hart To Hart" and "Starsky and Hutch".</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KirE2AUkGbSsh8hQ9QyeyPLOQGec_6Dgkb7uSPf0EOuvS8UqgsAK-0dqiIsILVwBCRjEOs-OqEY0FIqYV0dHde1pe9PpJsLJxuQ0gdmYkLzzIZ6aOv_6G7FcM-oqjL_vSrlQ43S9c9nI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KirE2AUkGbSsh8hQ9QyeyPLOQGec_6Dgkb7uSPf0EOuvS8UqgsAK-0dqiIsILVwBCRjEOs-OqEY0FIqYV0dHde1pe9PpJsLJxuQ0gdmYkLzzIZ6aOv_6G7FcM-oqjL_vSrlQ43S9c9nI/w640-h426/158472442_10157643246621020_2090738932884063132_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large;"> <b>David Price ran the under crowd at Osko's from 1979 - 1981</b></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="341" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J0vT6pn61UI" width="410" youtube-src-id="J0vT6pn61UI"></iframe></div></span></div><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">David Price and Michael Del Rey talking about Osko's on Merv Griffin</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b>Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I remember dancing here (underage</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: trebuchet;"> ;)</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> during it's final days in late 80s when it had names like the Zombie Zoo, The Cathouse and White Trash A Go Go. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiETGk6-Q82rCbvhPtgZ_xPItUTSbYQNVj1WlS0NZSLEd9cZNvn75mjfgcNgcngRa1t356n53UEHH92GEtppXtgpiJKAW836vypsXFPN-rUkxV4VtmHXR4ALtYjJbn2Dk9UbURgfx0Ceh/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="500" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiETGk6-Q82rCbvhPtgZ_xPItUTSbYQNVj1WlS0NZSLEd9cZNvn75mjfgcNgcngRa1t356n53UEHH92GEtppXtgpiJKAW836vypsXFPN-rUkxV4VtmHXR4ALtYjJbn2Dk9UbURgfx0Ceh/w472-h350/unnamed-5.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfUefhs10W4">Click HERE to see the Club Scene during the 1980s</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: black;"><br /></b></div>Sadly, this UFO like structure similar to the LAX Theme Building was demolished in early 90s. It was replaced with Loehmann’s discount department store. Today the property is owned by Rick Caruso and will eventually become a new development. Bring back the claw! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Wouldn't be great if it ended up looking like this?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="463" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EBBdS0e1sA0" width="558" youtube-src-id="EBBdS0e1sA0"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Osko's built in 3D!</span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJgimDMV24mAFgwtUsPgngKbA4VG_xmhyVs-I0zt8vexXBeiWXFskRlQ0ksdYHHxula8oi2RDjNA_baDSFmL3nvWex1hA8Ez3fovpulCGGWBGH86jfdfqfZWSyPaDGNv_6L1ULOaVzuZ4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="868" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJgimDMV24mAFgwtUsPgngKbA4VG_xmhyVs-I0zt8vexXBeiWXFskRlQ0ksdYHHxula8oi2RDjNA_baDSFmL3nvWex1hA8Ez3fovpulCGGWBGH86jfdfqfZWSyPaDGNv_6L1ULOaVzuZ4/w595-h362/unnamed.jpg" width="595" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><span style="text-align: left;"><b>What the original location currently looks like.</b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; color: black; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQIc4CgNkVkP2wa5zuXW0HoVGNW1xULpeu5hmYwtElEx5ceSgd75u6VykWtAQPzpvmL0HnH-9qwIeaAZ5y7Zu_gz95rUcAkXA6I4p1mLElxPYY7hg7laVUQ8SEuqgdFLF8qitaIjRnP8P/s1600/10403308_10152581279013480_574679739180696845_n.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #bf8b38; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQIc4CgNkVkP2wa5zuXW0HoVGNW1xULpeu5hmYwtElEx5ceSgd75u6VykWtAQPzpvmL0HnH-9qwIeaAZ5y7Zu_gz95rUcAkXA6I4p1mLElxPYY7hg7laVUQ8SEuqgdFLF8qitaIjRnP8P/s1600/10403308_10152581279013480_574679739180696845_n.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>Alison Martino is a writer, television producer and personality, and L.A. pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </i><i style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/">Vintage Los Angeles</a></i><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/"> in</a> 2010. In addition to VLA, Martino muses on L.A’s. past and present on </i><i style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a></i><i><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> </a>and<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en"> <span style="color: #9966cc;">Instagram</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and on her website, <a href="http://alisonmartino.com">http://alisonmartino.com</a></i></span><br style="text-size-adjust: auto;" /></span><div style="font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-31965986640494999602021-02-14T15:17:00.120-08:002022-08-17T22:20:11.544-07:00Memories of Westwood Village<p style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">WESTWOOD VILLAGE</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiw0K33L3o-kN3UYA8LHvZRDkPkfNf7_sSeImkaxOnG6QYVYcCdPRkyDikfKEDy06pAirjszG8dyop1mCejjCzdiCDH2uQx8wFaEOtVWJeg8O_p4RvBxPzcie78BPGXGg05gzWqgMvpkX_/s604/54414090_2234223229967717_5201747626487185408_n.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="549" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiw0K33L3o-kN3UYA8LHvZRDkPkfNf7_sSeImkaxOnG6QYVYcCdPRkyDikfKEDy06pAirjszG8dyop1mCejjCzdiCDH2uQx8wFaEOtVWJeg8O_p4RvBxPzcie78BPGXGg05gzWqgMvpkX_/w484-h532/54414090_2234223229967717_5201747626487185408_n.jpg" width="484" /></a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left;">Remember when Westwood Village was so crowded that on weekends they had to close o</span><span style="text-align: left;">ff cars from entering to handle the overflow? It was a scene! </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdM3JCSd2qtcfIok8ABW29XbncyMDppwMn46NFss0-JZw_6-ekaxck0Qxhzbm20clkZHdP_Gn1nsYmQhF1m8_-OvlkL8HfTnH99B9ddKqMwOvZfSHtnr9fEr0jfHgAEWItz8SqAOJp8C4g/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="505" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdM3JCSd2qtcfIok8ABW29XbncyMDppwMn46NFss0-JZw_6-ekaxck0Qxhzbm20clkZHdP_Gn1nsYmQhF1m8_-OvlkL8HfTnH99B9ddKqMwOvZfSHtnr9fEr0jfHgAEWItz8SqAOJp8C4g/w504-h640/15027427_1899310893635953_4563491774969324780_n.jpg" width="504" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />I used to go to Westwood Village every weekend. The Patio was the hub to buy cool stuff from the street merchants: sunglasses, crystals, incense, I even got custom made sandals in the shop that was called Village Body Shop. It was the last vestige of hippie handcrafts in Los Angeles. I remember a mood ring I wore forever until the stone fell out. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2P8XmUehnCZeiqiDbGtcuecLvhsfOVQZzUsuTgD8b03UbIkHj8pNJiFN3UpUfseBM4QWHfXVj9GYNYInMlcrCh3Ff-XrsdFlhnVQ2FaQ1nalLedaCpJt53zGWd8Mt4L2i9CA3BvCjhYnU/s1106/859559_506101269446597_1362783044_o.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1106" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2P8XmUehnCZeiqiDbGtcuecLvhsfOVQZzUsuTgD8b03UbIkHj8pNJiFN3UpUfseBM4QWHfXVj9GYNYInMlcrCh3Ff-XrsdFlhnVQ2FaQ1nalLedaCpJt53zGWd8Mt4L2i9CA3BvCjhYnU/w640-h438/859559_506101269446597_1362783044_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"> I would record songs in the recording place with my best friends. It was karaoke before karaoke. And you got to take home the cassette tape of you singing to the song of your choice. </b></div></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgKCHivZqXlVNsa8ryGQFJ51lfFRkM3FK4ZjRJedUJ_NolQJaqCc5gBzaZpSiDF9zk7VU6eCNbH5OoMNrrB28KPjeTWfaPh9D-5oCL1pJkrCliAVAqhhuuf1kBjeQkremgqORWHRFgFrQ/s1632/53921416_2234223273301046_8558692965529157632_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgKCHivZqXlVNsa8ryGQFJ51lfFRkM3FK4ZjRJedUJ_NolQJaqCc5gBzaZpSiDF9zk7VU6eCNbH5OoMNrrB28KPjeTWfaPh9D-5oCL1pJkrCliAVAqhhuuf1kBjeQkremgqORWHRFgFrQ/w579-h434/53921416_2234223273301046_8558692965529157632_o.jpg" width="579" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> </span></span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"> Westwood art fair during the 1970s</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: x-large; text-size-adjust: auto;">During the heyday some of my favorite destinations in Westwood Village were Postermat, Westworld Arcade, Wherehouse Records, AAAH'S, Insanity, Dillon’s, Alice’s Restaurant, Stratton's, Ship’s, Mario's, Garden's on Glendon, the Hungry Tiger, Sizzler, Falafel King, Stan's Donuts & Tower Records. The street fair and patio alcove was a weekend ritual. They sold everything from crystals to incense. And can you believe we actually went to see MOVIES in Westwood? Lines around the block. And let’s not forget about Bullock’s Department Store for back to school clothes and all the Hare Krishna’s!</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: x-large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HWLeC2L24Uu713A29dNqmoBUwl5RDPeia9X6Wsy63dT-ZNUUDQXgRSFah7l3b5-NzakwFTj3N6HDrRq5Qdj2SxpHhEhYBVfDhP2qqKRglS1ZVae_cAs4fmEobrg6JSDfrB7FZuyekX8G/s960/55750457_2234222979967742_3337824934914162688_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="960" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HWLeC2L24Uu713A29dNqmoBUwl5RDPeia9X6Wsy63dT-ZNUUDQXgRSFah7l3b5-NzakwFTj3N6HDrRq5Qdj2SxpHhEhYBVfDhP2qqKRglS1ZVae_cAs4fmEobrg6JSDfrB7FZuyekX8G/w479-h201/55750457_2234222979967742_3337824934914162688_n.jpg" width="479" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>A business card from POSTERMAT</span></b></div></span><span class="Apple-converted-space" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJcNbCvONPnaCUuN0ho7EBQIzjreMN0Ydm22rIwo8EWQn8QUuwkSpggb1lrCp0gEMnYzzkRrXa-Pht4Cn1GtpUp4FUcYGKevOz4BgoXsljuvqvmXfOcvMMCSiYXlDk36on1WUQ_W32IDW/s600/54214909_2234222949967745_8145324920457396224_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="600" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJcNbCvONPnaCUuN0ho7EBQIzjreMN0Ydm22rIwo8EWQn8QUuwkSpggb1lrCp0gEMnYzzkRrXa-Pht4Cn1GtpUp4FUcYGKevOz4BgoXsljuvqvmXfOcvMMCSiYXlDk36on1WUQ_W32IDW/w490-h297/54214909_2234222949967745_8145324920457396224_n.jpg" width="490" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">WESTWORLD ARCADE</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26wwCQ-O9I-rSSOqlNZCrftF8JcJyfpafwyGB8b4Y01F9LJAittO9A-LVjKdaqK4oDlsqbkqD065MdWEF_W1_aDDOPQ9VVoLJpDrfgnfZMqY6Y4hyphenhyphenbvniN3Qp6q8vLO-kIGyjuuKsAKwW/s913/C8mj-EcXUAErvJk.jpg+large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="913" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26wwCQ-O9I-rSSOqlNZCrftF8JcJyfpafwyGB8b4Y01F9LJAittO9A-LVjKdaqK4oDlsqbkqD065MdWEF_W1_aDDOPQ9VVoLJpDrfgnfZMqY6Y4hyphenhyphenbvniN3Qp6q8vLO-kIGyjuuKsAKwW/w588-h447/C8mj-EcXUAErvJk.jpg+large.jpg" width="588" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span>I spent more time there than school.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left;">One of my favorite places as a kid. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left;">Tempest and Galaga took all my change. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MEO5eVS9_lXHPj2gDxLRinXI1oHhU79qSx2fhOh3rKwD3eJ-A1r-JQxnTXwix_fv3C7Ue-E357fqdLFkdBHFleEhgQWoc19Co38ecc1R530OQrSBo8AP4injWTVKlMoGhyNL7WjOnNOn/s640/54521566_2234222943301079_1548197352131526656_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b>Dillon's Nightclub</b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_-f0-XnlNZnaBZnQz9mLQ6ipYAW8RjUPQHWOaJ_1KZFngzJ_q4Z6l9lXFj4woljqN6V1wR0QkHFmsGWk4e2sVDGZzU2NhJJwCOPlNWtAYuR6mIT7iWkBavoLvQZUJRW8bNvc9jxWkeRX/s960/55875595_2234223156634391_7449621118509383680_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_-f0-XnlNZnaBZnQz9mLQ6ipYAW8RjUPQHWOaJ_1KZFngzJ_q4Z6l9lXFj4woljqN6V1wR0QkHFmsGWk4e2sVDGZzU2NhJJwCOPlNWtAYuR6mIT7iWkBavoLvQZUJRW8bNvc9jxWkeRX/w480-h640/55875595_2234223156634391_7449621118509383680_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); 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font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='532' height='443' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwipgrXK7X05aV3vjDrzQ_TnFCXlNGsygc0xgaoQvYA2pVjanbQJZSSBWaG327_l-FoftIyPPU-ZfL-pRufLg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">Tower Records was captured on </b><b>celluloid</b><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"> in <br />American Gigolo"</b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div>Below is a clip of Richard Gere walking past Hamburger Hamlet in</div><div> "American Gigolo" released in 1980</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='454' height='378' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx5Y8nek26BxXBjf550kOzfZz7hFIjqgARgxtOUOctkdppe7bjpgdmiE5vB5lHjZQRX8HxJwebLx__gifhHkA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6eWvwS5XHf7iubbKTaf8nu5Mi9Aj3gIESi7SJEWJx2uYbNsbggCG40NaXmoXK36e5EZAkvQnqC2sTSSAY6ga5Y55_zCZh4R2SuW7VVOmfhkYAdqVDOqxJhf443zo_-H_2dDAmyBEGlRWbOq9C4NgPsWp8s1BJs43YpYarrEIjvMMzrLBvmVSye47Sg/s2042/204788_215341055143360_8116865_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Hamburger Hamlet is on the right next to the Bruin. Postermat would have been on the other side. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><u><span><b>Movie Theatres</b></span></u></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpX9yTZ7oyQFvWZUgqRjcDZoMkb7o2gCuLAcEF30Ci2i5dib6XSO5FyDnv_btTdKRQ9Qk4a37XTNL3VhykI8w_kQiJz-19vdCSpGEduXFapPwoxzaNhXEzCuKf6kjG6a35SPrGLgBrCOD/s640/969807_10200949433085364_1092543387_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="640" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpX9yTZ7oyQFvWZUgqRjcDZoMkb7o2gCuLAcEF30Ci2i5dib6XSO5FyDnv_btTdKRQ9Qk4a37XTNL3VhykI8w_kQiJz-19vdCSpGEduXFapPwoxzaNhXEzCuKf6kjG6a35SPrGLgBrCOD/w400-h319/969807_10200949433085364_1092543387_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_QssrYY-E4enTrJlRN9E5uIcJ27zPw3J7A3LO3tzqn5aBVoOemjLnt0MYXSgnKt2zEuT2g3Abd8AFLe0Gc2e3gmdALJ1U2_Md20mWS3miHpfh8ONN0fGLgZ57df05o1jbjk8ZblEzVGh/s1863/67170763_10157396869160135_2210891366882344960_o.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1863" data-original-width="1791" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_QssrYY-E4enTrJlRN9E5uIcJ27zPw3J7A3LO3tzqn5aBVoOemjLnt0MYXSgnKt2zEuT2g3Abd8AFLe0Gc2e3gmdALJ1U2_Md20mWS3miHpfh8ONN0fGLgZ57df05o1jbjk8ZblEzVGh/w616-h640/67170763_10157396869160135_2210891366882344960_o.jpg" width="616" /></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span>Godfather II at the Bruin in 1974</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: black;">Photo: Jim Berstein </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZU8vAy1Jp3Gfc6soBHdQFuqP0aqsvy1oUg9JGLj6SbzbIj-305a_PcnOocQd4lS5C1bM1jAf7PlItH0AS07MHlzI7b7Xj656mZyKwocW-FCWwfnX2Ojbah2o00TeHecPNaNadup1-YQG/s720/1796449_10203656457638966_1263185388_n.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="720" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZU8vAy1Jp3Gfc6soBHdQFuqP0aqsvy1oUg9JGLj6SbzbIj-305a_PcnOocQd4lS5C1bM1jAf7PlItH0AS07MHlzI7b7Xj656mZyKwocW-FCWwfnX2Ojbah2o00TeHecPNaNadup1-YQG/w640-h290/1796449_10203656457638966_1263185388_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><br /><span>"Down and Out In Beverly Hills" at the Bruin</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><span>THE FOX THEATRE</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsHnWlFr37J3_ZYJScfgmAKdfWeEZ0TA5EpbBkT8VkrbZWqKohfe6tvXDKBdk99lV2ix1dW-nCzFSYDyw8SOPaG1Wd1PdQlOvWiALWwGKPSH5cqoTYeP_-H-f38bo3A15UJjhEacE64Gm/s1002/Easy+rider.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1002" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsHnWlFr37J3_ZYJScfgmAKdfWeEZ0TA5EpbBkT8VkrbZWqKohfe6tvXDKBdk99lV2ix1dW-nCzFSYDyw8SOPaG1Wd1PdQlOvWiALWwGKPSH5cqoTYeP_-H-f38bo3A15UJjhEacE64Gm/w618-h508/Easy+rider.jpg" width="618" /></a><br /><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">"Easy Rider" at the FOX in 1969</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMtBdBUo6hRClDKtwwMD7NbCY9k4h8DnJQz8Pg8Dpf1OU4dH4_CEVXkaE7RK_1di2hBjEexbn2E7dq7Mu_Ibp_hBarcwWfnL5sk-uBbXX284SQdTyfABo6UwIAWiyF-QlPiVhMTskUqaV/s1001/68545654_2485646484825389_5660225536975175680_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="1001" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMtBdBUo6hRClDKtwwMD7NbCY9k4h8DnJQz8Pg8Dpf1OU4dH4_CEVXkaE7RK_1di2hBjEexbn2E7dq7Mu_Ibp_hBarcwWfnL5sk-uBbXX284SQdTyfABo6UwIAWiyF-QlPiVhMTskUqaV/w400-h395/68545654_2485646484825389_5660225536975175680_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihh7vrk7rMkTnGjsDAWFTR8u7Pyyw4hzpZMTJLY9JLoevzOV-Axe2vYDa6qLzj8wv8MTVF6swZG7iNOx38uM70gRycK8qUoSnrMQZO77Vv3pmq2XaaUKFD_0hfSUleenUuYOInCrkUH9Cw/s942/29594673_583329662019358_1222885781707218951_n.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="942" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihh7vrk7rMkTnGjsDAWFTR8u7Pyyw4hzpZMTJLY9JLoevzOV-Axe2vYDa6qLzj8wv8MTVF6swZG7iNOx38uM70gRycK8qUoSnrMQZO77Vv3pmq2XaaUKFD_0hfSUleenUuYOInCrkUH9Cw/w640-h570/29594673_583329662019358_1222885781707218951_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">World premiere of "A Star Is Born" at the FOX VILLAGE, 1978</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrt_GrGT-TJzvskOtoSZBg-fgF9qZwoJ32VuaqRgGlyvGZ99yWfVjQrQYUuBbrC7eYBEygaN5_gHqPYlPMrgxmJIA2q3Ekb9BsXsX-jCGF0kjCvkL-qSmBD7h7jBrKcVHTvB06aWRmSGvQrhyof_VTF8-iQphwRknCgsWU5eCCCOpbVjTEmjr5u77x-A/s1924/unnamed-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="1924" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrt_GrGT-TJzvskOtoSZBg-fgF9qZwoJ32VuaqRgGlyvGZ99yWfVjQrQYUuBbrC7eYBEygaN5_gHqPYlPMrgxmJIA2q3Ekb9BsXsX-jCGF0kjCvkL-qSmBD7h7jBrKcVHTvB06aWRmSGvQrhyof_VTF8-iQphwRknCgsWU5eCCCOpbVjTEmjr5u77x-A/w588-h522/unnamed-3.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">My friend Delilah me (on the right) seeing A View To A Kill" at the Fox in 1985</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8S8oKZAv_vusGNPpRrvf4j2DUMok5GuAz9BIzMCTYTUKxv7wdkNyesiG-fD5YW4J7n-d15AesAkNSzHt5IBEKcfqjxmWfTPEgJGEoEZAxH4tlIujyROjKW0d7G0u7fJ84PVijlyK1Yun/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8S8oKZAv_vusGNPpRrvf4j2DUMok5GuAz9BIzMCTYTUKxv7wdkNyesiG-fD5YW4J7n-d15AesAkNSzHt5IBEKcfqjxmWfTPEgJGEoEZAxH4tlIujyROjKW0d7G0u7fJ84PVijlyK1Yun/w571-h428/12309828_1176083949073944_6129358775128555559_o.jpg" width="571" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">Inside the historic Fox Village </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">MANN NATIONAL</span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItSgVSc6gn9iXnXE5BZGpiFahohyaIrx_c50zdCQ_eSuhh7hGCPfBomLoZ32l5tmxu7DFfJVspYVeEF4RTPYzjIjnwYBbd7Tuk_Ip6LN41JuXSYe5TZQ-Qhn_4GdNTlSBWoHyB8h5PqzKw7MEXNtjeNtU2G5bN21n7xmiRCFDYuIvVBOtdraXMx5QwA/s604/73027170_2640117606044942_8450181450019373056_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="451" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItSgVSc6gn9iXnXE5BZGpiFahohyaIrx_c50zdCQ_eSuhh7hGCPfBomLoZ32l5tmxu7DFfJVspYVeEF4RTPYzjIjnwYBbd7Tuk_Ip6LN41JuXSYe5TZQ-Qhn_4GdNTlSBWoHyB8h5PqzKw7MEXNtjeNtU2G5bN21n7xmiRCFDYuIvVBOtdraXMx5QwA/w478-h640/73027170_2640117606044942_8450181450019373056_n.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Mann National opened on <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">March 27, 1970</span></span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopOoU96kvZvWaHCuFDXpKm2HVIvynK6kBqK5Fe57qZRp7qbIMmEeOFYT-vfByO7hwg1KwGTXzyjkGDLK--iOMkxm37KCmHEKGl72Zy3iCcBNnpGdgXETxO1TVp-Agrtw8G8wzFpCi6qlyuQI73yMURFXFzZre28TW08OKN0J3wqFiuU_82g3xUzpHBA/s1008/29497380_579025325783125_2361665163016273920_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="752" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopOoU96kvZvWaHCuFDXpKm2HVIvynK6kBqK5Fe57qZRp7qbIMmEeOFYT-vfByO7hwg1KwGTXzyjkGDLK--iOMkxm37KCmHEKGl72Zy3iCcBNnpGdgXETxO1TVp-Agrtw8G8wzFpCi6qlyuQI73yMURFXFzZre28TW08OKN0J3wqFiuU_82g3xUzpHBA/w478-h640/29497380_579025325783125_2361665163016273920_n.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfX641FYM6-RRz3aINDAOIYjwYQA91C_Xly2QKOEbc9VEPOBDPldOKzCJ_XusmhcQv__BHUy8oOf3P0002DGdZ7IjE7MFoZQ9bUkzz_8u3X_cwywbtH54JaU_zQAtwYwLSfsMQQQhTvfEFzVPfxo72HtEY7u9Ab7huoyzYZz7Qz158C8diUWelTr1Qg/s845/76609923_2640117659378270_7234193470271782912_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="845" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfX641FYM6-RRz3aINDAOIYjwYQA91C_Xly2QKOEbc9VEPOBDPldOKzCJ_XusmhcQv__BHUy8oOf3P0002DGdZ7IjE7MFoZQ9bUkzz_8u3X_cwywbtH54JaU_zQAtwYwLSfsMQQQhTvfEFzVPfxo72HtEY7u9Ab7huoyzYZz7Qz158C8diUWelTr1Qg/w640-h364/76609923_2640117659378270_7234193470271782912_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto">The Mann National opened on March 27, 1970. Its 1970s futuristic exterior and enormous lobby upstairs included space age chandeliers, orange carpeting, and an enormous orange-colored auditorium which boasted a massive screen. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto">The modernist theatre was designed and built by Architect, Harold Levitt who was also known for building Mid Century Homes in Los Angeles. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto">Some may remember when the “Exorcist” and “Phantom Of the Paradise” played here. The Mann National was also captured on celluloid in the 2007 movie, “Zodiac”. No set designer was needed because its original retro design was intact until the end. ll never understand how this one got away. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto">I had so many cinematic experiences at the Mann National: “Beverly Hills Cop”, “At Close Range”, “The Dead Zone”, “Brainstorm”, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Top Gun”, and “The Twilight Zone”. It was my Friday night destination in the 1980s.</div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">I was too young to see "The Exorcist" at the MANN NATIONAL, but I have heard the stories of movie goers passing out. </div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_OosGJEyvIo_-ued90huv7nlZbx-X3aZK5cfINmeWE5CF7_digrGe-fsoxI1bdp4S1FOMM8F5lz26l4mPWQTwWZdblXwRan0hVqJ4wV9z6RoBmSB49xQGLwzhfqcJggq9yKj3EHk1uhKM/s640/54515408_2234223053301068_3641364679042793472_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="640" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_OosGJEyvIo_-ued90huv7nlZbx-X3aZK5cfINmeWE5CF7_digrGe-fsoxI1bdp4S1FOMM8F5lz26l4mPWQTwWZdblXwRan0hVqJ4wV9z6RoBmSB49xQGLwzhfqcJggq9yKj3EHk1uhKM/w640-h416/54515408_2234223053301068_3641364679042793472_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="372" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AkIqFK3KoZ4" width="448" youtube-src-id="AkIqFK3KoZ4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span>Newsreel Footage of audience reactions after viewing the Exorcist at the Mann National in Westwood Village in 1973. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span> </span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='531' height='441' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz_dS4sTQP4ORuHaqi2E--4pKUigk0wBVgyfuUgTUuQFpYTGV79f74RZvfIvn9PKb1pQpenDzl7Tdy9MvqtlA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); 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font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">"Phantom Of the Paradise” playing at the Mann National in Westwood Village in 1974.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuvaTiJfD78m5OfMmsGHLsngIAENyNiFRGpEf9os6nG6l0g-tfUCkNp5XsMT0B6l_jk4VDWtY3XdOloXrUZ9z2Cvxx8o_MRSUYIKnpojANdrQ_te_aB21pFgG-RDzt27Gzj5oYPIDTLjbwN8yte40LIe5Ms9QqngRKwV_V2cr_LImkYjHkH8YSI1g5w/s640/93674930_10220141833308688_702853926063439872_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="640" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuvaTiJfD78m5OfMmsGHLsngIAENyNiFRGpEf9os6nG6l0g-tfUCkNp5XsMT0B6l_jk4VDWtY3XdOloXrUZ9z2Cvxx8o_MRSUYIKnpojANdrQ_te_aB21pFgG-RDzt27Gzj5oYPIDTLjbwN8yte40LIe5Ms9QqngRKwV_V2cr_LImkYjHkH8YSI1g5w/w640-h438/93674930_10220141833308688_702853926063439872_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="text-align: center;">"Krush Grove" at the MANN NATIONAL in 1985</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;">Lower lobby box office and elevators upstairs to theatre and concessions. I always dug that groovy 70s carpet. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TmUTkXI0FkaDiMKKvLsYprDKyrzQ8x84lzU29Nf7K6Z_7SofQDLure_DHXOYD_woy72wKvZEUjN2Zwabv3x48eOYV5JOXitZ-HewcGVdtrvOHnIUQBqfw_UAXEd26MWm0BAeUbCwD4mGmqdS6YDfo5JVb1mqx3Z-jPrjVqU2MtJKrJ10eVlpZBaSLA/s640/458168_10151571615400089_1188176597_o.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TmUTkXI0FkaDiMKKvLsYprDKyrzQ8x84lzU29Nf7K6Z_7SofQDLure_DHXOYD_woy72wKvZEUjN2Zwabv3x48eOYV5JOXitZ-HewcGVdtrvOHnIUQBqfw_UAXEd26MWm0BAeUbCwD4mGmqdS6YDfo5JVb1mqx3Z-jPrjVqU2MtJKrJ10eVlpZBaSLA/w640-h480/458168_10151571615400089_1188176597_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Interior staircase of the Mann National. The only motion picture theater where you had to go upstairs to the auditorium. It had a seating capacity for 12 hundred. A bug mid century chandelier hung from the ceiling and a massive mirror was in front.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZYhkIoDf33PY0Rge0a_jTIsvSTVq5f0aZK0USV3TTPQmeCxadkKbthA3jO2GhgX6M5GWAe8dVu4a2sx1hM7qqCzyIqps_ZpK5PYOEv35jJG00ybDOgI6BtdrP5l-MaNDpnGVg3APTGbLqByxYB1m688ONm8XeEQ8FKjilueaxNtFgrX3eokbI7zEkw/s410/NationalClosesOct2007ct.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="410" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZYhkIoDf33PY0Rge0a_jTIsvSTVq5f0aZK0USV3TTPQmeCxadkKbthA3jO2GhgX6M5GWAe8dVu4a2sx1hM7qqCzyIqps_ZpK5PYOEv35jJG00ybDOgI6BtdrP5l-MaNDpnGVg3APTGbLqByxYB1m688ONm8XeEQ8FKjilueaxNtFgrX3eokbI7zEkw/w550-h371/NationalClosesOct2007ct.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></div>The MANN NATIONAL was demolished in 2007 for en empty lot. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">One of the saddest days in Westwood Village history. </span></div></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div></span></blockquote></blockquote><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">THE AVCO THEATRE - Even though it was south of the Village, it was still part of the Village experience </span></b></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeiocVJyCoDTxvZGzZSKlNZSrmXplAi-4-cnxkySu4DFpNnoBlKyFapj92_4CEKzdh6lhh5DgTdJG_azCjRBxoNSsYFjZm_pFePXd5Jtp9vbEDRZrAv9qR6WHR0vWGNFoUeGlQKkgCZZ5/s640/54518579_2234223046634402_8760332286982881280_n.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="640" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeiocVJyCoDTxvZGzZSKlNZSrmXplAi-4-cnxkySu4DFpNnoBlKyFapj92_4CEKzdh6lhh5DgTdJG_azCjRBxoNSsYFjZm_pFePXd5Jtp9vbEDRZrAv9qR6WHR0vWGNFoUeGlQKkgCZZ5/w518-h355/54518579_2234223046634402_8760332286982881280_n.jpg" width="518" /></span></a></p><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"Star Wars" at the Avco on Wilshire Blvd</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtCV9MwYlgI2B76ljWKa3Zt3bB6gRHgc_PPFk4XTWN8AeLTWdzNH0hPlKBclNLXRH4vxUCC0FcADuYYbF-fGcsqdzBOOZd_Z0740wOw-42W5zY6uNAQQCjhHKBLdv6J3N8KqbPAmzyKWHZ9qyaqGVQ8_36xtVtyGUsC621YF3hJNuj7XOe83HQq9H9w/s825/393212_2695257583729_1545075649_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="825" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtCV9MwYlgI2B76ljWKa3Zt3bB6gRHgc_PPFk4XTWN8AeLTWdzNH0hPlKBclNLXRH4vxUCC0FcADuYYbF-fGcsqdzBOOZd_Z0740wOw-42W5zY6uNAQQCjhHKBLdv6J3N8KqbPAmzyKWHZ9qyaqGVQ8_36xtVtyGUsC621YF3hJNuj7XOe83HQq9H9w/w640-h162/393212_2695257583729_1545075649_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitSQwQtI0WUAWdYsc-qNUxys4L50sJg7cJXoNLbpfRLc9UvoE297f_jzx2PdWomYc3FwfciRQIqTWLfI6VWEixyrhZ1H423wTK1RIUxVQV6CvkebVUPcxcIXOh0hdutE1Vz8Fo8Vg2gyWPNqHDS67eALvKxPHysX8cS7LAyE2UP0gZ7clfMA9CfXiVA/s750/379150_255388837851176_1913820318_n-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="750" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitSQwQtI0WUAWdYsc-qNUxys4L50sJg7cJXoNLbpfRLc9UvoE297f_jzx2PdWomYc3FwfciRQIqTWLfI6VWEixyrhZ1H423wTK1RIUxVQV6CvkebVUPcxcIXOh0hdutE1Vz8Fo8Vg2gyWPNqHDS67eALvKxPHysX8cS7LAyE2UP0gZ7clfMA9CfXiVA/w640-h600/379150_255388837851176_1913820318_n-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;">People reading "Fun in Space" article about "Star Wars" movie posted at Avco Center Cinema in Westwood, Calif., 1977
</span><br style="text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;">Photo: Los Angeles Times</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDuJyPX34P2cw9IF4AikbZud12pK61D9Vwnd5zZpYsbOy-AxJSRdNzC6kGVyqjoLWf9_chUsYYEUx8iKLFOQU12-0UiRfJ1zlxQHkApNZHwzb0geH98Jejvco4rtm5u7HQWsyH1RChaQjVk10P091AqVr7a0vun8WSWknTQIw1pGgcUO5Blp6JwJAbg/s857/103412145_3163995000314062_3149788610347310919_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDuJyPX34P2cw9IF4AikbZud12pK61D9Vwnd5zZpYsbOy-AxJSRdNzC6kGVyqjoLWf9_chUsYYEUx8iKLFOQU12-0UiRfJ1zlxQHkApNZHwzb0geH98Jejvco4rtm5u7HQWsyH1RChaQjVk10P091AqVr7a0vun8WSWknTQIw1pGgcUO5Blp6JwJAbg/w538-h640/103412145_3163995000314062_3149788610347310919_n.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"Ghostbusters" had its premiere at the Avco Cinema</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKySJm02_wx7njV2gz6wxtYTR9vZUPYO2spUxjOrpJvHD-Yxg0D0IHvsUbyM6WHzQ6o7YWF7iHFsXfR-rUU-3dSA346oic5eyZKOfcYdrdwWQKlX9Yqd8l_ycKXgqvC9h1kFrqnoRehSP4/s960/149095842_10160835845486038_2446629237837728351_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKySJm02_wx7njV2gz6wxtYTR9vZUPYO2spUxjOrpJvHD-Yxg0D0IHvsUbyM6WHzQ6o7YWF7iHFsXfR-rUU-3dSA346oic5eyZKOfcYdrdwWQKlX9Yqd8l_ycKXgqvC9h1kFrqnoRehSP4/w480-h640/149095842_10160835845486038_2446629237837728351_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"Flashdance" at the Village Theatre on Broxton Ave.</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I believe "Purple Rain" also played at the Village Theatre</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzX9BJKrVbOB1Oxg9f1DR73eYH8UP-7dbDEj1KdILo6m6EAdj2DFED15EMEaPTaUuEsZ5ILojmnokZcbB3h2obyqBzdpY18o9XEsrAPyjsKXW8UffQkEwV3QNISUiSDxG4MhsDfcbnWD2/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1043" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzX9BJKrVbOB1Oxg9f1DR73eYH8UP-7dbDEj1KdILo6m6EAdj2DFED15EMEaPTaUuEsZ5ILojmnokZcbB3h2obyqBzdpY18o9XEsrAPyjsKXW8UffQkEwV3QNISUiSDxG4MhsDfcbnWD2/w640-h640/44399633_10155821598172967_2566372461213908992_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>"Nightmare On Elm Street 3" at the MANN REGENT</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLRuYhgiCRrIrMFY3sK8fxIDDX1gGZ74Y89LFTzieGMFUj1geG8-6vemKzAhaGjjiVfiFhF6vtOjttfG13P6lDPDmI9rymfx-0b21_0A9BIBrDIbGl0DixIfUKFrzXahyphenhyphenw1POt25ncENt/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLRuYhgiCRrIrMFY3sK8fxIDDX1gGZ74Y89LFTzieGMFUj1geG8-6vemKzAhaGjjiVfiFhF6vtOjttfG13P6lDPDmI9rymfx-0b21_0A9BIBrDIbGl0DixIfUKFrzXahyphenhyphenw1POt25ncENt/w541-h541/147191828_10165071007325454_7367233949490947021_o.jpg" width="541" /></a></div>Ticket stub for Dirty Dancing at the MANN NATIONAL</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>Photo: </span><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Carey McCormick</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; 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clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Photo Bill Koegler</span></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdmwXgIpCddpNmVUrib70TMsPLqrHLJlhHhJhBc015vqdnesswfsTTCDBtwa2yScpWS0NqD-QnhhFnBExfiIQTNbQE7BW3WLvX6P2nym_FUeZSBtXQfdgmDLQOptSy3Cv9ZhvUT7Ng2wrb6Ll8OofRpmhVKSho-TwSjsBuvyIERx-STnv9JDkHLPrhQ/s1023/966594_10201339123145783_1928004099_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1023" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdmwXgIpCddpNmVUrib70TMsPLqrHLJlhHhJhBc015vqdnesswfsTTCDBtwa2yScpWS0NqD-QnhhFnBExfiIQTNbQE7BW3WLvX6P2nym_FUeZSBtXQfdgmDLQOptSy3Cv9ZhvUT7Ng2wrb6Ll8OofRpmhVKSho-TwSjsBuvyIERx-STnv9JDkHLPrhQ/w640-h610/966594_10201339123145783_1928004099_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Bullock's Department Store</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFs797BKozb33fXi49xZI0jUNLBSTG-7NK7D2o8ylQSm7kBK-srbNzKBVxK_fE3scgpBnQyQgUgDxqgbRcOX4Z7bo-RoriP2_2-axL6Y7XDEQNJmIzriaDiSnz3n0YIzLFAS6FxRayBZYT/s1024/BullocksWestwood50s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1024" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFs797BKozb33fXi49xZI0jUNLBSTG-7NK7D2o8ylQSm7kBK-srbNzKBVxK_fE3scgpBnQyQgUgDxqgbRcOX4Z7bo-RoriP2_2-axL6Y7XDEQNJmIzriaDiSnz3n0YIzLFAS6FxRayBZYT/w640-h435/BullocksWestwood50s.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9r51R0I8bpsIrTA0ZJlYwfJB_Dc1gjWpz_dagFimebffGmxGPGqkiyZOjS2ck_MmkHdQgDlcE1Lc95EPIcun8ZsR54ZZhZGCyj6cLebBGeOx998Bve4pxu7Yla367APMUCtfRzfb3rvB/s1024/Bullocks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1024" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9r51R0I8bpsIrTA0ZJlYwfJB_Dc1gjWpz_dagFimebffGmxGPGqkiyZOjS2ck_MmkHdQgDlcE1Lc95EPIcun8ZsR54ZZhZGCyj6cLebBGeOx998Bve4pxu7Yla367APMUCtfRzfb3rvB/w640-h432/Bullocks.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Today the old BULLOCK'S building is a RALPHS & BEST BUY</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stores, Boutiques & Eateries </span></u></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLckYORfuoinDY3Zj8hnKbuPCl0MXOkSKWH-EObnWRRMdGv0LzRzqEwLgTLChoEtECiDvup17UXUAEwThCSu6FMHUcIZXYIowaMjZu8ImdZyC-kHvUtk2r6SuLeH7g6moWP8mV7SacwFMy/s1019/145372989_10157797167336088_8901367320216848016_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1019" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLckYORfuoinDY3Zj8hnKbuPCl0MXOkSKWH-EObnWRRMdGv0LzRzqEwLgTLChoEtECiDvup17UXUAEwThCSu6FMHUcIZXYIowaMjZu8ImdZyC-kHvUtk2r6SuLeH7g6moWP8mV7SacwFMy/w640-h430/145372989_10157797167336088_8901367320216848016_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"A Change Of Hobbit"</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vBeq9rFJHeM9x8oadDKdA-sTIwcRcxQ168aQN8jwNROVvxS8NFFhNc2Nls9GXWjbvJz-PUfhiBkvutXu9QjU0gkQgaLsqgBcKpBhQimmoIHNRQ5SCn4wwyyEv_X1vaL9cgopc2AuzwKl/s2048/11224843_10205604546167109_1161405504678677698_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1247" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vBeq9rFJHeM9x8oadDKdA-sTIwcRcxQ168aQN8jwNROVvxS8NFFhNc2Nls9GXWjbvJz-PUfhiBkvutXu9QjU0gkQgaLsqgBcKpBhQimmoIHNRQ5SCn4wwyyEv_X1vaL9cgopc2AuzwKl/w390-h640/11224843_10205604546167109_1161405504678677698_o.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><span>"The Wine Cellar West" 1970's</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photo: Bobby Cole</span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5v1mSOqj6xiCcJBTY_64PAMmP75UHC9c3nPqhW1PimmGk4qMjkmGi0VBvLMxONSIgePh8_FvCLZYIjqK1C4Kbi86OJPign0QBEPaDHj-Afg9hYK98DmcJAzC8BZdOl1IuRY7G-TIGI9ry/s507/12042796_10205885859439765_3749529078409156184_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="507" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5v1mSOqj6xiCcJBTY_64PAMmP75UHC9c3nPqhW1PimmGk4qMjkmGi0VBvLMxONSIgePh8_FvCLZYIjqK1C4Kbi86OJPign0QBEPaDHj-Afg9hYK98DmcJAzC8BZdOl1IuRY7G-TIGI9ry/w640-h552/12042796_10205885859439765_3749529078409156184_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span>"Macho's" Mexican Restaurant</span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Photo: Bobby Cole</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1H2x9lvpTOTCQ2Cc7z8H48zkc4-BGLPX5wif3q80s3k0qgnrUCYDMsy58rfGobmpYst-9IrhDc-WTaMui8xCXYkf9CESvFoey6ReLX2IumUF4MtzJN2a0eNAmQ-SdDJE5l10RFxh8ZKHe/s2048/11958064_10205730808403586_6123310766785835584_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="2048" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1H2x9lvpTOTCQ2Cc7z8H48zkc4-BGLPX5wif3q80s3k0qgnrUCYDMsy58rfGobmpYst-9IrhDc-WTaMui8xCXYkf9CESvFoey6ReLX2IumUF4MtzJN2a0eNAmQ-SdDJE5l10RFxh8ZKHe/w640-h464/11958064_10205730808403586_6123310766785835584_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span>"Alice's Restaurant"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span>Photo: Bobby Cole</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUNmz_ppSo2hwKGyWQpmG6qo8ORSVr-vZUYepK5EcanGtUWg_J30TS_vLluTB0KkgFqvTH9cEiNHVmqvZp8js6AVRKt0etRGPLK9UWxYt-SzR4GztFv3TYC90s7jnbXe6_eXHA86ejWyW/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="825" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUNmz_ppSo2hwKGyWQpmG6qo8ORSVr-vZUYepK5EcanGtUWg_J30TS_vLluTB0KkgFqvTH9cEiNHVmqvZp8js6AVRKt0etRGPLK9UWxYt-SzR4GztFv3TYC90s7jnbXe6_eXHA86ejWyW/w640-h410/10423760_1507879529480366_2998462145015517499_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span>"Mario's" Italian Restaurant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;">Jeff Bridges and friends at Stratton’s in Westwood Village in 1988. Stratton’s later became Madison’s, and has been Barney’s Beanery for about 12 years now. But this was my Friday night destination in 1988. They totally believed our fake ID's! Stratton’s was legendary that way. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYnpDkjxUR_GYxzpykWZ_Y0JYteBPXyoXCfZvfFngGtFDopkaq4j8JLmcDoI0-t-0P2PF0fxVuXg15qRLWCJuYXYZ_g5hBU0pc4r41IItDADLKDuR2tRDbFFqaLyvdIRsldzfs8O0kDZ0zOul-_EWQ_TyZ1e7a0eATsIQFONW60XXsn_yqznsuSkvRw/s604/1910252_46202552542_6329_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="604" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYnpDkjxUR_GYxzpykWZ_Y0JYteBPXyoXCfZvfFngGtFDopkaq4j8JLmcDoI0-t-0P2PF0fxVuXg15qRLWCJuYXYZ_g5hBU0pc4r41IItDADLKDuR2tRDbFFqaLyvdIRsldzfs8O0kDZ0zOul-_EWQ_TyZ1e7a0eATsIQFONW60XXsn_yqznsuSkvRw/w640-h424/1910252_46202552542_6329_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ship's Coffee Shop on Wilshire Blvd<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdfPQHZjB7vpMzR6V-yQi7Z60iGl-R2KTGiCzpVOdR_b9-WX6fJFArRJqMNYfaFlEnIxG2DqaSAqBGuOojELhfTiOHLYHL5qiPzFqre3jOUwuhobq56-j1l9OgyDeIPqbW2kaOGpddWSkdQYZfIeTMBjNb_Yp6zDzE6-G1oBjvBYN0Lyid5iadmRISQ/s720/562558_3709190771425_1276741501_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="720" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdfPQHZjB7vpMzR6V-yQi7Z60iGl-R2KTGiCzpVOdR_b9-WX6fJFArRJqMNYfaFlEnIxG2DqaSAqBGuOojELhfTiOHLYHL5qiPzFqre3jOUwuhobq56-j1l9OgyDeIPqbW2kaOGpddWSkdQYZfIeTMBjNb_Yp6zDzE6-G1oBjvBYN0Lyid5iadmRISQ/w640-h428/562558_3709190771425_1276741501_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;">Ship's was open 24 hours and never closed until one day it did. The beloved space age boomerang structure is dearly missed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lr_2s1BCpRtoOR4nQffFrpwxgjGycOy3XYtIdPHusM4JUlB9OLN8uGH2ov9TX_OdKyKiiv6oe5tdDWvs0eCHNTPre2v6LjQEi8xeejuE84aeiyMCS3Nbq0xGgV6pILLkB-e-8jGwj3YU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="800" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lr_2s1BCpRtoOR4nQffFrpwxgjGycOy3XYtIdPHusM4JUlB9OLN8uGH2ov9TX_OdKyKiiv6oe5tdDWvs0eCHNTPre2v6LjQEi8xeejuE84aeiyMCS3Nbq0xGgV6pILLkB-e-8jGwj3YU/w640-h461/10606093_10204765275199032_7281309116580520730_n.jpg" width="640" /></a>"Fosters"</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Westwood Comedy Store </span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">(between Massachusetts and Ohio)</span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iTYU8flJzMjIW3fQXBZPObl24UdXj4uEkLk-wf9BM5tn1ncErY7cTi1SOzrJUYX-mON5dA67qNirrOylNIf_cBuFGwG2ShtllQCKcy7MXSXUR5QB9kNmTxh5rOEMP-KurrmU4xNqhcmr/s1024/76697334_10219140932647656_7644995701880913920_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1024" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iTYU8flJzMjIW3fQXBZPObl24UdXj4uEkLk-wf9BM5tn1ncErY7cTi1SOzrJUYX-mON5dA67qNirrOylNIf_cBuFGwG2ShtllQCKcy7MXSXUR5QB9kNmTxh5rOEMP-KurrmU4xNqhcmr/w640-h416/76697334_10219140932647656_7644995701880913920_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"Rhino Records" wasn't in the village, but south of Wilshire Blvd not far from the "All American Burger" </span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIcF2tOfld9UKSpXD8n9qneTPRoG2b7jjwM-QvWdqOAJJGVZeLf6ZOYN3eDt4spuw_hcSkn-4a1aQL-4a3hFvzx3tTRki2rpiv23QBvtkUMyVsIG_fzQigIOxxwQfPM0_pUVmm4SCwsTY8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIcF2tOfld9UKSpXD8n9qneTPRoG2b7jjwM-QvWdqOAJJGVZeLf6ZOYN3eDt4spuw_hcSkn-4a1aQL-4a3hFvzx3tTRki2rpiv23QBvtkUMyVsIG_fzQigIOxxwQfPM0_pUVmm4SCwsTY8/w640-h426/146364364_10224221213308071_4990188496123760654_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIFRSIsmxOGJHaDoWk5Al7FIu6mjxVv13HOqeQBtu3SnzAOx0ljM7xv3oxqEVYQXGJJ2SOM4Ug3_ENbwc7JjR_D7fJpY6AUA3t1KMnkHFbpT4qeKTYAhfLmFBhGLGMjDLwTRTD-g_6NjC/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="914" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIFRSIsmxOGJHaDoWk5Al7FIu6mjxVv13HOqeQBtu3SnzAOx0ljM7xv3oxqEVYQXGJJ2SOM4Ug3_ENbwc7JjR_D7fJpY6AUA3t1KMnkHFbpT4qeKTYAhfLmFBhGLGMjDLwTRTD-g_6NjC/w611-h640/67114080_10157398375300135_9212899145650536448_n.jpg" width="611" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"McDonald's" was a busy as the movie theatres. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Photo: Jim Berstein 1973</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); 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text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0">Laurie Kaye</a> shares: <span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: inherit;">My best friend and I worked at McDonald’s in the Village - lasted for a few months at $1.65 an hour...the best part was cool customers like Barbara Bain and Martin Landau...the worst part was when a manager had a mental breakdown and started unwrapping burgers and throwing them at the wall! Quit shortly after...</span></span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d9wwppkn fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb mdeji52x sq6gx45u j5wam9gi lrazzd5p oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.2308; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d9wwppkn fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb mdeji52x sq6gx45u j5wam9gi lrazzd5p oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.2308; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLq5cyF_AFkRyZFY7sqP71qkMO2CO-JteFkrFhyd9Ay-yzhdTryk-8SQ-flAtO5VVNkqr82mOXbqwdp1n53SE4WAGtf78ZJJrap1KKfgdIAS9weU1p32UgUioZF_mn15SxXIPTilBCQLw0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLq5cyF_AFkRyZFY7sqP71qkMO2CO-JteFkrFhyd9Ay-yzhdTryk-8SQ-flAtO5VVNkqr82mOXbqwdp1n53SE4WAGtf78ZJJrap1KKfgdIAS9weU1p32UgUioZF_mn15SxXIPTilBCQLw0/w640-h480/894631_10151278889706750_447629374_o.jpg" width="640" /></a>Columbo episode inside Hunter's Books </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTJk6lpruHh_y6t61EMgwOk7RwXiWS0WRu6DY7n30LPSQYelbDDkgdJaoKnrgV-kfdSHQ26A-PzRPHlAS0N0LaQoHAsZ3FXf-c3eAsfa2HOeA1l1L6a1fAqd8HMW20GNA86SQcB1xjjf-4supFtH4VrNXR32Aw1DWCiDvia0WFeHh9VF32EwqUgRt0g/s597/202773740_4243449142378439_1420992184122471262_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="596" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTJk6lpruHh_y6t61EMgwOk7RwXiWS0WRu6DY7n30LPSQYelbDDkgdJaoKnrgV-kfdSHQ26A-PzRPHlAS0N0LaQoHAsZ3FXf-c3eAsfa2HOeA1l1L6a1fAqd8HMW20GNA86SQcB1xjjf-4supFtH4VrNXR32Aw1DWCiDvia0WFeHh9VF32EwqUgRt0g/w638-h640/202773740_4243449142378439_1420992184122471262_n.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-size-adjust: auto;">And then there was Monty’s Steak House at the top of this office building. They had great house bands and late night jam sessions. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"> One</span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"> of the owners recorded “Shaddapa You Face” using the pseudonym of Joe Dolce. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">I also remember this building was full of therapists!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWSvEiVNQSWjI2DUIeNqcd2g-fx-wFXC8yxd-ttpmoKA_SLeNlfcAZa6AF6deuDLTSev7YHMJPDQR08rskcj_0rvHpm6NTe8LVA_FlZncDeJ86FKRnl4EAjDrtGEGLvzSHsTJPC1Ll9jgwHm7ruTUHS0jUAMJC5mcqTbEp2jexpEljiBP3JUPpu6BPg/s1470/206079621_867450810532778_2267142192569276189_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1470" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWSvEiVNQSWjI2DUIeNqcd2g-fx-wFXC8yxd-ttpmoKA_SLeNlfcAZa6AF6deuDLTSev7YHMJPDQR08rskcj_0rvHpm6NTe8LVA_FlZncDeJ86FKRnl4EAjDrtGEGLvzSHsTJPC1Ll9jgwHm7ruTUHS0jUAMJC5mcqTbEp2jexpEljiBP3JUPpu6BPg/w640-h478/206079621_867450810532778_2267142192569276189_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">The Woodland Hills Monty's was used as a location in Divorce American Style in 1967</span></div><br /></span></div></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKL5FICtkZkZQ34d9FmvSFgoaCX43ookFq3URkNURAdEELm6t76jB5bUL8v6_CJGvlxnjWJtnpuaHtooY-MaQDohQwgZIiggdmQ0yjg2GMvglFVz0ovT8WcFHNlDxjJfNUaX5w5___od1m/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKL5FICtkZkZQ34d9FmvSFgoaCX43ookFq3URkNURAdEELm6t76jB5bUL8v6_CJGvlxnjWJtnpuaHtooY-MaQDohQwgZIiggdmQ0yjg2GMvglFVz0ovT8WcFHNlDxjJfNUaX5w5___od1m/w620-h465/142685872_10157551272086020_5007619772264100654_o.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Monty's Westwood. (after redesign)</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HBo4nu3nnvbbOZj1M3JC7qaM6-C-zjrlJJ-Qhf0hjszyoZHT5ISW3RE_vpy0Aa63QnypoWp68ZVUnbXUGmO3BfQsRHJeJrf2BnT0CsG4thUiZaRSC3Bg2XGOgVWPIP6RbphlOg-j3odTKkk1xka4dL5HlI6P9q0KYBfLmxSQpWuJvS7CuxhLTaN9RQ/s960/74358248_2640153922707977_4666294113824407552_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="960" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HBo4nu3nnvbbOZj1M3JC7qaM6-C-zjrlJJ-Qhf0hjszyoZHT5ISW3RE_vpy0Aa63QnypoWp68ZVUnbXUGmO3BfQsRHJeJrf2BnT0CsG4thUiZaRSC3Bg2XGOgVWPIP6RbphlOg-j3odTKkk1xka4dL5HlI6P9q0KYBfLmxSQpWuJvS7CuxhLTaN9RQ/s320/74358248_2640153922707977_4666294113824407552_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></span><h2><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">The building address is 1100 Glendon, now Westwood Center. Another well known restaurant was across the street called “Hamlet Gardens”, owned. by Harry and Marilyn Lewis - the same couple who began “Hamburger Hamlet”.</span></span></span></span></h2><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzg8AhubWy32niqWEGV-jefqM23PaVkuRA3vOOHEbBJdqnH5c7TNpPoiZNaP7i2zbEmTRQCcVlqskenogzRquPIg9ezIbRN5ZZYJO7-F-LTaAcQpBy4-KSQEODTOBjtEnC6RIkyvuxxeHd9Pdc7w4KxEtuKPnUTKzYEv9kmxwIhrEvNPSFEvVixGfCA/s705/unnamed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="705" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzg8AhubWy32niqWEGV-jefqM23PaVkuRA3vOOHEbBJdqnH5c7TNpPoiZNaP7i2zbEmTRQCcVlqskenogzRquPIg9ezIbRN5ZZYJO7-F-LTaAcQpBy4-KSQEODTOBjtEnC6RIkyvuxxeHd9Pdc7w4KxEtuKPnUTKzYEv9kmxwIhrEvNPSFEvVixGfCA/s320/unnamed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>The Hungry Tiger was like my home away from home because I used to use their payphone all the time! </span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7jt4Vk7mXddPsHem2nGwvkNmnOWB90UvgUobih7IL9IsjVizB6nGX6tT1hz8Bp1BSbxUtzg3-iUNMA90Mpp9X7H5G9mFL_HKABS-FpBXbDquEn9CQd0c9VSlTLZ6zDzFA0u50m16OJsaa9_c2Z7CCou9Ru8vY-3QQ0OE3PLofSvRbS-36-K1wQW9-Q/s640/unnamed-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="640" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7jt4Vk7mXddPsHem2nGwvkNmnOWB90UvgUobih7IL9IsjVizB6nGX6tT1hz8Bp1BSbxUtzg3-iUNMA90Mpp9X7H5G9mFL_HKABS-FpBXbDquEn9CQd0c9VSlTLZ6zDzFA0u50m16OJsaa9_c2Z7CCou9Ru8vY-3QQ0OE3PLofSvRbS-36-K1wQW9-Q/w640-h286/unnamed-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-a42cLWeZX7cJbMocTx1pT0sTIVDr1ddXVapSe-Z8WIqAuXWmjs-pdghDBPjePZl0O6vI77lfCSf4iEPhYjjHvbpR2Q-NTKOn_Ys_g6W2Ap5x3WbnzQ5X6L4i9WAQAIhCdfrRgEDB8ym2oT4XT5gZMNiB3pRBV1B3FfJ3mIzycDhf3HrZiHK5Ws2lNg/s1321/49949735_10156834922308480_4310523766330359808_n.jpg" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1321" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-a42cLWeZX7cJbMocTx1pT0sTIVDr1ddXVapSe-Z8WIqAuXWmjs-pdghDBPjePZl0O6vI77lfCSf4iEPhYjjHvbpR2Q-NTKOn_Ys_g6W2Ap5x3WbnzQ5X6L4i9WAQAIhCdfrRgEDB8ym2oT4XT5gZMNiB3pRBV1B3FfJ3mIzycDhf3HrZiHK5Ws2lNg/w640-h466/49949735_10156834922308480_4310523766330359808_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The Flax building in Westwood Village during the early 1980s. It was created by artist Franco Assetto. It was one of the largest sculptures in LA at the time. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: times; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_TM6YPyJmj6hwGVi_HlJtE0fPXTTQ5Zm9d46WStXYjO068LNUkb4WatI7zozuNqYLE8x46-J0eADaVV29y-INiRV5SgkPiqHeir3kIbgKNXHD0pcIcoCigw6QGwojM0yp26oyPLyHmvB/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_TM6YPyJmj6hwGVi_HlJtE0fPXTTQ5Zm9d46WStXYjO068LNUkb4WatI7zozuNqYLE8x46-J0eADaVV29y-INiRV5SgkPiqHeir3kIbgKNXHD0pcIcoCigw6QGwojM0yp26oyPLyHmvB/w453-h400/145889459_10224215368269305_842721591211217239_n.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><br /></span></div><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In the 1980s, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys had an office in Westwood. Back when the entire city was area code 213</span></span></b></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">What are your memories of Westwood Village?</span></span></b></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf0x1yGsPQL0hMGF_ZYokRqOuuXV-5G0x7ShfoxPhf8C2Lb-lw88CVGssL7fbRyCoE4PjgXt6LUvm-5VGGKuoffvNpLQ_8afro57vZRDlCLOeJeq-n6Jw-186yrwbCn_PMpa90gMrtBAfvnZlF4e3IY03LbBySEYKzWR0ei4jsfn7kdTaNS-TYFT6W7Q=s640" style="background-color: white; clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="640" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf0x1yGsPQL0hMGF_ZYokRqOuuXV-5G0x7ShfoxPhf8C2Lb-lw88CVGssL7fbRyCoE4PjgXt6LUvm-5VGGKuoffvNpLQ_8afro57vZRDlCLOeJeq-n6Jw-186yrwbCn_PMpa90gMrtBAfvnZlF4e3IY03LbBySEYKzWR0ei4jsfn7kdTaNS-TYFT6W7Q=s320" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alison Martino is a writer, television producer, and pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Vintage Los Angeles </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;">in 2010. Alison muses on L.A’s. past and present on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonwmartino?lang=en" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Twitter </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;">and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en" style="color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;">Instagram</a></span></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: left;"><br /><div><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></div></div><div><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></div><div style="color: #050505; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></b></div></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span class="Apple-converted-space" face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-71659706750358908962020-12-11T17:55:00.218-08:002022-10-07T14:19:44.423-07:00Memories of the old Century City Mall<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oP7Y_07ReQmaU1omh7ziSS2ZTDTkD1aOedtIAfVcDQTKC4QHZCCKh-ZnCrZh9WUeNPApgjb4I_ojoEpXs04TvEQCQwZwlvgXLFcbLympGKFsje1zkFKYVMRDFqn11woIS6ojX1g2f7uH/s1851/0-4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1851" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oP7Y_07ReQmaU1omh7ziSS2ZTDTkD1aOedtIAfVcDQTKC4QHZCCKh-ZnCrZh9WUeNPApgjb4I_ojoEpXs04TvEQCQwZwlvgXLFcbLympGKFsje1zkFKYVMRDFqn11woIS6ojX1g2f7uH/w640-h454/0-4.jpeg" width="640" /></a><b>The old Century City Mall when it first opened in 1965</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uKwzJ3o69-HquufK-tCkxw6IVIf5ZDYfewz_cUKVXY__YpJgsua-YJRoQ8Kcr3oACOSoB5eoPvZA3SESzbiO_3jTTsk1Mdjrb44tmzv1gsvs4NFvtf3x0Xro8lURWaRKMWCxHeOWyOvl/s1440/121687465_3538337029556324_1470099130767671986_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1440" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uKwzJ3o69-HquufK-tCkxw6IVIf5ZDYfewz_cUKVXY__YpJgsua-YJRoQ8Kcr3oACOSoB5eoPvZA3SESzbiO_3jTTsk1Mdjrb44tmzv1gsvs4NFvtf3x0Xro8lURWaRKMWCxHeOWyOvl/w640-h380/121687465_3538337029556324_1470099130767671986_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="font-family: "Bebas Neue"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span><span>"Honey, Century City's got everything cover</span></span></b><span><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><b>ed." </b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: large;">That's what Tom Petty sang, and I thought so too. </span></b></p></span></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaUKG2sLmnK7-9iBQ11BGAIyHHKm1zbxPdG7uqWTR76xhNG2Qe9WV6qn58vdQA9ItIXz3YN7L5dxgBS4xye0W8KLZ4icapep5I6cBwdDkNpY2TzUCIe6-2FoDZDcnv93UJ2N2Xj0erQSi/s960/Entance+to+Century+City.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaUKG2sLmnK7-9iBQ11BGAIyHHKm1zbxPdG7uqWTR76xhNG2Qe9WV6qn58vdQA9ItIXz3YN7L5dxgBS4xye0W8KLZ4icapep5I6cBwdDkNpY2TzUCIe6-2FoDZDcnv93UJ2N2Xj0erQSi/w640-h410/Entance+to+Century+City.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The old Century City mall entrance from Santa Monica Blvd</span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">I practically lived at the Century City mall growing up and spent countless weekends and weeknights wandering the mall. While my mom shopped for hip fashions at "Joseph Magnin" and "Field's," I was trying on back-to-school clothes at "Judy's" and "Contempo Casuals". The hours I must have spent in those dressing rooms! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Joseph Magnin had beautiful clothes. My mother bought knit pantsuits and sweaters that matched in so many amazing colors with scarves to match. Even their gift boxes were collectible. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiS6u7cMtsTSC-m8fcKB7lU8fqYsiDPnO4a1m-Ktl_Ozv66TwgJnJM7OYQ9kPqn3eiXCRHokQRL8utiP29OyX7Mhe2KfbZmrOHuLCeMEfbQjgnY4CPI4oOZ0a7uH0tOCl0CnmcQp59svy/s1024/740981_10151353302539700_22678185_o.jpg" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="1024" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiS6u7cMtsTSC-m8fcKB7lU8fqYsiDPnO4a1m-Ktl_Ozv66TwgJnJM7OYQ9kPqn3eiXCRHokQRL8utiP29OyX7Mhe2KfbZmrOHuLCeMEfbQjgnY4CPI4oOZ0a7uH0tOCl0CnmcQp59svy/w640-h262/740981_10151353302539700_22678185_o.jpg" width="640" /></a> <b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Joseph Magnin</span></b></p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Photo: </span><span style="background-color: #e7f3ff; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left;">Michael Boehm</span></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbj0JEW_qe4KZ4MZn_Kf-Zb_wkq567e6Ui8YzS5vBpYrDaO9dcj6AV3VT3jwUM9gB1wlTp-yMGUVpi8QRvCwB19jm2L4YLspE0Amrp-FpM4b3Hs_FkR7XuG0suWhSNuWsBL4RrrKVMj-b/s1080/17159224_10155061077388480_4995956359792103961_o.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbj0JEW_qe4KZ4MZn_Kf-Zb_wkq567e6Ui8YzS5vBpYrDaO9dcj6AV3VT3jwUM9gB1wlTp-yMGUVpi8QRvCwB19jm2L4YLspE0Amrp-FpM4b3Hs_FkR7XuG0suWhSNuWsBL4RrrKVMj-b/w640-h640/17159224_10155061077388480_4995956359792103961_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Snapshot: Vintage Los Angeles </b></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">A Vintage Kodak snapshot of 'Judy's' in 1971. 'Judy's' supplied wardrobe to Suzanne Pleshette during her years on 'Newhart' and the 'Mary Tyler Moore Show'. <span style="background-color: transparent;">I've always loved that illustration of the girl in the groovy striped shirt.</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDCCpE9crSpUwoRQ-wL_p4b7cukzvmZ_wHzn_vJekvwlMWaIXhOjROIrAgPgKl04AR8w4jJ7QuzAjNNCWnn7anErdsAEDB9gvTKvmvYEvA-jriRUIxT-moUQBJrImkXP5QWM9yNMcwjEc1GIm_7SmSQnts-lAZPlZz5DgFBOVthwQzPBhozbfH8nGIBw=s1404" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1404" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDCCpE9crSpUwoRQ-wL_p4b7cukzvmZ_wHzn_vJekvwlMWaIXhOjROIrAgPgKl04AR8w4jJ7QuzAjNNCWnn7anErdsAEDB9gvTKvmvYEvA-jriRUIxT-moUQBJrImkXP5QWM9yNMcwjEc1GIm_7SmSQnts-lAZPlZz5DgFBOVthwQzPBhozbfH8nGIBw=w610-h381" width="610" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOAnyD8qZpMGV_Isa-sPN0t7ZIBmZc20DZxcX_ti-V4ltc1PGVWlTCnPT58b_ZIRegS4ObmETB3UXQB824hQvQG5mKQYrog1bVc1JjeUTDejuGu_TYX8isaYVyZgqyBCLXGbsE2wtWi5z/s252/18835888_10155320008013480_5977860950526757085_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="233" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOAnyD8qZpMGV_Isa-sPN0t7ZIBmZc20DZxcX_ti-V4ltc1PGVWlTCnPT58b_ZIRegS4ObmETB3UXQB824hQvQG5mKQYrog1bVc1JjeUTDejuGu_TYX8isaYVyZgqyBCLXGbsE2wtWi5z/w370-h400/18835888_10155320008013480_5977860950526757085_n.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">The original mall had unique shops that no other mall had across America. Let's start with </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2020/12/heaven-im-in-heaven.html">"Heaven":</a> T</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">he best novelty store ever. I even witnessed the Bangles in full bangles regalia purchasing T-shirt’s there in 1984. Around the corner there was a store called the "Bijou". It sold movie </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">paraphernalia</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">, Paper Moon Graphics and lobby cards. The even had a giant screen with satin pillows on the floor and showed everything from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band" to "Xanadu". I'm pretty sure this was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">where my obsession for movie memorabilia came from. </span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;">There was</span><span style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"> "Nickelodeon Records" that also had a giant screen that aired MTV all day. I was there the first time "Thriller" debuted and by the end of the video, more than half the mall was cramped inside the store. </span>Watching that was an event. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">As a child of the 70s, I went to "<span>Tog Toggery" toy store. I specifically remember playing in a giant life size tree. It was over by the the stuffed animals. I don't think I ever left that store without adding a new one to my collection. </span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='486' height='404' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwtL5hD-x4kGPiP1A9Fhljh_VoUAv0hSaBOnm2FZfOkYEN6_TWhDkIC8w2I6aabgIdDR1as2lf9eA-ZQeLP7Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"> A sequence from the Mary Tyler Moore filmed at Century City in 1970</b></div></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;">I’m so grateful I grew up at the old Century City Mall with creative shops, imaginative arts and crafts, and unique retail. And they had THE BEST art shows on Sunday afternoons. My mom purchased these two little hippie girl portraits in 1970 - the year I was born. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblQxDdiOmDDB_PWnoT2PUu5eId4zBh8uD9P3KJLodpLKusp4Vdq1KPZLUFTY0qO8f9Lui6yLFwK1tRTQ2yVrJ19ekVk1zk0knOARXyV8qF05t0L2oNc6U474SlbxNi6U2KJCU9_j6_tyo/s1440/68449086_10157346659048480_6235361845918564352_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblQxDdiOmDDB_PWnoT2PUu5eId4zBh8uD9P3KJLodpLKusp4Vdq1KPZLUFTY0qO8f9Lui6yLFwK1tRTQ2yVrJ19ekVk1zk0knOARXyV8qF05t0L2oNc6U474SlbxNi6U2KJCU9_j6_tyo/w640-h640/68449086_10157346659048480_6235361845918564352_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDAz1dm07z8mkCGzUl2Y4cQfrWf70LRrXrlnK79ZqsGEmeZY4kix8dPBL3BVaJGO7VN-m8vltUQvGbGdqgTUXYMdFZaCtB3g7j4YrMmBmqQwtgnP8pOaBsw7U0cihYmOCE9rc6rlz6EIv/s2048/68414791_10157346659208480_1380441096395423744_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDAz1dm07z8mkCGzUl2Y4cQfrWf70LRrXrlnK79ZqsGEmeZY4kix8dPBL3BVaJGO7VN-m8vltUQvGbGdqgTUXYMdFZaCtB3g7j4YrMmBmqQwtgnP8pOaBsw7U0cihYmOCE9rc6rlz6EIv/w640-h480/68414791_10157346659208480_1380441096395423744_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: transparent;">The bottom hippie artwork was actually done by actress, Jennifer Grey's mother who was a vendor at Century City during the 1970s. </b></div></b></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>There was also the Hallmark Store, the jelly belly cart and the singing <a href="http://www.silentera.com/family/joeRichards.html?fbclid=IwAR2Vb8QbMRMAci2e0D-ARPOceBX5h6DaQjn2QQAwiVA-g0Q2nCsUAbRxuAk">flower man</a> who serenaded shoppers f</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">or many years performing songs from his retail flower cart</span><span> in front of "Joseph Magnin". I finally gave in one day and purchased his self published<a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/posts/2391656427557729"> LP</a>. I'm so glad I did. </span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTH60UO8XBag00iug2b4remulPwHPQuJFQNID1ztI_ypMav1DWEf_NANqTbrr1y5eqoHyYQxW-Q8So3hPNTeRRJAIedJUrGW32o10OWdh_Tsx84MOVf8srikrHfDa7Hph8NzXY_j9fRfR/s400/SingingFlowerman.jpg" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTH60UO8XBag00iug2b4remulPwHPQuJFQNID1ztI_ypMav1DWEf_NANqTbrr1y5eqoHyYQxW-Q8So3hPNTeRRJAIedJUrGW32o10OWdh_Tsx84MOVf8srikrHfDa7Hph8NzXY_j9fRfR/w521-h521/SingingFlowerman.jpg" width="521" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">And before "Bloomingdale's" and "Macy's" department stores, we had "The Broadway"& "Bullock’s". I got my ears pierced at the Broadway and </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">my first credit card was from Bullock's. My</span><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"> dad thought the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="il" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;">Century</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="il" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;">City Mall</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was actually called "</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">The Broadway" because you could see it’s huge signage from Santa Monica Blvd. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj142FhHYppy9mVYau3ySW_2hj8DeKcuZPD-fRc11Dlt2F8Wx-SrNcpunUb7q3pF97C4Y-dRrIqV6QZ1b6Mq1fgmmVTF2HBxzhPdsTfnAO0TSvbQe55WdJZeTnsel7D0TkkRLyKpN8LLGFM/s1394/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.48.05+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1394" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj142FhHYppy9mVYau3ySW_2hj8DeKcuZPD-fRc11Dlt2F8Wx-SrNcpunUb7q3pF97C4Y-dRrIqV6QZ1b6Mq1fgmmVTF2HBxzhPdsTfnAO0TSvbQe55WdJZeTnsel7D0TkkRLyKpN8LLGFM/w640-h588/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.48.05+PM.png" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>I vividly remember my mom buying me my first Swatch at Bullock's. What a memory!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYQS0CLredjYLhv67fcaIfCPycDuboCbinCevzuZ5AxkQHMb6d5cC8_2q_HqzypjqfbEiutGsrf9xh_7ooqfTjYCb3nVdA1pvA0BbAMoF9WqNVepeTFiX6HTy9U4MJ5sGApKssjDRrKOl/s500/12189876_10153702834206950_4523556521684447897_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="500" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYQS0CLredjYLhv67fcaIfCPycDuboCbinCevzuZ5AxkQHMb6d5cC8_2q_HqzypjqfbEiutGsrf9xh_7ooqfTjYCb3nVdA1pvA0BbAMoF9WqNVepeTFiX6HTy9U4MJ5sGApKssjDRrKOl/w640-h382/12189876_10153702834206950_4523556521684447897_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The original "Bullock's Department Store opened on Sept, 9, 1976</span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">All of these stores, boutiques, and department stores had individuality, contemporary space age design, and unique merchandise and I knew every crack in the pavement and every inch of the mall. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="370" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eDd5IuyoHJQ" width="445" youtube-src-id="eDd5IuyoHJQ"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Above is a mind blowing presentation of Century City shortly after it opened. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Some of this footage was filmed even earlier since it takes us through the entire duration of architect, Welton Becket’s vision of Century City after most of the old FOX lot was demolished to make way for the “future”. The Century Plaza, the Twin Towers, The ABC Entertainment Center, and of course the Century City mall. Please note how space age these sequences are. </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> And the use of early ‘70’s SYNTH makes this trippy documentary even more memorable!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlLddFiqrYy0Pu6Jk_lyV9so1GOkgwIeKnaPC6lFl1IWHv1BVDL8Y99KV8TBmTZXTQthFVhRjam6pHP0UxGBhPYDdTd5yTBfx92oyNeNPCJxXK0LVBCY0Ep7HdeuI5D_QTguSioY9Cack/s640/0-25.jpeg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlLddFiqrYy0Pu6Jk_lyV9so1GOkgwIeKnaPC6lFl1IWHv1BVDL8Y99KV8TBmTZXTQthFVhRjam6pHP0UxGBhPYDdTd5yTBfx92oyNeNPCJxXK0LVBCY0Ep7HdeuI5D_QTguSioY9Cack/w640-h426/0-25.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span>Century City during the 1980's. </span></b></span><b><span>You can see the Nickelodeon record store above. </span></b></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><b><span>"Heaven" was around the corner to the right. </span></b></span><b style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span>Photos: Vintage Los Angeles Archives</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioQ-4rvspQdNEoEvP1OF-7bg_P72Hi0jxW2Yj7bGoIcOXVIY0hFR5jeNUBj72U9r1FbShmId8CPfCca5JFvtXtj0EQvrS7DodqMYNFIZ7Qmrm48zaR7-092bkjW4dc95pVXvkg0OihUAj/s640/0-24.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="640" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioQ-4rvspQdNEoEvP1OF-7bg_P72Hi0jxW2Yj7bGoIcOXVIY0hFR5jeNUBj72U9r1FbShmId8CPfCca5JFvtXtj0EQvrS7DodqMYNFIZ7Qmrm48zaR7-092bkjW4dc95pVXvkg0OihUAj/w640-h424/0-24.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We always entered the mall from escalator 4. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbPvIiZevM9l_w6bKagVjJQIC3dYBOUA1z8qZrOLhc_TW8cYvnCUXM4PNwC_HSvgAhDmuzWiW7gtRjE4d38DbPPvKom3eH-zxAF2ypKwpLoKT3j42MTKRKvRddEzgpOfOOZafV9AWMD97/s1396/94220699_10216258186902952_1169944684793954304_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1396" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbPvIiZevM9l_w6bKagVjJQIC3dYBOUA1z8qZrOLhc_TW8cYvnCUXM4PNwC_HSvgAhDmuzWiW7gtRjE4d38DbPPvKom3eH-zxAF2ypKwpLoKT3j42MTKRKvRddEzgpOfOOZafV9AWMD97/w640-h458/94220699_10216258186902952_1169944684793954304_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">1980s, </span><b style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photo by Larry Ziff. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">As far as I can remember behind where the camera is in this pic above, there was a large open plaza new stand just to the left. They would set up a temporary stage for small events on weekends. I once saw John Denver wearing a canary yellow sport coat pass the stage. Another time I saw Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley trying on earrings at "Contempo Casuals". I kept there store bags because they reminded me of Patrick Nagel. </span></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxqStdasfqpPEkALdLBwsGpwblXhMq4llYA47iN1K_cvnBrNRcj_u5Nyg2IgZxF8Gwr3RwJTgo-03ciYAbKb4_oDLcvFhUb0-zkobGOAU0gB2QXEzZ3vsP_gk3mXcQIaAITSWr1Ub-v4t/s1125/68792207_10157346659823480_3311407115062476800_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1125" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxqStdasfqpPEkALdLBwsGpwblXhMq4llYA47iN1K_cvnBrNRcj_u5Nyg2IgZxF8Gwr3RwJTgo-03ciYAbKb4_oDLcvFhUb0-zkobGOAU0gB2QXEzZ3vsP_gk3mXcQIaAITSWr1Ub-v4t/w640-h538/68792207_10157346659823480_3311407115062476800_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRi3Xth396d9P_C1fQ28g-zpY-it_y4AYAE9yc5Da1J9__YV3QP4Pgt0eXCnMQKB-wZluFsMYeyBfGuod9ufFH4zC8RJCvZDgXMIXIlKQ6uG3-2lwb70oM5FWizYqO4rwejPHFqqsRJ05akvV9LFfUWqi36H0FP2lEJlJCGTt8vB9KVzW5ImEagcv_fg/s1798/308964289_10159944548828480_82371816201142306_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1798" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRi3Xth396d9P_C1fQ28g-zpY-it_y4AYAE9yc5Da1J9__YV3QP4Pgt0eXCnMQKB-wZluFsMYeyBfGuod9ufFH4zC8RJCvZDgXMIXIlKQ6uG3-2lwb70oM5FWizYqO4rwejPHFqqsRJ05akvV9LFfUWqi36H0FP2lEJlJCGTt8vB9KVzW5ImEagcv_fg/w640-h430/308964289_10159944548828480_82371816201142306_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="text-align: start;">The south stairs by Bullock’s - circa 1984. This image brings back a flood of memories. Even sensory ones. I can’t tell you how many times I walked up these stairs with my mother. </span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Contempo Casuals was on this side of the mall. It’s where I got all my back to school clothes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the other side of Bullock's there was a small greeting card store that sold the funniest cards. You couldn't get them anywhere else. </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;">Now let's get to the eateries. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;">We ate at the Century House quite a bit. You could practically walk directly onto that mid century roof that swooped down to the ground. </span></div></span></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-BmwxK0ZI1ftpA6fmbphBSm0EN_6MLX1qeul7BB5ckpNJ2EvTuNrcQ0GwGy6iLKb3nXHe1HJuCxTwSev13d1TA2ijyKvfubKOLfPDmR-P9bqkPJ65PUgfr4Cmk9hP2nH_9CnS94EucGq/s720/10446720_10152480269278480_5580944267885603915_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="720" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-BmwxK0ZI1ftpA6fmbphBSm0EN_6MLX1qeul7BB5ckpNJ2EvTuNrcQ0GwGy6iLKb3nXHe1HJuCxTwSev13d1TA2ijyKvfubKOLfPDmR-P9bqkPJ65PUgfr4Cmk9hP2nH_9CnS94EucGq/w640-h504/10446720_10152480269278480_5580944267885603915_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); clear: both; color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;">And</span><span style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"> n</span><span style="color: #222222;">ot too many know there was actually a "Clifton’s Cafeteria" </span>and a "Bob's Big Boy" in the mall too. </div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><div><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VVCcpGB5YTz3DjmbpDI_ZmtilOAxL7CRSx74Lz6q3TMziusDC99I9tLBwAykZuFVZyQ_OOvJwWE3jDaVvYcy9raSWqrA5WzrPjXMOjRONZzH1Tgaj68T4u2jIL4_wDeRgIX45akHCnhp/s1024/1071647_10151711145538480_1459129718_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="1024" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VVCcpGB5YTz3DjmbpDI_ZmtilOAxL7CRSx74Lz6q3TMziusDC99I9tLBwAykZuFVZyQ_OOvJwWE3jDaVvYcy9raSWqrA5WzrPjXMOjRONZzH1Tgaj68T4u2jIL4_wDeRgIX45akHCnhp/w640-h278/1071647_10151711145538480_1459129718_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: large;">I used to roller skate down the ramp from the second floor that led to "Gelson's" market which originally opened up as a "Mayfair" market. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEY89-dM2S8hn_j_EbC6nNlYbI7uelkFO4ZYbEGjTQzXMnZi-SWCCPQ_WNjNxLtLqCb3aEP8qO2nXgMDnFdsds4ej4g7eGdDLlBTZt_0ps1kHnQuoJBBieTkIrCAF2vINHwS4Y3uitVOV/s465/69427306_10157346659908480_5010308792231919616_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="465" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEY89-dM2S8hn_j_EbC6nNlYbI7uelkFO4ZYbEGjTQzXMnZi-SWCCPQ_WNjNxLtLqCb3aEP8qO2nXgMDnFdsds4ej4g7eGdDLlBTZt_0ps1kHnQuoJBBieTkIrCAF2vINHwS4Y3uitVOV/w640-h360/69427306_10157346659908480_5010308792231919616_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><span style="background-color: white;"><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">The market was extremely space-age back in the day. I can't tell you how many times I got lost in this market scaring the heck out of my mom. </span></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZhBJumwC1qoBwWSKvJogDwLAN9D22Ig5ARHeIHHCyLQxZGTJaddcT07fi8PP0wgI1okXETXnBryKTJ4UsZLxuZZPp9Vv0eVPQKZX3_vugo1Y4qHckEScl7e1jl2q97xRplyQigbmqLZl/s1024/472266_10150824578703480_1326697128_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1006" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZhBJumwC1qoBwWSKvJogDwLAN9D22Ig5ARHeIHHCyLQxZGTJaddcT07fi8PP0wgI1okXETXnBryKTJ4UsZLxuZZPp9Vv0eVPQKZX3_vugo1Y4qHckEScl7e1jl2q97xRplyQigbmqLZl/w628-h640/472266_10150824578703480_1326697128_o.jpg" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Hta8_SyfXSxR9rc-VKzanWdCNKRlcw_Htg9oDddve36D-dWOG2x4-vmcuSCJk0xEzl9PJyXLReQ8ZzunFuqJuljozUBTEbVtlN1-rglrf4L9hbmVyIs8pmgn2JlwNkfRrJrdGGIfbmGP/s351/580303_10151621897288480_317706758_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="351" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Hta8_SyfXSxR9rc-VKzanWdCNKRlcw_Htg9oDddve36D-dWOG2x4-vmcuSCJk0xEzl9PJyXLReQ8ZzunFuqJuljozUBTEbVtlN1-rglrf4L9hbmVyIs8pmgn2JlwNkfRrJrdGGIfbmGP/w529-h370/580303_10151621897288480_317706758_n.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Yamato Restaurant </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span>I adored "Yamato's". I went there with my parents so many times over the years. We usually sat in the main dining room with </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">Benihana</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"> </span>-like tables. I remember their private traditional Japanese rooms where you sat on the floor. One of the rooms had a pit under the table so you could let you legs dangle. Good Times!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVeGKOWQcczKwis2HAZ4EXqwUq7bGLR_1ZnYV_Y2Hgx5HUM0xAtHkUzOO79JeNLWrgkdrHLzFuLQ0m8n30nscmhkWmmrKzbh85xhW5ucDMp_fnxZmwWDFuroteMC2Y8o1AKxQh86Q1J13/s600/190511_10151531588579842_1367212014_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="600" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVeGKOWQcczKwis2HAZ4EXqwUq7bGLR_1ZnYV_Y2Hgx5HUM0xAtHkUzOO79JeNLWrgkdrHLzFuLQ0m8n30nscmhkWmmrKzbh85xhW5ucDMp_fnxZmwWDFuroteMC2Y8o1AKxQh86Q1J13/w408-h274/190511_10151531588579842_1367212014_n.jpg" width="408" /></a></div></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_y3mA6dLMIthNMD2F_1hMIA9Xprl9TSlhqi9I1K8VkNG8vcrsT1M1ufyJJRD7mkVuTXGaABFnd6mRuEkW2G3zuTn7ngu4ZDCX__ADytXtcyvTz_YwDOc4D8bTTmBTNE5HYY-O8xHyxoe/s2039/92492476_10218037592785504_7765896145045291008_o-1.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="1930" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_y3mA6dLMIthNMD2F_1hMIA9Xprl9TSlhqi9I1K8VkNG8vcrsT1M1ufyJJRD7mkVuTXGaABFnd6mRuEkW2G3zuTn7ngu4ZDCX__ADytXtcyvTz_YwDOc4D8bTTmBTNE5HYY-O8xHyxoe/w606-h640/92492476_10218037592785504_7765896145045291008_o-1.jpg" width="606" /></a></div></span></span><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>1986</b></span></div></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">And don’t even get me started on the ABC ENTERTAINMENT CENTER around the corner that was also senselessly demolished. The new CAA building replaced the ABC Entertainment Center which had contained the Playboy Club, the Schubert Theatre, The Plitt cinema, and the sites of various surrounding restaurants including Harry's Bar, The Plaza Four, The Century Club, Hamburger Hamlet, Yamato, and Senor Pico. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7M6T1VBkX-fB_vF20ALOta-5A-mtcIVIrEW5q9eGJ7ZfcLWotOHNy8csHquVijvyLiYtn2pAotLSbCsiuQkY2P9Sk_MZdzKMqElXAbINIkESJZtPHa0u2MQi_6M42d8sW04W055Ld98s_/s1488/117331412_3560229164028268_240992965492503405_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1488" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7M6T1VBkX-fB_vF20ALOta-5A-mtcIVIrEW5q9eGJ7ZfcLWotOHNy8csHquVijvyLiYtn2pAotLSbCsiuQkY2P9Sk_MZdzKMqElXAbINIkESJZtPHa0u2MQi_6M42d8sW04W055Ld98s_/w640-h424/117331412_3560229164028268_240992965492503405_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; 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color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"> Shubert Theatre and Plitt box office on the left</span></span></b></span></b></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKGOxLPAixNiiYlpj0fIsLJnFoHIfWvB4cLmctU0YAa27nP4eReVs6e2MOGBP-JERX1sFf2fspp6hKbDpvl5SCOD0eMrKlRFjVHFV_4EEYj72E5p7SkoZKmKiYDYZdFPX1Fr3X_eyuP1u/s512/IMG_7055.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="512" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKGOxLPAixNiiYlpj0fIsLJnFoHIfWvB4cLmctU0YAa27nP4eReVs6e2MOGBP-JERX1sFf2fspp6hKbDpvl5SCOD0eMrKlRFjVHFV_4EEYj72E5p7SkoZKmKiYDYZdFPX1Fr3X_eyuP1u/w640-h484/IMG_7055.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">The Playboy Club below the Plitt Theatre</span></span></p><div><div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9np_ehQ8dXs" width="385" youtube-src-id="9np_ehQ8dXs"></iframe></div><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"> Filmex was held at the ABC Entertainment Center from 1974 - 1981<br /></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Mayor Tom Bradly greeting movie goers during Filmex</span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOO4Qnck1anyWWW2Sqzc0XnC0KyQVS7lik9NeKHcY8e-NDjXCrllnvwRh4sz2OluY66SEUW568jku0jXm6gTtKWKADdIg-DfdDd5Bb7q2YkmU8FRItHrRmAHEQWr0k22zCXu-GKez-dov/s720/58649562_2287267677996605_3339179636318797824_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="720" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOO4Qnck1anyWWW2Sqzc0XnC0KyQVS7lik9NeKHcY8e-NDjXCrllnvwRh4sz2OluY66SEUW568jku0jXm6gTtKWKADdIg-DfdDd5Bb7q2YkmU8FRItHrRmAHEQWr0k22zCXu-GKez-dov/w473-h443/58649562_2287267677996605_3339179636318797824_n.jpg" width="473" /></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Mayor Tom Bradly greeting movie goers at the Plitt during Filmex</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="374" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aN_FF_hcwFA" width="450" youtube-src-id="aN_FF_hcwFA"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;">Olivia Newton John filmed her video for TOTALLY HOT at ABC Entertainment Center in Century City</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KejxU0cy6GQG913YI4TuRC9MgrNpvE3jQQhIeSCLu_c7HdrOgwfonbmutetSqktxnoBLLI_5EmVVWge_6e-PSZQPGLa2sOi7xxGAVAv_cLgsI-pYaryXqzRTLBBmxFpUUd5a_8iADrgH/s1322/0-4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="1063" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KejxU0cy6GQG913YI4TuRC9MgrNpvE3jQQhIeSCLu_c7HdrOgwfonbmutetSqktxnoBLLI_5EmVVWge_6e-PSZQPGLa2sOi7xxGAVAv_cLgsI-pYaryXqzRTLBBmxFpUUd5a_8iADrgH/w515-h640/0-4.jpeg" width="515" /></a></div></b><b><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;">A flyer I kept from 1984 when Madonna and Rosanna Arquette showed up to a public screening of "Desperately Seeking Susan"</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">News footage from Entertainment Tonight, 1985</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="322" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e2zDaqYHtWo" width="388" youtube-src-id="e2zDaqYHtWo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="397" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHPeIjFBYltairexPm3r1ICqvW5rDPR16vMHEaraJ03kYrOhvjXdQjRLZbx1b_8BHwqihFnYYpmobYrdAkPOU_fNnwrshLSfayij2s1kz2NOTR0eBk85UxmAXT2nKXPzUdMJ55SBm7Pr8/w509-h640/57411723_2287267871329919_4758895962368245760_n.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Shubert Theater located at the old ABC ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfzmehq_Br2WZeAOik2cypIM9-8bJdbP_m4FfZWyiOnB1wvIof2jH90jHfv1iMS2T8_HXc38yb1H3vMHdmQWLUe-5rzRjL2csGf3fr6VYntkKeCcjMXSdg2WKJFByhtpBWBx_sju1ygtj/s1280/58570511_2287267994663240_4153656682913726464_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfzmehq_Br2WZeAOik2cypIM9-8bJdbP_m4FfZWyiOnB1wvIof2jH90jHfv1iMS2T8_HXc38yb1H3vMHdmQWLUe-5rzRjL2csGf3fr6VYntkKeCcjMXSdg2WKJFByhtpBWBx_sju1ygtj/w640-h480/58570511_2287267994663240_4153656682913726464_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>It closed on July 27, 2003 and was demolished the following year to build the new CAA offices. I've never gotten over it. </b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>The Playboy Club below the Plitt Theatre</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>THE CENTURY PLAZA</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8b_qwWnoXq05BM1drH_aIhyphenhyphenNzzM4cLDScO_6EU3RIrB4jCQIqjHuI5vT1HdJc8T2yOwxpJKR9flpMM1AWBWh3o1wK8Nm0sdq6jhUWJ_nHyGk_lXEV7poVwSAbeeGuH2zIQu8Kn4PmVow/s1590/468462_415272991862759_118911196_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1027" height="747" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8b_qwWnoXq05BM1drH_aIhyphenhyphenNzzM4cLDScO_6EU3RIrB4jCQIqjHuI5vT1HdJc8T2yOwxpJKR9flpMM1AWBWh3o1wK8Nm0sdq6jhUWJ_nHyGk_lXEV7poVwSAbeeGuH2zIQu8Kn4PmVow/w483-h747/468462_415272991862759_118911196_o.jpg" width="483" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">POSTCARD READS: The Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars, adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers and the Century City Mall.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Architect: Minoru Yamasaki</span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBcVkGpfFzfGuaJGrWDLSiSLknMQVs8DT2Sp5_DzUEsvKAzB6chkRVkH2i4ImsCW8aROzW5I7A5tEQP12b8QuOncMRI7u7yxjl-eeiLquxVuVlAzNBzYGPWXzOqRlJxVeTZdgjo4O2d5w/s960/22815496_10155875860069700_2452374142290239386_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="960" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBcVkGpfFzfGuaJGrWDLSiSLknMQVs8DT2Sp5_DzUEsvKAzB6chkRVkH2i4ImsCW8aROzW5I7A5tEQP12b8QuOncMRI7u7yxjl-eeiLquxVuVlAzNBzYGPWXzOqRlJxVeTZdgjo4O2d5w/w640-h448/22815496_10155875860069700_2452374142290239386_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Century Plaza. Thankfully the hotel is landmarked</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDWPQq9HqT3oDgpZdVetTbRluLRnCHa_gIJGEAIxYh6NJ6RcipZ2kj_iFGhlt96ILsvnxy1fXtjR-gfbkaBrKHqLiLDLos9iYctwa1mD0a2riCQ8QnOS6fyMvdSeIaZnbSPtv-YO9DVpQ/s1121/90579706_2966482286741804_8891669135604318208_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1121" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDWPQq9HqT3oDgpZdVetTbRluLRnCHa_gIJGEAIxYh6NJ6RcipZ2kj_iFGhlt96ILsvnxy1fXtjR-gfbkaBrKHqLiLDLos9iYctwa1mD0a2riCQ8QnOS6fyMvdSeIaZnbSPtv-YO9DVpQ/w640-h400/90579706_2966482286741804_8891669135604318208_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>Parking lot across the street from the Century Plaza in 1968. This lot eventually became the ABC Entertainment Center. (Now demolished) </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uO2beZ0Uuz8gVQf9FeMeSMAnuD0aEyPhhyFvydWdEZmrIEEBV9d0Rtd_rBPd1XPHaRqltvOx6HTrwUyN5L2K5r4Qjj8RnLpf3KhNUfpBc5Lq9rcBvQUdEY5Ppb6fjBSNCB4G3Aj-6O0x/s2048/332040_10151115272053480_1324639567_o.jpg" style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="2048" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uO2beZ0Uuz8gVQf9FeMeSMAnuD0aEyPhhyFvydWdEZmrIEEBV9d0Rtd_rBPd1XPHaRqltvOx6HTrwUyN5L2K5r4Qjj8RnLpf3KhNUfpBc5Lq9rcBvQUdEY5Ppb6fjBSNCB4G3Aj-6O0x/w583-h304/332040_10151115272053480_1324639567_o.jpg" width="583" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">My father performed at the Century Plaza in 1969</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0VXt7zL7mftM608ZpnWadVECUvTdjz2LBDj70sVOKDPNqXBGfPAnFi56q4atEbluyyhqyTmVuV11DFQPc2cCVNyLDDDdLvH_uGpo9ZPncLVTWV6A9xQJ6XqS8kl4bgdbC-Gjf_h-vn8Z/s960/10933963_836422866414434_1763622790285554847_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="960" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0VXt7zL7mftM608ZpnWadVECUvTdjz2LBDj70sVOKDPNqXBGfPAnFi56q4atEbluyyhqyTmVuV11DFQPc2cCVNyLDDDdLvH_uGpo9ZPncLVTWV6A9xQJ6XqS8kl4bgdbC-Gjf_h-vn8Z/w640-h468/10933963_836422866414434_1763622790285554847_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">“I can see for miles and miles and miles....</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8 lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/KeithMoonOfficial?__tn__=-]K*F" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0"><div class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Keith Moon</div></a></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(drummer of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8 lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/thewho/?__tn__=kK*F" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0"><div class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">The Who</div></a></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">) and Century Plaza in Century City. 1970s</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2UMh_h1lJriHaR2hxwPf8yYLcRgpIXfmMlmVQcbbW4GntgpIQiqR6UPzJkpHRdMf6URyhuJ14vOD9-hbR8AwIHcW-CUp9Sk8haahPI2YEjSXHWlpbeidWcbhE8lCT2fmUeSNr7amGmKP/s1177/1654537_664350540288335_317744204_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1177" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2UMh_h1lJriHaR2hxwPf8yYLcRgpIXfmMlmVQcbbW4GntgpIQiqR6UPzJkpHRdMf6URyhuJ14vOD9-hbR8AwIHcW-CUp9Sk8haahPI2YEjSXHWlpbeidWcbhE8lCT2fmUeSNr7amGmKP/w567-h434/1654537_664350540288335_317744204_o.jpg" width="567" /></a></div></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Above is an office from theABC Entertainment Center looking west to the Century Plaza Hotel. The original ultra modern design of Century City had the most rewarding and expansive outdoor long views ever built in Los Angeles. This was a production office in Century City Towers for SelecTV in the 1980s. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photo: Kent A</span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">damson</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zvtgWPZlYs5mmBWho5rBV6N-Z_u_te0_p9_C3u7IPnuIQLtDnOoM_R2KVUkSBXfzSmdu1KpME7inPCEy9fh_wBpyciQ4OWegi0yoeOmJkvIx3I5K9gnO8ubo2xPIWeATTTnkY3IPyv_X/s2048/1039837_622845361059592_524253793_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="2048" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zvtgWPZlYs5mmBWho5rBV6N-Z_u_te0_p9_C3u7IPnuIQLtDnOoM_R2KVUkSBXfzSmdu1KpME7inPCEy9fh_wBpyciQ4OWegi0yoeOmJkvIx3I5K9gnO8ubo2xPIWeATTTnkY3IPyv_X/w640-h442/1039837_622845361059592_524253793_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: large;">View from the Century Plaza Hotel looking across Ave. of the Stars towards the ABC Entertainment Center and Shubert Theater when Evita played the 2,100 seat venue in 1980. Opened in 1972, both were demolished in 2002 for office buildings. Photo: Richard Wojcik</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;">Below is a series of photos taken at the old<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="il" style="text-size-adjust: auto;">Century</span><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="il" style="text-size-adjust: auto;">City</span><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mall. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">These magical moments all took place directly outside Judy’s and Joseph Magnin</span><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqqTa5x6KyMU2mwO4wfXx7sNPeLWIUxV6zDA6OLj3odAjtDI5vzaoCV0bpe1pgpdFuI4KS599Kn9Dqkkc52i9J4WGHy1IFpEvKCU_gaQ5P11ur5A800O3cAxwm5p5DktivTMzDpwA9Rcx/s800/118986905_3415397135183648_5126053390046404636_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="800" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqqTa5x6KyMU2mwO4wfXx7sNPeLWIUxV6zDA6OLj3odAjtDI5vzaoCV0bpe1pgpdFuI4KS599Kn9Dqkkc52i9J4WGHy1IFpEvKCU_gaQ5P11ur5A800O3cAxwm5p5DktivTMzDpwA9Rcx/w640-h440/118986905_3415397135183648_5126053390046404636_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;">The Nimoy’s taking a stroll in 1969 </span></b></div></span></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27iemplcMnUHQ0dqA6xEunLUXK78CAq-7hCFBNdXQmSUhoJXSKsl0Hiiv4utBPqlHcu7Qyb5IWGLKkEOVzzI3GzvYCZlw1bZj-uo2aITly0D1CY-FjwtAiNA8SF1sW66CWPR6OiU72wk2/s767/Tom+Snyder.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="767" height="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27iemplcMnUHQ0dqA6xEunLUXK78CAq-7hCFBNdXQmSUhoJXSKsl0Hiiv4utBPqlHcu7Qyb5IWGLKkEOVzzI3GzvYCZlw1bZj-uo2aITly0D1CY-FjwtAiNA8SF1sW66CWPR6OiU72wk2/w568-h539/Tom+Snyder.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Tom Snyder hosting a 1970 KNBC Sunday afternoon special</b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJMom0Kq4LBDBdYVDRxv46CxYDAkBBqeY2veTRtn36gXy0Yv2LbvrXn20fIjwoJfVLl22XNNEMAQTXb7hE2YHzDD8IPTZnICyQCAQvTHTJGPAVO9GY2etl96P_-3K1s8-dTHdbAxWq05k/s960/0-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="960" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJMom0Kq4LBDBdYVDRxv46CxYDAkBBqeY2veTRtn36gXy0Yv2LbvrXn20fIjwoJfVLl22XNNEMAQTXb7hE2YHzDD8IPTZnICyQCAQvTHTJGPAVO9GY2etl96P_-3K1s8-dTHdbAxWq05k/w640-h460/0-1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><b style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> The famous Jelly Belly cart </b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZ0ttiaoDRmWDN_trZfBwnveeL_zD3ofmR_FsSoEUNMdyOEdx1IHN-gF4Sjvlff7c8buPDPTT4K-ErEBsbJzuqzaCFd5Uqp_YAbO5M7cdoVhM0sMIQlRZSFkziZSTgODoew_3LbU0K06-/s750/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="750" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZ0ttiaoDRmWDN_trZfBwnveeL_zD3ofmR_FsSoEUNMdyOEdx1IHN-gF4Sjvlff7c8buPDPTT4K-ErEBsbJzuqzaCFd5Uqp_YAbO5M7cdoVhM0sMIQlRZSFkziZSTgODoew_3LbU0K06-/w640-h600/unnamed.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Gary Owens onstage with contestants for the ‘Most Beautiful Ape’ contest during promotion for “Conquest for the Planet of the Apes” in </span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">June 14, 1972</span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapVye86QmOwAb0hIAzksxxgDYBaIK3jyQbMngzK9T7_VhZMjC_uqDE4Ome2ko2O8J1TParO0WtDK6v1NN76T6GrUSBA1XuHEMYaFG2xXF8FteFYIjKUBpS4MdwMNjLJmPD8PmMXK-5-Tc/s800/0-2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="800" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapVye86QmOwAb0hIAzksxxgDYBaIK3jyQbMngzK9T7_VhZMjC_uqDE4Ome2ko2O8J1TParO0WtDK6v1NN76T6GrUSBA1XuHEMYaFG2xXF8FteFYIjKUBpS4MdwMNjLJmPD8PmMXK-5-Tc/w640-h312/0-2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Joe Richards, also known as “The Singing Flower Man”. </b></span></span></span><b style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">UCLA Archives</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">_________________________________________________________________________________</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shops</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBn7Kji2Kd4sW11u9M2F84NM-r3Yov3lUAr7jDpONuOgaNzAeUEKKibhpcRnMclMaQu5jgbt6oBAxayQeL9LuqW_zOKoLaedfWNITYlkS6IrI0CaR0A4oQ8dLJHDqurnYxNTOWL8EqrSad/s884/0-3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="649" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBn7Kji2Kd4sW11u9M2F84NM-r3Yov3lUAr7jDpONuOgaNzAeUEKKibhpcRnMclMaQu5jgbt6oBAxayQeL9LuqW_zOKoLaedfWNITYlkS6IrI0CaR0A4oQ8dLJHDqurnYxNTOWL8EqrSad/w470-h640/0-3.jpeg" width="470" /></a></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Joseph Magnin</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3xlfFqoNO7cmO9lmIMkdrlY43YQpDHV2B6VrzJwUnSp17pxbMw63Wtja3uvyE7d0ESgwINnUxDKj6Vv5WL9Y_eDN9oHvD_2UV2nur2i6sV__ct5Im6HQfUwwi4gu_67eiajp7N11Wdf4/s960/56947074_1452680564874020_3026123614756798464_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="960" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3xlfFqoNO7cmO9lmIMkdrlY43YQpDHV2B6VrzJwUnSp17pxbMw63Wtja3uvyE7d0ESgwINnUxDKj6Vv5WL9Y_eDN9oHvD_2UV2nur2i6sV__ct5Im6HQfUwwi4gu_67eiajp7N11Wdf4/w527-h356/56947074_1452680564874020_3026123614756798464_n.jpg" width="527" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Field's</span></b></span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmeuGdB7yTvK-Xm2LBun1gjS8068Epu0lJocCBWKsXCNL5ufq_JGxNylDgm3Zbeo51Lbe8ibms7WKTKkgyGbhOfH_v-U-HHlCmejtc1LI9HqjX2VcyD5DzJWmhBufxkSBsHeCIOk2WICyB/s706/315768_10151280391773480_750913609_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="706" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmeuGdB7yTvK-Xm2LBun1gjS8068Epu0lJocCBWKsXCNL5ufq_JGxNylDgm3Zbeo51Lbe8ibms7WKTKkgyGbhOfH_v-U-HHlCmejtc1LI9HqjX2VcyD5DzJWmhBufxkSBsHeCIOk2WICyB/w640-h416/315768_10151280391773480_750913609_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Fashion Lady</span></b></div></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOHg-5hXz8rR4QF5rpjzcykBOQcq4Mqyt0JY25dpvDZ8l8x6LJjlTjyrOyEG1CE8WSC-iVAcws7hzX1izi4X0-_azaXx-aMFuqzj4WmLVcAs6eRhfQA5ckBdL55b7t1_lJXHHtXWdeUVX/s2048/290700_283641548313310_1105597387_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOHg-5hXz8rR4QF5rpjzcykBOQcq4Mqyt0JY25dpvDZ8l8x6LJjlTjyrOyEG1CE8WSC-iVAcws7hzX1izi4X0-_azaXx-aMFuqzj4WmLVcAs6eRhfQA5ckBdL55b7t1_lJXHHtXWdeUVX/w640-h434/290700_283641548313310_1105597387_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">I could have sworn this was my own grandmother at Century City in 1970. </span></b><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Fields" is in the distance</span></b><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqVyjoE7-gb4XYFMWcMZ8NwDPeKXTlftWocowGPzYLG6wmS1CzgWR23sDMAe02v8LtqqW0XGZpfU6dEmMceD6936aSyOdGI0dp00zEGQaGuz0PfRzy-1QVhUks_kpNJSsm8yzG6QvTrXo/s960/17265137_10155061086178480_7442918519000858911_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="674" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqVyjoE7-gb4XYFMWcMZ8NwDPeKXTlftWocowGPzYLG6wmS1CzgWR23sDMAe02v8LtqqW0XGZpfU6dEmMceD6936aSyOdGI0dp00zEGQaGuz0PfRzy-1QVhUks_kpNJSsm8yzG6QvTrXo/w450-h640/17265137_10155061086178480_7442918519000858911_n.jpg" width="450" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>"Judy's' employees wearing "Judy's" clothing in front of the store. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Photo courtesy of Shaune Steele who later went on to marry radio legend, "The Read Don Steele"</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHstcpaJyAguC8Xvh22ja1fvvPD_UVv2gQ4M3qMyNnw9amHfjWCBwkA25lxOpnrM0p3RYOvZAy-sV3bIaWufO8Zol2bC1LoU5SQ5IZ9dp0ZCH2K8KztVFYamzkVaAEm-pmhXrxtPqW-9u/s761/999197_10151776707461950_1283003194_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHstcpaJyAguC8Xvh22ja1fvvPD_UVv2gQ4M3qMyNnw9amHfjWCBwkA25lxOpnrM0p3RYOvZAy-sV3bIaWufO8Zol2bC1LoU5SQ5IZ9dp0ZCH2K8KztVFYamzkVaAEm-pmhXrxtPqW-9u/w504-h640/999197_10151776707461950_1283003194_n.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Still to this day I still have a white plastic Judy's clothing hanger and bag that I've kept since the 80s. </b></div></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb4j8STlhIg_UBDerQRSeOcegQ6v_0yzQbBr28MnYdZHYrnpIXVgfF77juXnYF0MDElTb0KFKTBkbW-uuxDp1VQl7kVPXhutImf6KWbdJ9mU2HJa2cuyRgqkuTtxCzyHKF8wzDpPd949w/s1500/11872057_10153512512668480_5955426755440024234_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1500" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb4j8STlhIg_UBDerQRSeOcegQ6v_0yzQbBr28MnYdZHYrnpIXVgfF77juXnYF0MDElTb0KFKTBkbW-uuxDp1VQl7kVPXhutImf6KWbdJ9mU2HJa2cuyRgqkuTtxCzyHKF8wzDpPd949w/w640-h548/11872057_10153512512668480_5955426755440024234_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Mall directory in front of the Broadway. <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"> The flower power mural for Joseph Magnin in the distance.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7omygs2j3nvCBMLb4EtYlyTBdf5bXxOhNinFiNUSlXcX8j8-X225psTO3UOvlTUdWQYMr0qVbqHYSyljuXPsAhyZEvNIOHzEGYBVLdUrm5-9Axoo9PRcLgj2iTnX6SnlWxu1T0yccDTo/s1396/94242496_10216260640364287_1284161278377459712_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1396" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7omygs2j3nvCBMLb4EtYlyTBdf5bXxOhNinFiNUSlXcX8j8-X225psTO3UOvlTUdWQYMr0qVbqHYSyljuXPsAhyZEvNIOHzEGYBVLdUrm5-9Axoo9PRcLgj2iTnX6SnlWxu1T0yccDTo/w640-h458/94242496_10216260640364287_1284161278377459712_o.jpg" width="640" /></a>Joseph Magnin in the 1980s. I used to love their gift boxes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo: Larry Ziff</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The 44-story Theme Towers were designed by Minoru Yamasaki and completed in 1975, four years after the World Trade Center was finished. Yamasaki also designed the Century Plaza Hotel. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclghHOP6ppnFW67Dqlu71dAiuMpW2PZitRTQ8cJrx2dfsLsII_MmiszWE4U-6rDcZOCEVJqx3sKAKup-N335OCCTfnJqYJ1atyhN8ZGNYcWfPo00bWMF_GxOOagn9iIxxcYprfRwZAHx7/s1440/122011990_3538337056222988_8102435370174715799_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1008" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclghHOP6ppnFW67Dqlu71dAiuMpW2PZitRTQ8cJrx2dfsLsII_MmiszWE4U-6rDcZOCEVJqx3sKAKup-N335OCCTfnJqYJ1atyhN8ZGNYcWfPo00bWMF_GxOOagn9iIxxcYprfRwZAHx7/w448-h640/122011990_3538337056222988_8102435370174715799_o.jpg" width="448" /></a></div></b></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The outdoor Gelson's parking lot. The Century Towers seems so tall back then. I remember the Venturi effect between those buildings sped any breeze up to speeds that could turn your jacket into a sail. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_gVsJjmhTqJQyvJFkG8QcryHztpNm5ewFyoynVETwgNnluvRaB59VP_bDT38wz8eaLjCmm1K4fqqmmNG0FlSNdRo2j4G85Exriqpmva8CInAdmqwsbowebLfYu19UVSI0t2jCmDnF7p-/s960/122039753_3538337019556325_7893728486748021395_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="628" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_gVsJjmhTqJQyvJFkG8QcryHztpNm5ewFyoynVETwgNnluvRaB59VP_bDT38wz8eaLjCmm1K4fqqmmNG0FlSNdRo2j4G85Exriqpmva8CInAdmqwsbowebLfYu19UVSI0t2jCmDnF7p-/w418-h640/122039753_3538337019556325_7893728486748021395_n.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Also the offices in Remington Steele. </b></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSlIHDBX02JVwG7ym32XHjat1gwIGLts2ztj_DSwJ-bTYPIL-YL6pf85KtagySciLZo3bIHvkuKj83bsx7os_gT0Xjp6sBWMXxPH9ybAOmcCvQE1Gacs2Atf6t33KmMZF4bFDq0bm239O/s1024/323469_10150573369448480_812672307_o.jpg" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="1024" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSlIHDBX02JVwG7ym32XHjat1gwIGLts2ztj_DSwJ-bTYPIL-YL6pf85KtagySciLZo3bIHvkuKj83bsx7os_gT0Xjp6sBWMXxPH9ybAOmcCvQE1Gacs2Atf6t33KmMZF4bFDq0bm239O/w640-h412/323469_10150573369448480_812672307_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from Santa Monica of the Century House and the Broadway</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgoOzXtdnRtDWkbKDOlaq5rC9f4SFHC-IfMUYYhY96tYxDkKhI0X_PIYMrSV093ZRMrA1EduG2-8BCk5pCW-qsUOKYA7jzCHXuGxVuv43v8RqTPs-iNOMOgDihWZ_LBVNY7MSUZ9XbBsH/s1600/03_Century+Square+plan_1965.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgoOzXtdnRtDWkbKDOlaq5rC9f4SFHC-IfMUYYhY96tYxDkKhI0X_PIYMrSV093ZRMrA1EduG2-8BCk5pCW-qsUOKYA7jzCHXuGxVuv43v8RqTPs-iNOMOgDihWZ_LBVNY7MSUZ9XbBsH/w634-h640/03_Century+Square+plan_1965.JPG" width="634" /></a></div></b><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Map of stores, late 60s</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquCPnfgIRe94VT2KQ1dgnupL7BO2EVw_1gKET1QqNAU_OHAG8jV05dSJ5NuC1jVKiAmsmlCFIhyphenhyphenMAY9aNGccC5W0acfudR3McJR9TmtvAATRPZb9TDuZoIuBc4N4Vg1D6W_suxTPlFxmt/s720/179625_149727378417323_7509681_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="720" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquCPnfgIRe94VT2KQ1dgnupL7BO2EVw_1gKET1QqNAU_OHAG8jV05dSJ5NuC1jVKiAmsmlCFIhyphenhyphenMAY9aNGccC5W0acfudR3McJR9TmtvAATRPZb9TDuZoIuBc4N4Vg1D6W_suxTPlFxmt/w640-h404/179625_149727378417323_7509681_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Joseph Magnin, 1967</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHetk9M7Ppu5-MSiIcPB4t3YwodEYUc-a9jUvKSaorDVNgsKz9NsB0i5xxE9IWvzdFiVxUfn1cm3ATNCCttBbAPJ04ixd1Grep2r8RIimc7o9EnUQTXE45Leu2uy6QYV3YP3xLudBrZK6D/s720/525823_3565593541584_452426188_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="353" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHetk9M7Ppu5-MSiIcPB4t3YwodEYUc-a9jUvKSaorDVNgsKz9NsB0i5xxE9IWvzdFiVxUfn1cm3ATNCCttBbAPJ04ixd1Grep2r8RIimc7o9EnUQTXE45Leu2uy6QYV3YP3xLudBrZK6D/w314-h640/525823_3565593541584_452426188_n.jpg" width="314" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The stores in the top crease are Bejeweled, Gaierie Michael and Party Cove--bottom crease is Lindberg Nutrition and Windsor Fashions</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">During the 80s and 90s, if we weren't seeing movies in Westwood, we would be at the Plitt Theatre or the AMC Century City Theatres following a browse though Brentanos Bookstore. One time we saw Gene Kelly standing by the best sellers section. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfzOVEt02gz4C3OnCmqFePOC7XwVh9-qd_bIm6ujz7gNp3vrqI_Fr55VbDBhz4Orvs2WXvJod2mAuWuu_bQdDaBcRL7J6RpQPe2cxJMBkt_yH6znLdKCTkzP8s8_HrZW1yF-5tCDmL3my/s1763/0-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="1763" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfzOVEt02gz4C3OnCmqFePOC7XwVh9-qd_bIm6ujz7gNp3vrqI_Fr55VbDBhz4Orvs2WXvJod2mAuWuu_bQdDaBcRL7J6RpQPe2cxJMBkt_yH6znLdKCTkzP8s8_HrZW1yF-5tCDmL3my/w640-h480/0-1.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Bags from the "Broadway", "Bullock's" and "Judy's" </b></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: large;"><b>Ad for "Nickelodeon" </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTKQgTMll_Nym1jiw5tX_JE5kWLx667ZqEVex9QIspEgwinvMH6fMibQdMNvyy8O7w_jPYnDbFvG2Ttoc0_OYpO5Ydj83V3ID_2FLjMe3Yuo1pCsghv_qIMeNFxR0c4jsuPMIHqRQLmOl/s1120/47687170_10156743094853480_5041724261799034880_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="1120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTKQgTMll_Nym1jiw5tX_JE5kWLx667ZqEVex9QIspEgwinvMH6fMibQdMNvyy8O7w_jPYnDbFvG2Ttoc0_OYpO5Ydj83V3ID_2FLjMe3Yuo1pCsghv_qIMeNFxR0c4jsuPMIHqRQLmOl/w640-h320/47687170_10156743094853480_5041724261799034880_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Business card for the "Bijou"</span></b><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3h-UFSndY0tYfcPu6bw_SwDev8pBlqPMKlQd5Wok-A5wHELUboO2pf7D1H-uqmrwrpdnQPQemjFCX0tkg4wVfNwPf999Wyr-AU1dSIh94fx-XkRTpfm41EMXs6D7uB8kKd7rDqrAQIg3b/s640/0-26.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="640" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3h-UFSndY0tYfcPu6bw_SwDev8pBlqPMKlQd5Wok-A5wHELUboO2pf7D1H-uqmrwrpdnQPQemjFCX0tkg4wVfNwPf999Wyr-AU1dSIh94fx-XkRTpfm41EMXs6D7uB8kKd7rDqrAQIg3b/w640-h312/0-26.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>A rare postcard featuring "<a href="http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2020/12/heaven-im-in-heaven.html">Heaven"</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij48azXJxgxuofo0KWiuLlITYRhJHsqp5bZghpI_DFfZ2tXTtvhLzQ8dT99tE8YpObAsvHwOQ1MEo6L9I7h74eUOjZW9yioy7Mqz8RDs-WC_ZexrHBNCp8NGgHGSZ_X7fAkU3OJZEE-a-F/s2048/338501_283641038313361_1402310558_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1698" data-original-width="2048" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij48azXJxgxuofo0KWiuLlITYRhJHsqp5bZghpI_DFfZ2tXTtvhLzQ8dT99tE8YpObAsvHwOQ1MEo6L9I7h74eUOjZW9yioy7Mqz8RDs-WC_ZexrHBNCp8NGgHGSZ_X7fAkU3OJZEE-a-F/w640-h530/338501_283641038313361_1402310558_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Century City, 1984</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>________________________________________________________</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;">A groovy spread for LIFE MAGAZINE of popular actresses in the spring of 1968</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;">. Love seeing those old fountains across the way from the old ABC entertainment center too. </span></span></div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqRxcVspSceHj8W4Qp0NeAOuKvMFIqINyMyGIiaavsn0fvSV9uVT6BK7tXG63paexcQrRX9TAvhGJohi1Z1w0cINW7jRp_qp3ugvAs5suQk8Ecft_7xOM3Q8Qzg7CsiXZx39LeUrrmrRU/s1342/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.43.43+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="680" height="718" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqRxcVspSceHj8W4Qp0NeAOuKvMFIqINyMyGIiaavsn0fvSV9uVT6BK7tXG63paexcQrRX9TAvhGJohi1Z1w0cINW7jRp_qp3ugvAs5suQk8Ecft_7xOM3Q8Qzg7CsiXZx39LeUrrmrRU/w364-h718/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.43.43+PM.png" width="364" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b>Sharon Tate</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: medium; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Sharon Tate, who was in Valley Of The Dolls, and is married to Polish director, Roman Polanski, wears a chiffon blouse and a petal tiered skirt designed for the Garment Works by Barbra Dulian. ($70 Dollars)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jINiV_p5LHBpBMf65zMbLgHaJknq-Dy2Vbh36dTTqRMF4mWJG97xczVlTOahZ-kswAsrvBvL-sZ0c7avZLNjHT1vYfRxVqLNXS_MTOM9o8GNKcZvAPGZQm3O9cwaS6_hvDbbiDJ4mwX1/s1356/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.33.27+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="688" height="1119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jINiV_p5LHBpBMf65zMbLgHaJknq-Dy2Vbh36dTTqRMF4mWJG97xczVlTOahZ-kswAsrvBvL-sZ0c7avZLNjHT1vYfRxVqLNXS_MTOM9o8GNKcZvAPGZQm3O9cwaS6_hvDbbiDJ4mwX1/w568-h1119/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.33.27+PM.png" width="568" /></a></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Peggy Lipton</span></b></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Sheltered by a steel sculpture in the Century City Mall exhibit,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Peggy Lipton</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"> who will play a cop next fall on a new TV show called, “The Mod Squad” wears a dress of Indian cotton trimmed with mirror embroidery from “Chequer West , $35 dollars</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gv4CdmzI0EZFKOGTA3h31FJ_C7DDa5SB_Ktw9Wg0ofd7VuruTK14XqwM3pw2LZN4dF6KCZu50laFOkwojrfdU1RJ3hokcRvM_N_0YGgbGRnZneaCqmdxg-2kezpe1cIbZDgjRaiwuE_v/s960/10599727_773177309405657_5333558168850809918_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="804" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gv4CdmzI0EZFKOGTA3h31FJ_C7DDa5SB_Ktw9Wg0ofd7VuruTK14XqwM3pw2LZN4dF6KCZu50laFOkwojrfdU1RJ3hokcRvM_N_0YGgbGRnZneaCqmdxg-2kezpe1cIbZDgjRaiwuE_v/w536-h640/10599727_773177309405657_5333558168850809918_n.jpg" width="536" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Gayle Hunnicutt who modeled before she began acting, shows off a hand painted batik dress as decorative as the mosaic wall behind her. It was designed for the Rose Revived by Laura Labby ($459). </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">Gayle in front of the mosaic ties at Joseph Magnin </span></span><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92G1mk7DgvKRPw97GtFevUdjOJZtS11eMvAsJB5VY-Ba9CNCEqnTbiWZAHiVKaqF0O9XBrxpjT-GJWuKl8hlvJI3ybmVl3uUJnql5P95WiDHddgrzsCvDJCOF11BgLgAxQQbw02yPQ_tQ/s1326/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.34.56+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="722" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92G1mk7DgvKRPw97GtFevUdjOJZtS11eMvAsJB5VY-Ba9CNCEqnTbiWZAHiVKaqF0O9XBrxpjT-GJWuKl8hlvJI3ybmVl3uUJnql5P95WiDHddgrzsCvDJCOF11BgLgAxQQbw02yPQ_tQ/w348-h640/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.34.56+PM.png" width="348" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;">Christine Ferrare </b></div></span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">“Brighting the doorway of an office building known as Gateway West, Christine Ferrare, soon to appear in her first movie, wears a high-waisted dress of Sari fabric<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto;" /></span><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: medium;">($85 dollars) from “The Candy Happening”.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W6cmbgBXHZQhXVs7scv3FB1zsB1oZUgYTIFZ8Em2fGfVHOuvxeIitYEjedMcE3mxM2CV4iEoWlI8fKLuItgjH7Vn2gF6GJq-v6Y_vATwHxytkf3lJnQg1f51Da6f3oYMyKOhbKVktbMG/s2048/104431954_3356108241066610_1823991530050445285_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="2048" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W6cmbgBXHZQhXVs7scv3FB1zsB1oZUgYTIFZ8Em2fGfVHOuvxeIitYEjedMcE3mxM2CV4iEoWlI8fKLuItgjH7Vn2gF6GJq-v6Y_vATwHxytkf3lJnQg1f51Da6f3oYMyKOhbKVktbMG/w640-h538/104431954_3356108241066610_1823991530050445285_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Jacqueline Bisset </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">"A gay pattern is displayed by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8 lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/Jacqueline-Bisset-107748325915040/?__tn__=kK*F" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0"><div class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jacqueline Bisset</span></div></a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">, who replaced Mia Farrow in The Detective. The Bandanna-print blouse and skirt ($28) were designed by Arlen Frantsvaag for the Pleasure Dome”</span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBQFpDvEvTTkKLAP2YGVn8OA6VNsZUns1qfaq2V3R7kPkOP4IKDva-o_21YcB09K5g_E93WYoX9pFcAKVjPprVQNLPji9WAk7s8BmR4RZ5hpqUUYewHs5VKfuDlelCOo9HxhvVngC8Cdb/s1410/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.36.44+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1238" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBQFpDvEvTTkKLAP2YGVn8OA6VNsZUns1qfaq2V3R7kPkOP4IKDva-o_21YcB09K5g_E93WYoX9pFcAKVjPprVQNLPji9WAk7s8BmR4RZ5hpqUUYewHs5VKfuDlelCOo9HxhvVngC8Cdb/w562-h640/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.36.44+PM.png" width="562" /></a></div></span><b style="font-family: trebuchet;">Leigh Taylor Young</b></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Curled into a piece of sculpture,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Leigh Taylor-Young</span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start;">, who appeared in Peyton Place wears a floral printed and tent shaped dress called an Aba. This from “Chequer West’. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">(Costs $75 dollars)</span></div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsjmFMSPFUmb0DV5w7eupaKxvlNAMJooMXTNMeRD2wLUOgY6TbtHYpgjMYVH7cPjJwLfCEL2rwvR2zfKYufad4n8IbXq9kiQF5rjBWHxDOQbtSRVe1OwSfA70Qsd_804Mv_eRboj-Ry5P/s500/545852_10150918310743480_2004215930_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="317" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsjmFMSPFUmb0DV5w7eupaKxvlNAMJooMXTNMeRD2wLUOgY6TbtHYpgjMYVH7cPjJwLfCEL2rwvR2zfKYufad4n8IbXq9kiQF5rjBWHxDOQbtSRVe1OwSfA70Qsd_804Mv_eRboj-Ry5P/w406-h640/545852_10150918310743480_2004215930_n.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Goldie Hawn </b></span></span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: medium; text-size-adjust: auto;">Goldie Hawn, the giggly girl of Laugh-In, wears a backs jump suit of Jersey (35) from “Skitzo - My Generation” as she leans on a sign identifying one of the major thoroughfares of Century City”.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUywqCLMtCELkIHXF1okMHLE7hPy3uYI9RIPw6MiG788N6A256rpJuPG2GmMTNwF48DenFbPJG6PFLurYXuVm-AlTXFlm_YwSpcYAg5PR5aJkphujR0I_N_CpebXbgWmcTzHtJdguHjilD/s1392/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.41.04+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="1132" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUywqCLMtCELkIHXF1okMHLE7hPy3uYI9RIPw6MiG788N6A256rpJuPG2GmMTNwF48DenFbPJG6PFLurYXuVm-AlTXFlm_YwSpcYAg5PR5aJkphujR0I_N_CpebXbgWmcTzHtJdguHjilD/w520-h640/Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.41.04+PM.png" width="520" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Dhonyale Luna</b></span></span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: medium; text-size-adjust: auto;">Sitting by the fountains on Ave Of The Stars, tall (six feet) Dhonyale Luna wears an exotic pants suit ($35) gtom Bootstrings by L’Tonya. A hit in Paris last year, she has just made her first American movie for Otto Preminger.</span></p><p><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;">You can see footage of the old mall in a few TV shows and films mentioned below</span></b></p><p style="text-align: right;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"></span></b></p><p><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-ZT4xQBjEVsT_NUGm9hOewrKDtHpP-IpA-A5uRFESvs6B21-XtSBMRXiXQOjASpvmAWnqJVnRX-1MQtIbxkR4-leI_AKSkyvyegV6-9bvAeaACtWpxopR1nV_6VADxeaV-BYP6ijXh0_/s480/10410351_10205433327818341_1999576626799627753_n.jpg" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-ZT4xQBjEVsT_NUGm9hOewrKDtHpP-IpA-A5uRFESvs6B21-XtSBMRXiXQOjASpvmAWnqJVnRX-1MQtIbxkR4-leI_AKSkyvyegV6-9bvAeaACtWpxopR1nV_6VADxeaV-BYP6ijXh0_/w513-h385/10410351_10205433327818341_1999576626799627753_n.jpg" width="513" /></a></span></b></p><p><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;">This is from "The Bank Raising" episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies,"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></b></b></p><p><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8pRS2Aa8as7KQSRqTT1QSoKTh4aA7H_Dzwx9K62gfvfodPZepsDFY86yXcfRGt65IlIxUEbPCh66uaUzS7c5OwCHWxSaE0o7aHJ9S04D_jEBH-1hhu8scKwWX84mjps_r7wZfXPcDfIO/s1152/10828120_10205100339083499_5695091156391711899_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8pRS2Aa8as7KQSRqTT1QSoKTh4aA7H_Dzwx9K62gfvfodPZepsDFY86yXcfRGt65IlIxUEbPCh66uaUzS7c5OwCHWxSaE0o7aHJ9S04D_jEBH-1hhu8scKwWX84mjps_r7wZfXPcDfIO/w640-h400/10828120_10205100339083499_5695091156391711899_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><b><b style="color: black; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Screen grabs of the Century House in</b></b><b style="color: black; font-size: large; text-align: center;">"The Guide for the Married Man" staring Walter Matthau and Robert Morse</b></b><p></p><p><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwPTaVh0YhOL1df1Z6ZwTq0a7ugQXoLIr5aH-zm_yelpqmRZszS4c1STZ34NUWc6hq_PHNtpAx_jXa6NNmgK6LUCERoCvtwRv3knQcLPJyxKVgOmmxFN2z8SK8FalvHd6jF9qEwVADmzu/s1152/10974241_10205100331403307_2860933802608931681_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwPTaVh0YhOL1df1Z6ZwTq0a7ugQXoLIr5aH-zm_yelpqmRZszS4c1STZ34NUWc6hq_PHNtpAx_jXa6NNmgK6LUCERoCvtwRv3knQcLPJyxKVgOmmxFN2z8SK8FalvHd6jF9qEwVADmzu/w640-h400/10974241_10205100331403307_2860933802608931681_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><b style="color: black; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> "The Guide for the Married Man" was directed by Gene Kelly in 1967</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkHcIhWOUiead7K-3P5wNmRl43e4NAFw2TBrVsIl0_Z_jPzVUWhT65GWBXLkEJp4p8wJg0UmTajc7VvVeXnYuz5kEUbRe8wn4L24rM0TDSOGahHTqyGhrK6SyNIsEzBMYpMbCILurifkw/s1152/10974413_10205100338243478_4305730630360392144_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkHcIhWOUiead7K-3P5wNmRl43e4NAFw2TBrVsIl0_Z_jPzVUWhT65GWBXLkEJp4p8wJg0UmTajc7VvVeXnYuz5kEUbRe8wn4L24rM0TDSOGahHTqyGhrK6SyNIsEzBMYpMbCILurifkw/w640-h400/10974413_10205100338243478_4305730630360392144_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>The original entrance </b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuzlganmwUplw3zrkswKl2N8yY8piAjtaLGMUj-k40ATKCjWomsG7L0nRveFMW-KIrGUMObA3d37iU4LwljdwzS4I1FYonVsvMpCfEMzDTiq0Oy4c0hE0IbzKlONBySp54A7P1i7zmR3i/s1280/94001017_3035647976492017_7867072126996447232_o.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: trebuchet; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuzlganmwUplw3zrkswKl2N8yY8piAjtaLGMUj-k40ATKCjWomsG7L0nRveFMW-KIrGUMObA3d37iU4LwljdwzS4I1FYonVsvMpCfEMzDTiq0Oy4c0hE0IbzKlONBySp54A7P1i7zmR3i/w640-h512/94001017_3035647976492017_7867072126996447232_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> "Caprice" staring Doris Day released in 1967 filmed at Century City</span></b></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: trebuchet; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="419" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0bGa4oq1MUM" width="504" youtube-src-id="0bGa4oq1MUM"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>"Conquest For the Planet Of The Apes" filmed at Century City. Most likely because of </b></span><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">it's futuristic brutalist design. </b><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOFL6TOPgoOOdI-BOukN1YNozHJQKJWXZ9hv5cp1O8v7gH8iJrI2_2bi8rfr9FlwgVRHyrCCm0jeLFMApjWyL3qvQMNdTZ9KiE2QFsjdFlZb3hLa7PPQL24j5ckxMMN0YqNBfxQcrF4bg/s602/11885167_10153329873154279_8143479974041341737_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="602" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOFL6TOPgoOOdI-BOukN1YNozHJQKJWXZ9hv5cp1O8v7gH8iJrI2_2bi8rfr9FlwgVRHyrCCm0jeLFMApjWyL3qvQMNdTZ9KiE2QFsjdFlZb3hLa7PPQL24j5ckxMMN0YqNBfxQcrF4bg/w640-h398/11885167_10153329873154279_8143479974041341737_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="426" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EUQpQsnX6VA" width="513" youtube-src-id="EUQpQsnX6VA"></iframe></div><span><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Mary Tyler Moore filmed at the Century City Mall for episode titled, “Bess, You Is My Daughter Now”. </span></b></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHCOEwvRcHACIqBdr9dvYXfX-6f6Shg5JmTzc2LLluk-_HDPczexQCGEVqBw25tnGLTCjur0Xmarp7NDRTxado-9bN_butLqBpb8PTAo4aAWxkBOBYWu2N5Q9RntMT33T9EG9s3OyXr28/s728/122009464_10220421441344216_5269306014639136645_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Rockford Files episode </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasZ0gErfJrKzdf_e9HfGCx5mnH1GWsFzTtFvgtaSrX08H2uiG3WGVhbd4JIFLSnWkI4hCQCjI9-YQYtzPw4h8n4toxXa3957wmYx4siH_c56RKznhsxB_UpU3aXIAtd9hmcc9qW5b3iRA/s768/94602912_660647707839914_3973461106671747072_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasZ0gErfJrKzdf_e9HfGCx5mnH1GWsFzTtFvgtaSrX08H2uiG3WGVhbd4JIFLSnWkI4hCQCjI9-YQYtzPw4h8n4toxXa3957wmYx4siH_c56RKznhsxB_UpU3aXIAtd9hmcc9qW5b3iRA/w640-h480/94602912_660647707839914_3973461106671747072_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An episode of "Dallas"</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyKpo6dxD8zWM9eSS3c-CjRkmh0c5BP1zHgPjeh1yOTdAq2_PcRSPJCGBvuPkGl3nI_CnDRPBEZuUpWcgmgVS33QJP6iCxUeXaLCd8JKrh-BMQl8N6iSk5hKllntyK-3pGVnyd4EYWYyL/s768/117334027_726914041213280_2843437281557889325_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyKpo6dxD8zWM9eSS3c-CjRkmh0c5BP1zHgPjeh1yOTdAq2_PcRSPJCGBvuPkGl3nI_CnDRPBEZuUpWcgmgVS33QJP6iCxUeXaLCd8JKrh-BMQl8N6iSk5hKllntyK-3pGVnyd4EYWYyL/w640-h480/117334027_726914041213280_2843437281557889325_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Episode of "Hardcastle and McCormick"</div></span><span><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><b>Architecture, Design & Additional History</b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></span></span></span></div></span><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">The land was originally owned by Twentieth Century Fox, and was sold off to help the studio pay off debt. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;">Santa Monica Blvd, just west of Beverly Glen in 1932. Notice the FOX sign below (that's the Century City Mall today). This is when Fox Studios still reached Santa Monica Blvd from Pico Blvd. They eventually sold off the north side of the lot when the film, "CLEOPATRA" was a disastrous flop and nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox. That's when the future of Century City, pioneered by architect, Welton Becket was born in 1964</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWw3Tj5lUOkUWpiJbYy7jtWcoa8IF2_AIs9Bcets6i8RD2W5Q-798adR2Vng8Strib-ZIFN34PvQQf0ce-p4ouNXQe78vdm6f3h0IOoiVVjYi-bUwKhnb1Ipa2FxUHdgQpDdJET2tbnps/s1559/18056279_1406076266115755_838694930316791857_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="1559" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWw3Tj5lUOkUWpiJbYy7jtWcoa8IF2_AIs9Bcets6i8RD2W5Q-798adR2Vng8Strib-ZIFN34PvQQf0ce-p4ouNXQe78vdm6f3h0IOoiVVjYi-bUwKhnb1Ipa2FxUHdgQpDdJET2tbnps/w640-h198/18056279_1406076266115755_838694930316791857_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7m1OHzHfYytwzsQoXfvnrpWKPIQr0Fmlxs7ngDJ2cc8aVwMum3oh0gOcWkLXrcHqgzn3i_-UbEcXhXukOPrsOMIWmYrP8NlXbf2P-4xE9cvAvy3_o5yPbKqDuhLsQk9qChZO-0muSM2bq/s1000/foxlot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7m1OHzHfYytwzsQoXfvnrpWKPIQr0Fmlxs7ngDJ2cc8aVwMum3oh0gOcWkLXrcHqgzn3i_-UbEcXhXukOPrsOMIWmYrP8NlXbf2P-4xE9cvAvy3_o5yPbKqDuhLsQk9qChZO-0muSM2bq/w640-h360/foxlot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 18px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Fox back lot’s harbor set before it was demolished to become Century City</b></div></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span>Few people know this but the back lot was once part of a 176-acre ranch owned by Tom Mix before the cowboy superstar sold it to William Fox.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The plans for Century City began soon after the release of "Cleopatra". According to this <a href="https://variety.com/2017/film/news/fox-disney-merger-history-timeline-1202636152/">Variety article</a>, "Cleopatra</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> took years to earn a profit and because of its enormous costs, the lavish production forced massive layoffs and ended many planned productions. Also,</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> the growing popularity of TV forced a rethink of studio finances". </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">In 1961, needing cash very badly, 20th Century-Fox sold it's 260 acre backlot to </span><span style="background-color: white;">New York developer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Zeckendorf">William Zeckendorf</a></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">who developed the land into Century City, leaving only the front lot and sound stages to carry on the motion picture business. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Zeckendorf d</span><span style="background-color: white;">escribed his new property as "an oasis in the midst of a great city". </span></span></div>
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Century City's masterplan centered on Ave Of the Stars. Keeping with the space age era, this blvd was a complete city within a city by architect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welton_Becket">Welton Becket</a>. It had all the facilities for business, living, and leisure. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Century Square opened on October 12, 1964. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRdXRiex9sOkfnkEitPBy9y2kaxNXl1lkpGs0_B63bLhlxXNPimkWkljHU7BCklxYfNhmiE2lvU8RJh7pBPvsrimhzMpL9v0slJ7gnXKsi7MJL4D2QqM6QWREDDooV5Nj1W-UMVSQvkAj/s800/401001_305372536171172_408781817_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="800" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRdXRiex9sOkfnkEitPBy9y2kaxNXl1lkpGs0_B63bLhlxXNPimkWkljHU7BCklxYfNhmiE2lvU8RJh7pBPvsrimhzMpL9v0slJ7gnXKsi7MJL4D2QqM6QWREDDooV5Nj1W-UMVSQvkAj/w640-h504/401001_305372536171172_408781817_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>The Welton Becket Association discusses plans for building Century City on the former Fox Studios back lot in 1960.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Welton Becket put together this early $35,000 model of his Century City, "producing a mix of office towers, hotel rooms, skyscrapers, apartments and elevated public plazas". Highlights included an Arabian Nights-themed hotel with gondolas and a wide street called Avenue of the Stars "studded with statues of such indigenous Fox lot mainstays as Will Rogers and Shirley Temple." It's interesting that he stayed with the 'stars' theme developing Century City, although it wasn't based on Hollywood. The refocused theme was focused on outers space with names like Constellation Blvd, Galaxy Way, and of course Ave of the Stars.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRIvcf97CQIEKaW4Nh_VKv_Py1K0HLHA75XSY77AEKBPZ7FVwZloDcJBsHz_MyFDRpv_M8xYzBzU404BClNHYq2QPJLYDnWLccdDYd5J5nTcK1QBMbRYUxhiuBBr_arExmkc7xkNkxTWd/s1296/47324502_10205371546525820_11080843824988160_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1296" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRIvcf97CQIEKaW4Nh_VKv_Py1K0HLHA75XSY77AEKBPZ7FVwZloDcJBsHz_MyFDRpv_M8xYzBzU404BClNHYq2QPJLYDnWLccdDYd5J5nTcK1QBMbRYUxhiuBBr_arExmkc7xkNkxTWd/w640-h360/47324502_10205371546525820_11080843824988160_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Check out this remarkable piece of film footage on the Making of Century City...</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="543" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ux0K5QoH2Fg" width="654" youtube-src-id="Ux0K5QoH2Fg"></iframe></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59YYsAZ3V-EeXEjFONhCXwLjqelM7ug4bOOnEi8xV3dThMn9MF9ljE2hZINrcK2PnBTREd_XDx_60d1xyTRwdSKOTn01Ukqqshd4v2y4OpAGjbxhpVMSZThwFX0dL3RjyPw-SwcsLhGpd/s807/17991958_1406190522770996_6109365381421834174_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="807" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59YYsAZ3V-EeXEjFONhCXwLjqelM7ug4bOOnEi8xV3dThMn9MF9ljE2hZINrcK2PnBTREd_XDx_60d1xyTRwdSKOTn01Ukqqshd4v2y4OpAGjbxhpVMSZThwFX0dL3RjyPw-SwcsLhGpd/w640-h434/17991958_1406190522770996_6109365381421834174_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Here's the girder rail that was used for the new railroad crossing. Photo by Roy Platt</span></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP9cRY4GW-_2mYA8HxLV3LgwA-F_jEy_X3I2qgRF8I5iVPi8Xsw1HzhDgxXPHi5mWjR0gqPOq5cCm0FvrQdZ34UbrJLQtiAnBeV7AjBRFHEh17CYjdv4FJc4O1bM5xafcl_Hzsdef7U8u/s1592/891546_687052034684852_7083598794364264487_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1067" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP9cRY4GW-_2mYA8HxLV3LgwA-F_jEy_X3I2qgRF8I5iVPi8Xsw1HzhDgxXPHi5mWjR0gqPOq5cCm0FvrQdZ34UbrJLQtiAnBeV7AjBRFHEh17CYjdv4FJc4O1bM5xafcl_Hzsdef7U8u/w428-h640/891546_687052034684852_7083598794364264487_o.jpg" width="428" /></a></div></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Actress Barbara Bouchet (Moneypenny in the original Casino Royale) at the newly opened Avenue of the Stars located in Century City in 1964.</b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuKh-3OtjC4baoVGShtpP1SSn8N4rAeIDMMM35KvmypO1nF20QwLZe7qLRVy9zxSA5ptaGWrmryHeZLIfhJWCOohXrI22_0OjSlYsuIJ9jL5iaCrK9H9TyRuo83T_Ezfs2NfW1soEx1Et/s670/68751532_10157346659098480_2577835058912034816_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="670" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuKh-3OtjC4baoVGShtpP1SSn8N4rAeIDMMM35KvmypO1nF20QwLZe7qLRVy9zxSA5ptaGWrmryHeZLIfhJWCOohXrI22_0OjSlYsuIJ9jL5iaCrK9H9TyRuo83T_Ezfs2NfW1soEx1Et/w400-h400/68751532_10157346659098480_2577835058912034816_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Century city 1965</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvpfMRtCTo1n7md9kCnJrOq49OsceBdFcUHDF2iXtidZKl_C3KUwQps8n6C2mSbP6sxghnDKol-X2IDFUtIfAV1fIy2Bvv-FwRu26bKTUcqH83dhEj0p4vIo2nWCcL6OjSiuQomnS25b7/s724/22729114_10211039652212007_2107702311540523374_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="724" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvpfMRtCTo1n7md9kCnJrOq49OsceBdFcUHDF2iXtidZKl_C3KUwQps8n6C2mSbP6sxghnDKol-X2IDFUtIfAV1fIy2Bvv-FwRu26bKTUcqH83dhEj0p4vIo2nWCcL6OjSiuQomnS25b7/w640-h584/22729114_10211039652212007_2107702311540523374_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Century City, 1967</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUbaF0dhQJ6DZUoLrYcMQEW_QBwh4s3m0JM04ICPxO3AX568WQRyk-ntuXhG8tp0GPMXA7JS3ZtNsJ-XZWn92AIKLYYFu2ZHTl_wnW7AdJvzWJmvyFCraYiXdo0pkSKwXv4QuzAwCPzPY/s2048/15844035_1767665883553907_6456959083641223925_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUbaF0dhQJ6DZUoLrYcMQEW_QBwh4s3m0JM04ICPxO3AX568WQRyk-ntuXhG8tp0GPMXA7JS3ZtNsJ-XZWn92AIKLYYFu2ZHTl_wnW7AdJvzWJmvyFCraYiXdo0pkSKwXv4QuzAwCPzPY/w640-h480/15844035_1767665883553907_6456959083641223925_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Welton Becket and associates office, Century City, 1960 </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizga1g3v4uE2FXXzlR5jzNOW6AZULneszzKb5KRrp8nrWl5AVpk2FKu0atRcqqKo_Fod50cr740nKJEURY1bwU3-56tjnzC3GB6NGSNCwAqEkJiXlGPnMNxtgpsKuwAy_GfTID7HeTam_p/s960/10009792_10202466580640606_7861233214868431619_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="960" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizga1g3v4uE2FXXzlR5jzNOW6AZULneszzKb5KRrp8nrWl5AVpk2FKu0atRcqqKo_Fod50cr740nKJEURY1bwU3-56tjnzC3GB6NGSNCwAqEkJiXlGPnMNxtgpsKuwAy_GfTID7HeTam_p/w640-h494/10009792_10202466580640606_7861233214868431619_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Became the Rogers & Cowan building in the 70s and 80's </b></span></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: center;"><span><br style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">former headquarters building of architect Welton Becket and Associates located at 10000 Santa Monica Boulevard in Century City. Designed by Welton Beckett and completed in 1960, the four-story building featured a rooftop pavilion, a reflecting pool with fountains, and an incredible 734 foot mosaic band course by artist John Smith that wrapped around all four sides of the building</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYADNxJ_NHtP1Vb3ovi7wg8rgoiKpTtq1F279w1cmqu9X5pCdb2yMInI2bBYVA6AH_OQkdi5vR1yBsc1sOGivVP4yx0PEJw7moVASyiKwZ6fNxZ7MgXC3wg1WgHAVw5cTDGdea5Bn__L5/s960/1979594_10152323328398480_2112361889809978752_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="960" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYADNxJ_NHtP1Vb3ovi7wg8rgoiKpTtq1F279w1cmqu9X5pCdb2yMInI2bBYVA6AH_OQkdi5vR1yBsc1sOGivVP4yx0PEJw7moVASyiKwZ6fNxZ7MgXC3wg1WgHAVw5cTDGdea5Bn__L5/w640-h498/1979594_10152323328398480_2112361889809978752_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Lobby of the Welton Becket offices in Century City in 1965</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR562bsFMYtb27fXPIUHM-dB-5RP4ZQij8WWZXmJx2snK3d2v0Ur9rpGW58O3z2xUrEP76LswK2SbhegSWY7OLUAh9KfJzQJL6AGqyl76hGPGIYCrOXx4tmLiagHdsh2dhA1yINckJZQCI/s2048/324671_283641931646605_1672415683_o-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2048" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR562bsFMYtb27fXPIUHM-dB-5RP4ZQij8WWZXmJx2snK3d2v0Ur9rpGW58O3z2xUrEP76LswK2SbhegSWY7OLUAh9KfJzQJL6AGqyl76hGPGIYCrOXx4tmLiagHdsh2dhA1yINckJZQCI/w640-h432/324671_283641931646605_1672415683_o-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>The original entrance to Century City, circa 1967</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUOXJvs-02H45aapporULjVJkuhwTph52Q0adTP8-pzm9gkwzytTVKBsOlv_ri97nD06HM8LnDIGuZGzkLpKf7z3r3xV1qtYWTxHzH8tNDOS_X5z4Kf8ycLB-rgBQb5TGaWTWGS5ovJ6d/s960/10730849_10152643398814842_2910466597495813277_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="960" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUOXJvs-02H45aapporULjVJkuhwTph52Q0adTP8-pzm9gkwzytTVKBsOlv_ri97nD06HM8LnDIGuZGzkLpKf7z3r3xV1qtYWTxHzH8tNDOS_X5z4Kf8ycLB-rgBQb5TGaWTWGS5ovJ6d/w640-h536/10730849_10152643398814842_2910466597495813277_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1reRJi4_aDHk_NIZqdKV4oj7-86rP-pn3OLzX7j6yTyUPyzoMERIMWw6cTQArewZ6K3BG8sqCXPUKr2eyb5V4IyL966TcHkqnpiOca8NdzqCYn4CFxYo6IoV3J9GnzW2cETKwNylpPQtr/s738/121643001_10224439145146920_160323486397761996_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1reRJi4_aDHk_NIZqdKV4oj7-86rP-pn3OLzX7j6yTyUPyzoMERIMWw6cTQArewZ6K3BG8sqCXPUKr2eyb5V4IyL966TcHkqnpiOca8NdzqCYn4CFxYo6IoV3J9GnzW2cETKwNylpPQtr/w434-h640/121643001_10224439145146920_160323486397761996_n.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Sharon Tate, 1968</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghF_dot79646_0IT3KNG-LrFRZiVu1Rvl0yhBTWjT6SJsvww8mgrF6G2W3liasv7hVNlyknoRtFkjKG98H1wM0GFF1n8LDTDk4lVk0k-b0v30nMuNadr83MriCfyiKbZiHCuS7uX0hrIhw/s2048/77797_10151224075353480_1954407669_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghF_dot79646_0IT3KNG-LrFRZiVu1Rvl0yhBTWjT6SJsvww8mgrF6G2W3liasv7hVNlyknoRtFkjKG98H1wM0GFF1n8LDTDk4lVk0k-b0v30nMuNadr83MriCfyiKbZiHCuS7uX0hrIhw/w640-h424/77797_10151224075353480_1954407669_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Ave of the Stars, 1968 There was a gentle quiet in L.A. at one time</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); 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I believe this location is looking cover Constellation Blvd to Century City Square from The Century Plaza Hotel. You can see a gift store near the pond were you could purchase all kinds of causal clothing, novelties and toys. Bob’s Big Boy would have been directly across the street in the orange section next to Hallmark Shop (where the blue sign says, Pavilion Shops). Gelson’s Market is to the far left and that huge beige building is probably The Broadway at the top of the Century City Mall - PHOTO / 1968</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoiQu4lF8crZbZQBTqpTGLSc_Kvoo0eezoW3vy2QWKxXy41LzI3Og8___vom9jOIa3Oy4qAeGIIY2KQEQndiUnfo0oVNQf4Y9oBDluYS6bOslPBBr2U0ueMoPa1cePjiDx5QiVvn3mQxY/s2048/Screen+Shot+2020-12-14+at+2.52.34+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoiQu4lF8crZbZQBTqpTGLSc_Kvoo0eezoW3vy2QWKxXy41LzI3Og8___vom9jOIa3Oy4qAeGIIY2KQEQndiUnfo0oVNQf4Y9oBDluYS6bOslPBBr2U0ueMoPa1cePjiDx5QiVvn3mQxY/w640-h400/Screen+Shot+2020-12-14+at+2.52.34+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large;">1976 (from "Above Los Angeles" by Robert Cameron, 1976) Century City has replaced the oil wells in the previous photo, and West Olympic Blvd has divided off the former backlot and main studio sites.</b></div></span></div></div></span></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMW9BMcv2zArJaSmiEcXSChgFia3NDbDacOPhQ_lyGON2NZM8dZantovtiA4B4Hyj3e_p-4OdLX6-irqScnqnY6ZLXVRsf3DDk9ucLVi-Uq_IB6MnjzzpiL_-DeLLKt1juqi7IurhTW7B/s960/116878670_3097385190298231_8358524053108678917_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="960" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMW9BMcv2zArJaSmiEcXSChgFia3NDbDacOPhQ_lyGON2NZM8dZantovtiA4B4Hyj3e_p-4OdLX6-irqScnqnY6ZLXVRsf3DDk9ucLVi-Uq_IB6MnjzzpiL_-DeLLKt1juqi7IurhTW7B/w640-h540/116878670_3097385190298231_8358524053108678917_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>Aerial of the CC, circa 1981</b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7zcqa1PRQu-mmN3jC0w_9SDNbVVkut5tN_aARKbw_GVny0gsSsj7OnVLG7fzeYMLj0VXsGlTllSeDUtHAIdWZxMpFo2kbiiI2NrIFEsIABRaC4LmoyycCPs_FOzkOXCNi02dkZEhlsm-/s1803/123444882_10223792937721717_7158568989551718618_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1803" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7zcqa1PRQu-mmN3jC0w_9SDNbVVkut5tN_aARKbw_GVny0gsSsj7OnVLG7fzeYMLj0VXsGlTllSeDUtHAIdWZxMpFo2kbiiI2NrIFEsIABRaC4LmoyycCPs_FOzkOXCNi02dkZEhlsm-/w640-h426/123444882_10223792937721717_7158568989551718618_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Photo taken from 20th Century Fox lot in 1983 C</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">onstruction in the background <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The Gateway West Building, located at 1801 Avenue of the Stars in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="il">Century</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="il">City</span>, was built before all of it in 1963. It was built in the International Style and stood thirteen stories high, clad with a gold aluminum curtain facade. Gateway West was the first high-rise to be built in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="il">Century</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="il">City</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and stood directly across from its twin, the Gateway East Building, which was erected soon after. The two buildings flanked the entrance to the Avenue of the Stars, serving as landmarks to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="il">Century</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="il">City</span>'s main thoroughfare. These buildings were part of the privately funded $500 </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">million</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-family: trebuchet;">Century</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-family: trebuchet;">City</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">development project built on what was formerly part of the 20th</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-family: trebuchet;">Century</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Fox Studio lot. Gateway West has since been demolished to make room for an expansion of the Westfield. (Welton Becket is rolling in his grave)</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKMAypeKBgnBvFe2UqWc9CFYftxt9xbBLsgIZc00eyaT3b_08a_GSVx75bP1omXkehjdqgeEhtTsFdG0Xb17YWq3tECDhq7oVJv0t17K3BKXy9ufO16a4B7Sc8FZXzxQ7ZDbNo9F-eDBh/s800/unnamed-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="617" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKMAypeKBgnBvFe2UqWc9CFYftxt9xbBLsgIZc00eyaT3b_08a_GSVx75bP1omXkehjdqgeEhtTsFdG0Xb17YWq3tECDhq7oVJv0t17K3BKXy9ufO16a4B7Sc8FZXzxQ7ZDbNo9F-eDBh/w494-h640/unnamed-1.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Postcard </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3hANTLRnT0vr4WHoxm7xnPKzofRScegcaJLLGWJ2XvwxQVYTv0T2o7J0qGbTWeRdcEU9-yONxv0418s_O_C_lvoV8laWnofXgNJYglmRAFAdiRoHyLVvGQ4YFtMapJuD37ofbC9EFdj0/s1250/820804_10151387024133480_585819470_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1250" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3hANTLRnT0vr4WHoxm7xnPKzofRScegcaJLLGWJ2XvwxQVYTv0T2o7J0qGbTWeRdcEU9-yONxv0418s_O_C_lvoV8laWnofXgNJYglmRAFAdiRoHyLVvGQ4YFtMapJuD37ofbC9EFdj0/w640-h430/820804_10151387024133480_585819470_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Train tracks used to run though Santa Monica and traveled past Century City. The tracks hung around even after the trains shut down. This is exactly how I remember it during the 1970s and 1980s</b></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2C3FDo6URd-wtC84RMN5e-JaD5bcv2OXxq1c5TNpj47TrlPD3iz4M3eqga53Lv-Bb_UoxrDiSKnv8kw_ymUbPkG7T7cPg7sm9wGZ9wc66WeJZv2F6k0o7LsuQKu1cNeKGLJX-oKZRa04Y/s1024/857698_497606510296073_906022045_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1024" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2C3FDo6URd-wtC84RMN5e-JaD5bcv2OXxq1c5TNpj47TrlPD3iz4M3eqga53Lv-Bb_UoxrDiSKnv8kw_ymUbPkG7T7cPg7sm9wGZ9wc66WeJZv2F6k0o7LsuQKu1cNeKGLJX-oKZRa04Y/w640-h512/857698_497606510296073_906022045_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>Billboards lined up on Santa Monica Blvd in front of the old Century City entrance in 1969. Check out those advertisements for KMET and Home Savings of America. And how about those train tracks?</b></span></span><br /><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcyTd8r548NxxeF-Vx4HYrXfMHMoBP4nnIioF2yBSGTeavZiWvrkNFfzQNv1rwlyfxGtv9sNe_PolZOVUYQ6-ratIQtMHwSZp46NVsChFl6HD4aw_02bDsZJyZDozjY5NFwbFaJ51JCzf/s1024/11102951_10153316787504700_5651078794651813527_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="1024" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcyTd8r548NxxeF-Vx4HYrXfMHMoBP4nnIioF2yBSGTeavZiWvrkNFfzQNv1rwlyfxGtv9sNe_PolZOVUYQ6-ratIQtMHwSZp46NVsChFl6HD4aw_02bDsZJyZDozjY5NFwbFaJ51JCzf/w640-h424/11102951_10153316787504700_5651078794651813527_o.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPjHvEqfirWPix2OBqAkD8jxJkJ2JPOtUzAWg8mNnIQ_bVYoIYSUGdslHTClE4lRRzsiWbLxujtE80kg_o23fbNvj2sJlWyt8HsW_ADRDLu_aqvdDE3V-N540KPXtbe1ggIKLeEO6uLJ4/s1028/97974957_3085030204887011_5401588632249171968_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPjHvEqfirWPix2OBqAkD8jxJkJ2JPOtUzAWg8mNnIQ_bVYoIYSUGdslHTClE4lRRzsiWbLxujtE80kg_o23fbNvj2sJlWyt8HsW_ADRDLu_aqvdDE3V-N540KPXtbe1ggIKLeEO6uLJ4/w424-h640/97974957_3085030204887011_5401588632249171968_o.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Dennis Hopper on the train tracks in front of Century City</b></div></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCaRY6DYSy-Z3p_S8o7z3B8kh90gagzsEN-ZNWVf_N_E3myboevOdhGwVFSjo15A7EoeSMe41rlen-FZ5-rklimkOOPTd4ZTj_DO9vGjknTS_73WoadmnrC1Q_uGuvf9GUigwzKCkFurR/s445/Dive.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCaRY6DYSy-Z3p_S8o7z3B8kh90gagzsEN-ZNWVf_N_E3myboevOdhGwVFSjo15A7EoeSMe41rlen-FZ5-rklimkOOPTd4ZTj_DO9vGjknTS_73WoadmnrC1Q_uGuvf9GUigwzKCkFurR/s320/Dive.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.seeing-stars.com/dine/Dive.shtml?fbclid=IwAR23IjjxbeMg0mN0_P4CCVJdmaP_jD1KwARHJYc4UFYe9nE1tLsa_NfXIaM">"Dive" </a>restaurant, was owned by Steven Spielberg, and was in the shape of a yellow submarine. It was located by the AMC theaters and old food court. In 1999, "Dive" closed abruptly. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;">Tragically, it looked</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> as though the real planet of the apes really did conquer Century City. Most if the Century City mall was leveled to build a new one in 2015. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"> New additions and renovations can erode the character of any place, but tearing it down to the ground is like taking away a piece of our childhood. </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 14px;"> </span></p></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbaryRMOc6g6Dy3wGya2wCZlWvviIKJw9Key5rE5RPNUn-GMCg2aXXcS1nQ7kKfLTVG85p4zgI-ujp0sCDKiSYFlbSf4H3xhRWtlCMtkyo94u2GwrS-7QsoeinLzt2B-F_ixVrYqf2g0O/s2048/12828452_10208024244336448_4984195934597921380_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbaryRMOc6g6Dy3wGya2wCZlWvviIKJw9Key5rE5RPNUn-GMCg2aXXcS1nQ7kKfLTVG85p4zgI-ujp0sCDKiSYFlbSf4H3xhRWtlCMtkyo94u2GwrS-7QsoeinLzt2B-F_ixVrYqf2g0O/w640-h360/12828452_10208024244336448_4984195934597921380_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #3c4043;"><b>The western Gateway office building that was torn down to make way for Eataly/Macy's, 1801 Ave of the Stars, was the place where Groucho Marx had his last office.</b></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #3c4043;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVgHm8daezF0-lG11DcDNTOjNyNH0zwHj7MDc-lCDHqEjhcxe2kTwGuZh6TsgfWmSAs9y367LSjxi_sG9zM5vaS74joBRBzqEEtLX-flbPwyqCOXeC2TjFFV3j-4ge4pAaVGsEtMVLzEy/s960/1936374_10209233470696822_2658756904793260948_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVgHm8daezF0-lG11DcDNTOjNyNH0zwHj7MDc-lCDHqEjhcxe2kTwGuZh6TsgfWmSAs9y367LSjxi_sG9zM5vaS74joBRBzqEEtLX-flbPwyqCOXeC2TjFFV3j-4ge4pAaVGsEtMVLzEy/w640-h360/1936374_10209233470696822_2658756904793260948_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;">Visiting the new Westfield mall only made me miss the original<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;">Century</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;">City Mall so much more. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> Sadly, there </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;">isn't a single trace of the previous mall except the mid century bridge that crosses Ave Of The Stars and "Gelson’s". </span></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;">Today every mall across America looks the same - with the SAME stores. I also miss the original mid<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="il" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;">century</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>architecture, the 3 hour free parking, and the MUZAK delicately playing throughout the mall. Today you need headphones and a Xanax to walk through the new one. And free parking is a thing of the past. Today there’s not even a human in the ticket booth to smile at you when you leave. Just insert your ticket and your money. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7_a73xhsYGSFOUElkrZVQ_REln5UTess_ZdCdaYVPCn3GEQre5V-Ug5VG-yhsZUwrIfvFdDngwV6QKhSf1SbhfXip-shVKQuQ69qJTGuD5QKKJyxjqWZakJGY7KFtsPvzs5spqCCgYDJ/s900/exterior-westfield-century-city-los-angeles-VIPSHOPLA1217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7_a73xhsYGSFOUElkrZVQ_REln5UTess_ZdCdaYVPCn3GEQre5V-Ug5VG-yhsZUwrIfvFdDngwV6QKhSf1SbhfXip-shVKQuQ69qJTGuD5QKKJyxjqWZakJGY7KFtsPvzs5spqCCgYDJ/w640-h426/exterior-westfield-century-city-los-angeles-VIPSHOPLA1217.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Today it's the Westfield Mall. </b></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;">Yesterday, I drove into, and immediately out of, the parking lot there trying to find a parking spot near Gelson's. Plus the new mall is so confusing and noisy and plays the worst music piping through. I leave </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">feeling nervous, disorientated, and ill from the entire 10 minute experience. </span>I don't think I ever need to go </span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">there again. </span></span></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">At least the bridge is still there....</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYho9zd6hqcTPsKC6jRxpr4-91KBvQFbSF8RtoN29glNmekVVhr8zYYsprlu8tXEUFIhSzpHQ_2WMSLgXEHgJBZbkJjOtIUGmLNAmzHwH1_QH0CAaoDA4akhwXv87z9F7vIemrBv-FJaH/s1080/18121378_10155202876293480_5451181967021462316_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYho9zd6hqcTPsKC6jRxpr4-91KBvQFbSF8RtoN29glNmekVVhr8zYYsprlu8tXEUFIhSzpHQ_2WMSLgXEHgJBZbkJjOtIUGmLNAmzHwH1_QH0CAaoDA4akhwXv87z9F7vIemrBv-FJaH/w640-h640/18121378_10155202876293480_5451181967021462316_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Standing on the original bridge used in "Conquest Of The Planet of the Apes"<span class="Apple-converted-space">. I must say, I'm quite relieved that much of this area east of the original mall was left intact. This bridge especially and sloped area now covered in grass where Roddy McDowall as Cesar stood with pride in 1972 and delivered that stirring speech to his fellow apes. </span></span></span></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://alisonmartino.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Alison Martino</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-style: inherit; text-align: center;">is a writer, on-air contributor for Spectrum News, and pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Vintage Los Angeles</a><span style="font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 2010 and muses on L.A’s. past and present on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> <a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Twitter</a> a</span></span><span style="font-style: inherit; text-align: center;">nd <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en" style="background-color: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram.</a></span></span></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"></span></p><div><br /></div><p></p></div><br /><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></div></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-54768417432598174232020-12-05T18:10:00.035-08:002022-09-18T13:54:31.416-07:00Remembering HEAVEN at the Century City Mall<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="color: #313131; font-size: x-large; word-spacing: 1px;">"Heaven, I'm in Heaven..."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z_9RRYvaEMa-ptz3uQ_jRXtxHgJl4KBgxlJBoPFB5Ei0U0T6NmYri9lPoXwmFwJrxcZusjV1powyZ2o0-PVSuJxsYfcQ7M8dqofc_PTwMpAbmV9iH_oXS7N61_trajsbhfcTXWfiW3Xd/s2492/0-26.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="2492" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z_9RRYvaEMa-ptz3uQ_jRXtxHgJl4KBgxlJBoPFB5Ei0U0T6NmYri9lPoXwmFwJrxcZusjV1powyZ2o0-PVSuJxsYfcQ7M8dqofc_PTwMpAbmV9iH_oXS7N61_trajsbhfcTXWfiW3Xd/w640-h312/0-26.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #313131; font-size: large; word-spacing: 1px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Art by Nick Taggart</i></b></p><p>If you grew up in Los Angeles during the 1980s, then you'll understand this shirt I wore back in the day.</p></span></span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBVurXYdipMF0oUhM-XIw5UTULLhyphenhyphenmqh8BU5XiQPgMocdNQAci2MSYpu2Kuw3azc5T6p9S4okTbDpoD9R2eedcgiIkCPIzmzNUR2AaCiPDGn6w_ELC6sv2vqe1LMEzuQ3ithNaWvazi30/s960/heaven+shirt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBVurXYdipMF0oUhM-XIw5UTULLhyphenhyphenmqh8BU5XiQPgMocdNQAci2MSYpu2Kuw3azc5T6p9S4okTbDpoD9R2eedcgiIkCPIzmzNUR2AaCiPDGn6w_ELC6sv2vqe1LMEzuQ3ithNaWvazi30/w538-h538/heaven+shirt.jpg" width="538" /></span></a></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b>Alison Martino, 1981</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131;">"Heaven" was a cutting edge, heavily branded, new wave, pop-culture novelty store located in the old Century City mall. It sold t-shirts, wacky sweatshirts, postcards, buttons, candy (my favorite were the candy dots on paper rolls), stickers, keychains, Lava lamps, toys, (Gumby was quite popular) and odd artifacts in the late '70s through early '80s. I specifically remember Elvis Presley shampoo on displayed in the window. They had the coolest 3-D glasses and pens. I had a bed filled with their red satin heart pillows and a shirt that said Bates Motel. Loved my baby blue pink "Heaven" sweatpants. But it was those t-shirts and two toned jerseys with the</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"> "</span><span style="color: #313131;">Heaven" logo emblazoned in bright colors that became the big sensation, and soon stores spread all over Los Angeles and various locations across the US. These graphics were sooooo quintessential “80’s LA” and wearing a HEAVEN T-Shirt was essential at that time. Pair it up with a satin baseball jacket from Contempo Casuals and you were all set to hit Flipper's Roller Disco. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fDhPcKCDw9_2JN5NIW_My8e5vwD9VqIXnTIED-u2fHOMJ-vTROB-MBHpo2U33ggzNkurF4kbIJu0ah3Z5xY_dk2T_HpFrsclRjAL1zHl-jekg88mqtiIIkKPNwbBkBL28Uxh56BFdgGl/s1274/0-4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1274" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fDhPcKCDw9_2JN5NIW_My8e5vwD9VqIXnTIED-u2fHOMJ-vTROB-MBHpo2U33ggzNkurF4kbIJu0ah3Z5xY_dk2T_HpFrsclRjAL1zHl-jekg88mqtiIIkKPNwbBkBL28Uxh56BFdgGl/w400-h400/0-4.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuhkyxLdjQR2WnkEHMAzzPO8b5I4XwWGIKn5GGhgjvX6YJha_k2HNKRoYKwesulULUPKQ_eCNDQnwLc7c3U2eN96aly-ybrizD0UwU35FmLlb6pBDFZkpx-_WdIX2asoAIXNRJRwM1DJE/s1274/0-9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="955" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuhkyxLdjQR2WnkEHMAzzPO8b5I4XwWGIKn5GGhgjvX6YJha_k2HNKRoYKwesulULUPKQ_eCNDQnwLc7c3U2eN96aly-ybrizD0UwU35FmLlb6pBDFZkpx-_WdIX2asoAIXNRJRwM1DJE/w480-h640/0-9.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I thought I was hot shiz whenever I frequented the store - especially when I saw the Bangles shopping for shirts. I once walked in when Elvira was signing autographs and another time I literally bumped into Jaclyn Smith in the card section. I'm surprised I never ran into the B-52's. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I can visualize the entire store in my minds eye. Especially the south side wall of epic T’s that reached the ceiling and their clear plastic bags were just as collectible as their kooky merchandise. One time I saw someone trying on a pair of aluminum-foil space pants! The place looked like something straight out of a Devo music video.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLiRbi2HQWQkJHaFYs1ctMXWkXgpypHbhNWbzS9H76gAtvDBK0LJxWGpTppTCdGdAAZdRG1AKUd3wPUaY8fH9nuiKRoyRr5h0QjGIPwczjVcdnJXYZeSKojjW89p_BxE4D-OpHN4M1KD1/s960/0-15.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="960" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLiRbi2HQWQkJHaFYs1ctMXWkXgpypHbhNWbzS9H76gAtvDBK0LJxWGpTppTCdGdAAZdRG1AKUd3wPUaY8fH9nuiKRoyRr5h0QjGIPwczjVcdnJXYZeSKojjW89p_BxE4D-OpHN4M1KD1/w640-h406/0-15.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4zwfWasjAT4hSRdcZ3x92z210EYo22uskAK_lPDOG_e0Jpo8kkgMQTQJPHuOiIPSS5hK7GuXajM-wOwthrlgGY3hI_LeboTT8DCAbLjVShE-1hYTbbHJA7KFe-FZr5199I16UVHGr5fz/s960/0-13.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="960" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4zwfWasjAT4hSRdcZ3x92z210EYo22uskAK_lPDOG_e0Jpo8kkgMQTQJPHuOiIPSS5hK7GuXajM-wOwthrlgGY3hI_LeboTT8DCAbLjVShE-1hYTbbHJA7KFe-FZr5199I16UVHGr5fz/w640-h528/0-13.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /><span>In the late 1980s, they expanded and opened a 50s style diner in the back. The burgers were really good with cherry fountain soda pop. All of it surrounded by wall to wall novelty items. I remember Heaven being one of the first places to introduce a Karaoke machine. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXAyhRyvnaWgUJTCDp8erdWlPoLaYOH6GSw20czG1Q1TOB26JA1B1jutFUfo2Zi5181iHS5fK3CdwP96f_XFMeLGVtGRlOoocsoZxgx3gb8RaiLm0Xt7RwYjntnZjGBHwKPYDsjNWdQJP/s720/0-23.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="720" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXAyhRyvnaWgUJTCDp8erdWlPoLaYOH6GSw20czG1Q1TOB26JA1B1jutFUfo2Zi5181iHS5fK3CdwP96f_XFMeLGVtGRlOoocsoZxgx3gb8RaiLm0Xt7RwYjntnZjGBHwKPYDsjNWdQJP/w432-h317/0-23.jpeg" width="432" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Must give props to Brad Benedict who was the creative force behind "Heaven", "The Bijou" (which sold cinema paraphernalia), and "Nickelodeon" record store. All three were located in the old Century City Mall. Illustrators, Jim Heimann, Brian Zink (who also did the art for Paper Moon Graphics), and Nick Taggart were the innovative artists for "Heaven". I collected all the "Heaven" and "Paper Moon" greeting cards growing up and used to stock pile them to send to friends or decorate my bedrooms walls with. The artwork totally sums up the new wave era. I was obsessed with the airbrush look of them. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfpSlCi8q5jIyb0kNJxwn7wYT6VtF_pKA6lz5OiAghwKTkvePN5y041dMBUMOHXq5tiqCnV0NFBLcv2F82-enRnpBblLLBpuNT89DInz1a6fm79ZFFcYHkxdjbyk4fGVqkhqZVv7A2efe/s1699/0-11.jpeg" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1699" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfpSlCi8q5jIyb0kNJxwn7wYT6VtF_pKA6lz5OiAghwKTkvePN5y041dMBUMOHXq5tiqCnV0NFBLcv2F82-enRnpBblLLBpuNT89DInz1a6fm79ZFFcYHkxdjbyk4fGVqkhqZVv7A2efe/w640-h480/0-11.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b>Heaven cards</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQpJqdmN9218xufPhbU7vdQcibc2mDf7byw7euvmcsE99GqjJo7yDupaMz4sgFGlb2tSsCBgWiKyjiZrU8pKwlzRyQ-oiuXfH9fm-Q0rXQ67_Hr7rp2-j5koHvTc9lLnNieBOm5JzUbvM/s1274/0-8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1274" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQpJqdmN9218xufPhbU7vdQcibc2mDf7byw7euvmcsE99GqjJo7yDupaMz4sgFGlb2tSsCBgWiKyjiZrU8pKwlzRyQ-oiuXfH9fm-Q0rXQ67_Hr7rp2-j5koHvTc9lLnNieBOm5JzUbvM/w640-h640/0-8.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b> Paper Moon Graphics collection</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCG5Pzu3atc36faroEZOomN35uxdLblQ-5LnIIaTQWoZDYLhUMQTh9xSKe5Uz6qUfdSqJ6jjDUAAmF1mBT5ZytRZzAsHUsCgldOU9tubznU_RPNxMTWw4havvfSvSnV8FWQSZqY2hpGXj/s737/0-20.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCG5Pzu3atc36faroEZOomN35uxdLblQ-5LnIIaTQWoZDYLhUMQTh9xSKe5Uz6qUfdSqJ6jjDUAAmF1mBT5ZytRZzAsHUsCgldOU9tubznU_RPNxMTWw4havvfSvSnV8FWQSZqY2hpGXj/w444-h640/0-20.jpeg" width="444" /></a></div><br /></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I’ve kept and collected a lot of "Heaven" relics over time - but they’re hard to come by. Jim and Rick have graciously gifted me some Heaven artifacts over the years. I keep it all in a pile with my other keepsakes from "Camp Beverly Hills" and "Fiorucci" -- the trifecta of novelty stores at the time. <br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Their signature shirts worn by everyone from Freddy Mercury to Divine to Sharon Stone.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIv62o4Ba7d0l2b4W2NQNH4E1hf0LlgT65UnuIZv4Q6oul8CLvRdq7K9ixzrxBrQ_UJi22qWVDcIkHnPIxp3phi9_6L4YMU3nnQrZLoNoQfLcK7KdfwZCATD4Xpk7KfujdVWRgz2Pu-wtG/s622/0-6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlDarCA0ul1yHi87W1ya2gFHfKoQPRgmdxKqiSqk-m6eB1BSLlP52g6pcTMhRW6Bpb18Tf3lAIgxHNSjp7u1oyUhnBIIDIC6eXE9_09949Xd5TOuVbsuGbOR4pAKENMFpP6ngw6tq4lpr/w640-h480/13669286_10208076148394407_1178108436304377140_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Screen grab from "Roller Boogie" released in 1979</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlvWONgoQgrl2uc3SwRQG9PNmFx6aDRv5X4buJGECYSG4XiNnjJgRRbcUhhSJm-4gYwxfjcY_liQgqYBa93Grwf9hgl5TB2rYIDbIyYENODTqQjsQVAUOWvNEkC3TUqwztBe9KKsQ74yh/s960/0-5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlvWONgoQgrl2uc3SwRQG9PNmFx6aDRv5X4buJGECYSG4XiNnjJgRRbcUhhSJm-4gYwxfjcY_liQgqYBa93Grwf9hgl5TB2rYIDbIyYENODTqQjsQVAUOWvNEkC3TUqwztBe9KKsQ74yh/w640-h640/0-5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: trebuchet;">Heaven even released their own compilation LPs </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfIZbcsWpISnKgKyXf0PvU-ueCuhiVPUwLVnGQnnoaskbbfcle6XFBi-YqExelZzOEo-NeGHzhRd578sj7LQW5vqPm7WHTxHlK-P_N1ttuvtY-XLfAEd3JGEfM1vIa97Qf7xaBOvCwgaF/s600/0-12.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="600" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfIZbcsWpISnKgKyXf0PvU-ueCuhiVPUwLVnGQnnoaskbbfcle6XFBi-YqExelZzOEo-NeGHzhRd578sj7LQW5vqPm7WHTxHlK-P_N1ttuvtY-XLfAEd3JGEfM1vIa97Qf7xaBOvCwgaF/w409-h253/0-12.jpeg" width="409" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Heaven Business card</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRO1uFmFWxDJmYpO86r8r4Ko-YBmHpW14cDQgHErEIYZcZUjIBGfrwFJoKpBcgtpBEKfrkOXkn8oInc1l6kE9InWeGJioPzei0jm-tLYZ0Ctn9yhYyC9GnS2I4FGKhwmWv-HCDY2cUwnM/s1252/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="743" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRO1uFmFWxDJmYpO86r8r4Ko-YBmHpW14cDQgHErEIYZcZUjIBGfrwFJoKpBcgtpBEKfrkOXkn8oInc1l6kE9InWeGJioPzei0jm-tLYZ0Ctn9yhYyC9GnS2I4FGKhwmWv-HCDY2cUwnM/w260-h438/0.jpeg" width="260" /></a></div><b>Steve Perry<br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkTCzZ-Q027VJA87IxX9mjCXc9Dmr5UXEpLIYLReqN93DkWivsUgcOJN7fVzRJZQ9s54nXgcKRkzd3a96JX6i9o6uLP2HQZslYN_2lk_fOWL6aWLFSbP4RoSG5E4-KDK_yO042V1U5rXF/s1120/0-22.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="1120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkTCzZ-Q027VJA87IxX9mjCXc9Dmr5UXEpLIYLReqN93DkWivsUgcOJN7fVzRJZQ9s54nXgcKRkzd3a96JX6i9o6uLP2HQZslYN_2lk_fOWL6aWLFSbP4RoSG5E4-KDK_yO042V1U5rXF/w640-h320/0-22.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Found this original "Bijou" business card when my mother was moving. </b><br /><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpBZQhT2d-CTkqWYVPFFv3zMI530yc6GRGYNVn8NtwdO4fOYlyqXjKyfz5Z1gS-W_wQUh5NApuc7E89BEawAoCo3TPR5ZwWbuxQIWlib4QRrDxkV5jx9SQ0VgjaUSBYDKqytQ3qo1eYrT/s557/0-17.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="398" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpBZQhT2d-CTkqWYVPFFv3zMI530yc6GRGYNVn8NtwdO4fOYlyqXjKyfz5Z1gS-W_wQUh5NApuc7E89BEawAoCo3TPR5ZwWbuxQIWlib4QRrDxkV5jx9SQ0VgjaUSBYDKqytQ3qo1eYrT/w458-h640/0-17.jpeg" width="458" /></a></div><b>Advertisement for Heaven in Century City</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDHhajtmgTRiDEtp8izZtI0ZSK_ACRPc4M8IVViCR9F4gBxw2O5Xv1Izammyi9DfwJlVLBjXdsd6rE05rBerpB8dl9kn5jQ3NzVKTDPZ-N3sVmUaCc9AYJlsJcz996LNWBiTmMR0AdSCF/s960/0-19.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="960" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDHhajtmgTRiDEtp8izZtI0ZSK_ACRPc4M8IVViCR9F4gBxw2O5Xv1Izammyi9DfwJlVLBjXdsd6rE05rBerpB8dl9kn5jQ3NzVKTDPZ-N3sVmUaCc9AYJlsJcz996LNWBiTmMR0AdSCF/w640-h496/0-19.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>The exterior of Heaven in Century City</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Photo: Judy Muenzberg</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjralMyq1d_Fpm3tHrHUtz1a3THNx3eNurZz46hk6CHnx-MJDzI0pD2Lr6gjqZ73_kbX_bSSP9YaT1q4zT6Qp80t4Fl_z0URp-O6_WtsHEmOU-0fb4BYzZiioavmb989OJWWtkvSQ1FkRwLBHMKJgjCkEBkBIovOYNTfnPAii65q7qdxByuIrTFs2f_Pw/s1098/306762304_10159927318763480_4814954711040124340_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="758" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjralMyq1d_Fpm3tHrHUtz1a3THNx3eNurZz46hk6CHnx-MJDzI0pD2Lr6gjqZ73_kbX_bSSP9YaT1q4zT6Qp80t4Fl_z0URp-O6_WtsHEmOU-0fb4BYzZiioavmb989OJWWtkvSQ1FkRwLBHMKJgjCkEBkBIovOYNTfnPAii65q7qdxByuIrTFs2f_Pw/w442-h640/306762304_10159927318763480_4814954711040124340_n.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>The Luncheonette was added around 1983. It was locate in the back of the store. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">You can see it in this scene from FRIGHT NIGHT.</span> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="342" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BV4-dHF6Fn0" width="411" youtube-src-id="BV4-dHF6Fn0"></iframe></div><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaUvtbZfRCsv-ZcU3Gys8bjYGo80LuqaAJQJrY06mnzlxZZcOTqotiToynCUzfLYB7nH0fkax0Ui97jGFQSPS-oCf-UhD4oqyt2Ezli9AFNp2NnEGgGjk01RY0aOE1FR4BVrVx4quXCLe/s960/0-16.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="960" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaUvtbZfRCsv-ZcU3Gys8bjYGo80LuqaAJQJrY06mnzlxZZcOTqotiToynCUzfLYB7nH0fkax0Ui97jGFQSPS-oCf-UhD4oqyt2Ezli9AFNp2NnEGgGjk01RY0aOE1FR4BVrVx4quXCLe/w640-h438/0-16.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>This is the only photo I've been able to find of the inside of "Heaven" in Century City circa 1987. I just wish it were me in the photo. </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTA5FYGbx7eMi87nmu992nZvDZq0-lcn6lfuaqMHnOuy6-BxSw4a6pickff4mNnmqDtF-jpIyYOFAmrCLrIMNB3CD7B_SRN87MqvnyJ0z7mE4IeLWfJTYmcRporovI7BHYg3LnnoM_M9As/s1798/0-25.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1798" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTA5FYGbx7eMi87nmu992nZvDZq0-lcn6lfuaqMHnOuy6-BxSw4a6pickff4mNnmqDtF-jpIyYOFAmrCLrIMNB3CD7B_SRN87MqvnyJ0z7mE4IeLWfJTYmcRporovI7BHYg3LnnoM_M9As/w640-h426/0-25.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Century City during the 1980's. </span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>You can see the Nickelodeon record store above. </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>"Heaven" was around the corner to the right </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhC6xzbgFGDoczYcnT3oQe1rI9186DOU2muc0pPCb334DCtukOmGkYo3thylPL1fjE56o0Vi1mGb1ZbNc_rEAQZ8xiaAQNXyqs_vLHItERUyrH0prlrXrXMW_jtsTFD6XcUd-WXdSMr-F/s1800/0-24.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1800" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhC6xzbgFGDoczYcnT3oQe1rI9186DOU2muc0pPCb334DCtukOmGkYo3thylPL1fjE56o0Vi1mGb1ZbNc_rEAQZ8xiaAQNXyqs_vLHItERUyrH0prlrXrXMW_jtsTFD6XcUd-WXdSMr-F/w640-h424/0-24.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSlGDDai5aY9koF3078jLcbs_Uf2TXHIpgNroLY5XPtHqmuFPoW_mcBl8iE1ctFIZRFT6n75Uwk4bW7dWRjq7M4wI6P111K43QJntCkfDgUybF_8G40HqhV8mc9F93NDQ8TPLVz0Vi8cp/s426/49899252_10217238526173671_314908651410161664_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="228" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSlGDDai5aY9koF3078jLcbs_Uf2TXHIpgNroLY5XPtHqmuFPoW_mcBl8iE1ctFIZRFT6n75Uwk4bW7dWRjq7M4wI6P111K43QJntCkfDgUybF_8G40HqhV8mc9F93NDQ8TPLVz0Vi8cp/w342-h640/49899252_10217238526173671_314908651410161664_n.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My friend Paula Schwartz </span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZx9Ir61cm3DcIu01hSIahP1-u-9g8dNa-y6h_9Xf_tHOViUKSXBxUujtMgvktsj6mHrY20kaQuksUATDWUJ_jc7zo3na74DKimZ5f6OIyguiadykRnk84mN31ZOtpOUw7Vux0ZfOAv46/s2048/50259458_1026280150895698_241567360366936064_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZx9Ir61cm3DcIu01hSIahP1-u-9g8dNa-y6h_9Xf_tHOViUKSXBxUujtMgvktsj6mHrY20kaQuksUATDWUJ_jc7zo3na74DKimZ5f6OIyguiadykRnk84mN31ZOtpOUw7Vux0ZfOAv46/w480-h640/50259458_1026280150895698_241567360366936064_o.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>A sweatshirt saved by my pal Lisa Ellis</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJNj-GVimECOTh0U4-zMsKwbI7MxOCfGkAJExV4WbBTByn85-0ZBwR1f6gmcwQQh8EIyGGDw-evizxc1ASA7bsEFm8iH_84odQaHBd0Kd81KEzFzujhSfWYCUscMoeV8oFZC-pI5ucD6I/s960/56907853_10157035774028480_6875073963114889216_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJNj-GVimECOTh0U4-zMsKwbI7MxOCfGkAJExV4WbBTByn85-0ZBwR1f6gmcwQQh8EIyGGDw-evizxc1ASA7bsEFm8iH_84odQaHBd0Kd81KEzFzujhSfWYCUscMoeV8oFZC-pI5ucD6I/w480-h640/56907853_10157035774028480_6875073963114889216_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><b>One of my Heaven shirts with the tag still attached! Courtesy of Jim Heimann</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrbejp_O7dQ371xE6e-2F3J9fqQ1Mf0IIMSidULFbz40bUc_U23dzApaE8LF_EmZ26NQ1RziEIW3X48Bh_9yPTwuScUaXDLpjPWI3YiH5kQnw7iu6jMf9KOjSIQQzm1YuQudtgzplbTiW/s480/0-18.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrbejp_O7dQ371xE6e-2F3J9fqQ1Mf0IIMSidULFbz40bUc_U23dzApaE8LF_EmZ26NQ1RziEIW3X48Bh_9yPTwuScUaXDLpjPWI3YiH5kQnw7iu6jMf9KOjSIQQzm1YuQudtgzplbTiW/w521-h521/0-18.jpeg" width="521" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b>Me in my favorite shirt of all. Purple was everything to me in 1982</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Heaven was heavenly</span><br /><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://alisonmartino.com"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://alisonmartino.com"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZpfH-5YYrzRoaYiDWHWa1Y9WlRnHeGPN8tULWh2OwydUCBqFO88Qcw7aqjntZDTj596Q-ziVts4M1odPpQNIJTsErIk4zq-Ba89wgMmTvcUEZJzF7gCvjPvlAF_r0llE6b2WUEc4gR-6/s640/Screen+Shot+2020-12-05+at+6.12.44+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="520" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZpfH-5YYrzRoaYiDWHWa1Y9WlRnHeGPN8tULWh2OwydUCBqFO88Qcw7aqjntZDTj596Q-ziVts4M1odPpQNIJTsErIk4zq-Ba89wgMmTvcUEZJzF7gCvjPvlAF_r0llE6b2WUEc4gR-6/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-12-05+at+6.12.44+PM.png" /></a></div><br />Alison Martino</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-style: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;">is a writer for <a href="https://www.lamag.com/author/alison-martino/">Los Angeles Magazine</a>, on-air contributor for Spectrum News, and pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;">Vintage Los Angeles</a><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 2010 and muses on L.A’s. past and present on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> <a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a> a</span></span><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">nd <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en">Instagram.</a></span></span></div></span></span></div><p></p></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></div>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-87128614416269628632020-11-21T13:35:00.030-08:002020-11-21T14:50:58.037-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPv59v7lleayjDtjMfeKMxJqTXWaRtEFWSRYmn9JJ5esE8lNIxRRXmTSOlnbVGJ4ZxNb9UDIqpZ1jY1H49V0h3Ff2vHbnWA63c-Z0EgoQkMKmNUVWhEHC9L6ciFtZTElMK31yA7IZf-4G/s689/547560_10151202125023717_1608065853_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="689" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPv59v7lleayjDtjMfeKMxJqTXWaRtEFWSRYmn9JJ5esE8lNIxRRXmTSOlnbVGJ4ZxNb9UDIqpZ1jY1H49V0h3Ff2vHbnWA63c-Z0EgoQkMKmNUVWhEHC9L6ciFtZTElMK31yA7IZf-4G/w640-h516/547560_10151202125023717_1608065853_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>The iconic Capitol Records Christmas tree</b></span></span></div><p></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;">If there’s one holiday tradition that I enjoy every year, it’s spotting the historic Christmas tree that tops the iconic Capitol Records building on Vine Street in Hollywood. </span></div></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: normal;"><br /></span>The kitschy Hollywood icon was designed by Ollsen Lighting and features 4,373 bulbs (at 25 watts each), the tree was the first of its kind, and it has been a part of the Hollywood skyline each December since 1958, except for 1973, when L.A. experienced an energy crisis. <span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;">(According to the music company, the Capitol Records switch board lit up like a wild fire that year with calls from concerned Angelenos wanting to know if the tree would ever return.)</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefzpLAYPB0S4pn7-kaDCpsR4OkkR_Cm2EZyCpf1vNeILEEQrpDFP9f4Yu4iEIwppkIV2XDO7cJmP6ZRlwv8wRa8LNqvLO_ZS8ICljXctE7vy2LpE6bIOPYPJU7kGhHfftJ0nB1ys16P0u/s1751/phonto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1751" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefzpLAYPB0S4pn7-kaDCpsR4OkkR_Cm2EZyCpf1vNeILEEQrpDFP9f4Yu4iEIwppkIV2XDO7cJmP6ZRlwv8wRa8LNqvLO_ZS8ICljXctE7vy2LpE6bIOPYPJU7kGhHfftJ0nB1ys16P0u/w640-h405/phonto.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photo: 1958 / Vintage Los Angeles Archives</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: normal;">Of course, the seasonal greenery isn’t the building’s only topper. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">The seasonal blinking light spells out H O L L Y W O O D in Morse code and has done so every night since the building was erected. In fact, Leila Morse, Samuel Morse’ granddaughter flipped the beacon switch. It’s only been altered on rare occasions, like in 1992 to honor Capitol’s 50th anniversary, when it spelled out Happy Birthday. Good to know that SOME things never change. </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can spot it for miles. A good view is also from the 101 Freeway as you enter town. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;">This is it's 62nd year!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0861lxvXu5DQUU2lcpT8zvWTN4WAPEbmdOmInZrqSQWhCLiY6llHy_odtGPO7aPTEnljKGS8dmc86z78zq_gxJhUHj9WjpmPZCu-vP_cp-XwaOel7VaQQMmLglMBQMTeyomGyGkhr1sU/s712/12243509_795136937265365_7763529205973552617_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="712" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0861lxvXu5DQUU2lcpT8zvWTN4WAPEbmdOmInZrqSQWhCLiY6llHy_odtGPO7aPTEnljKGS8dmc86z78zq_gxJhUHj9WjpmPZCu-vP_cp-XwaOel7VaQQMmLglMBQMTeyomGyGkhr1sU/w640-h360/12243509_795136937265365_7763529205973552617_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>In recent years, the families of Nat King Cole and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reHEJt87InQ">Frank Sinatra </a>“flipped the switch”. I’m forever honored to have been able to do the same - and with my favorite Capitol Crew wearing my father's vintage Capitol Records jacket from the 70's. I had always dreamed of viewing the lighting ceremony up close from the top of that roof, but never imagined being the one to pull down the switch on that extremely old ancient power box. </span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOQl9nRTUGT60q__HJE_pK6mdD06bvYP6zI2B1ndcQri99cBswLU5B45ElII1d13eYEnm4FGxatNm9qDlzFhM-HKWLNDfBLl3bRYXpHU6lHuBXMajVetH_YNTe94F_hBOScHfeR5e8cW5/s2048/IMG_2422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOQl9nRTUGT60q__HJE_pK6mdD06bvYP6zI2B1ndcQri99cBswLU5B45ElII1d13eYEnm4FGxatNm9qDlzFhM-HKWLNDfBLl3bRYXpHU6lHuBXMajVetH_YNTe94F_hBOScHfeR5e8cW5/w621-h466/IMG_2422.jpg" width="621" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5voMgPA1-Ql3V0rO37y_r85sgnyzI2uBof13NGJt_-6zAiRiiS8OrXTRDaUtYW9BDJW-kTbNtxtZvk9n5BT4ojsGjRAwW9s0zmHPoBi62oHkYPz8eYkcSQ9LtcxEgfUfhAHA2nXfjsgas/s2048/IMG_8360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5voMgPA1-Ql3V0rO37y_r85sgnyzI2uBof13NGJt_-6zAiRiiS8OrXTRDaUtYW9BDJW-kTbNtxtZvk9n5BT4ojsGjRAwW9s0zmHPoBi62oHkYPz8eYkcSQ9LtcxEgfUfhAHA2nXfjsgas/w624-h469/IMG_8360.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> Here's video and of what it looked like up on the roof the second I </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> pulled the switch. Magical! </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">A true Vintage LA moment. </span></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="499" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ab_roEu7uuE" width="599" youtube-src-id="Ab_roEu7uuE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MckdUskCLlCT8-meHnwADkajb2piwEDcDKYA_If-hURc9iK2im5BJAdT3hS5q3TITMPj9blB0fmr_f5pNPFEGmlrg44-lFgDkF4xxXt0JudsuJ_rXnaTjFdO9Dvoc9WSefT62yunt5D0/s2048/IMG_8362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MckdUskCLlCT8-meHnwADkajb2piwEDcDKYA_If-hURc9iK2im5BJAdT3hS5q3TITMPj9blB0fmr_f5pNPFEGmlrg44-lFgDkF4xxXt0JudsuJ_rXnaTjFdO9Dvoc9WSefT62yunt5D0/w640-h640/IMG_8362.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tree and bulbs are stored on the roof</div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfJL03PJsZdJyBqKLDPCVISwr1QI41fdaaVyW8KAt7tB1sVoLC3p8rpEyNylYZwCQyznCBne59s73HHyTQSn1C2XhAInt6oJfd6WF1wV6fn9Hb16xIIVvjTVHHFkNufyer9ehylMKUDB5/s2048/1909078_10152220258548480_933423287_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfJL03PJsZdJyBqKLDPCVISwr1QI41fdaaVyW8KAt7tB1sVoLC3p8rpEyNylYZwCQyznCBne59s73HHyTQSn1C2XhAInt6oJfd6WF1wV6fn9Hb16xIIVvjTVHHFkNufyer9ehylMKUDB5/s320/1909078_10152220258548480_933423287_o.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Close to these are the controller for the Beacon light</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WQbViCs6XIYnRUP2xhrFFgHL0b3rFIO-Is06cBa3zgowxZJzedPF1nTDDg6eZS8pE2fYtwQ74W1zIKQNijqitOrnkj55fF7PlVcRvUG6xbFZOIROKp6BGyHRcI6nZyo68jo05rlHZO7z/s2048/1655528_10152220260043480_196596415_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WQbViCs6XIYnRUP2xhrFFgHL0b3rFIO-Is06cBa3zgowxZJzedPF1nTDDg6eZS8pE2fYtwQ74W1zIKQNijqitOrnkj55fF7PlVcRvUG6xbFZOIROKp6BGyHRcI6nZyo68jo05rlHZO7z/w300-h400/1655528_10152220260043480_196596415_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="text-align: left;">This photo below is from 1958! Courtesy of the Capitol Vault. </span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tB0cEu4TtxzLIRZTURi_KRWjIst8HVzPKVKrHkEsiZheqvBYDh1yfnzxPqPCL9Cqg_tAxw-fpk6WHSI55qSUZHHip2Z4OdzaGTP-wogApL3LOfyuSgYltkXtDUn1X_QMM7khDPVkexNV/s969/IMG_8365.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="969" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tB0cEu4TtxzLIRZTURi_KRWjIst8HVzPKVKrHkEsiZheqvBYDh1yfnzxPqPCL9Cqg_tAxw-fpk6WHSI55qSUZHHip2Z4OdzaGTP-wogApL3LOfyuSgYltkXtDUn1X_QMM7khDPVkexNV/w640-h508/IMG_8365.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">BONUS<span> FEATURE!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's a rare promotional film narrated by Tennessee Ford that shows the process of signing an artist, making a record, and selling it in 1958. It briefly features an appearance by Glen Wallichs, Capitol Records' former president and one of the original co-founders (the other co-founders were Johnny Mercer and Buddy DeSylva)</span></span></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="454" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0QweKsq8PfQ" width="546" youtube-src-id="0QweKsq8PfQ"></iframe></span></div><p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://alisonmartino.com">Alison Martino</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-style: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;">is a writer, on-air contributor for Spectrum News, and pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;">Vintage Los Angeles</a><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 2010 and muses on L.A’s. past and present on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> <a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a> a</span></span><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">nd <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/?hl=en">Instagram.</a></span></span></div></span></span></div><p></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnehvnDV7ikR5DwUcVqikyJciqDlzgj_VBWtLaZgMWvZanuZf5Dwy_nC5T7F2jA7jstLeKcw_vbD08YucOINTCKe377VV01IZJRmxkKE8tIQqOpHQI8diAPOf2gEThYJULJZVKAq4tLbC/s1431/IMG_8376+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="1044" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnehvnDV7ikR5DwUcVqikyJciqDlzgj_VBWtLaZgMWvZanuZf5Dwy_nC5T7F2jA7jstLeKcw_vbD08YucOINTCKe377VV01IZJRmxkKE8tIQqOpHQI8diAPOf2gEThYJULJZVKAq4tLbC/w466-h640/IMG_8376+2.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><p> </p>Alison Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325835573318169053noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462292198635856101.post-33135652210272262962020-11-20T18:33:00.031-08:002020-11-20T22:02:48.352-08:00Memories of HAMBURGER HAMLET<div class="entry-content content" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 1.25em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="cs-content" id="cs-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="x-section" id="x-section-1" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="x-container max width" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1200px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 628.703px;"><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiudhN2ZbQdflJEnj1Z4Wf1dXuWUfQ_AcHxQHsf5ac-Mhyphenhyphen2X0JF2lqSkWDgqmk0dEstNGIubZzA6CNQXVUGP63VlDgQ8XQC_q2QGm0eUMvwKYVwLXeRNv8Rpx4T4N2yy8GjNRhx3YHY1-8/s2048/324900_2179647815392_448925245_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiudhN2ZbQdflJEnj1Z4Wf1dXuWUfQ_AcHxQHsf5ac-Mhyphenhyphen2X0JF2lqSkWDgqmk0dEstNGIubZzA6CNQXVUGP63VlDgQ8XQC_q2QGm0eUMvwKYVwLXeRNv8Rpx4T4N2yy8GjNRhx3YHY1-8/w556-h371/324900_2179647815392_448925245_o.jpg" width="556" /></a></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUlIYM9WjRVzjV0e7wHhaPyYDpf5vYpNvigf0FeV7lYD420S1MG2SeTUCDYx2dZhAsWLVdyk_xu_KmLwAPTg3jwKK9-A_mN6shcVv261aWmuAoE1Ypuk_oRbdTOVHiQklqU7vm8dhbV-D/s636/hamlet-martino-1.jpg" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="636" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUlIYM9WjRVzjV0e7wHhaPyYDpf5vYpNvigf0FeV7lYD420S1MG2SeTUCDYx2dZhAsWLVdyk_xu_KmLwAPTg3jwKK9-A_mN6shcVv261aWmuAoE1Ypuk_oRbdTOVHiQklqU7vm8dhbV-D/w563-h556/hamlet-martino-1.jpg" width="563" /></a></span><p></p></div></div></div></div><div class="entry-content content" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1.25em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="cs-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="x-section" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="x-container max width" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1200px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 628.703px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I’m still in deep mourning over the loss of the Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset Strip. It closed its doors on December 17, 2011. I was one of the last loyal customers to walk out of those neighborhood doors that night, right alongside Nancy Sinatra and Rip Taylor. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was like leaving our neighborhood Regal Beagle. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujww5kDW5QR-StEprslo-1eMmckIKPiM0ExDekdI_P1QQldIIfXqyY1ksfMLNYYu8hbtN4X-DZAa3TXgw_YLMUGMkarw1nzF2wV4V6zNXtAaIj2E-eeuUs2VdPr_dGRYAQoIxSwzGcSr0/s960/hamlet-martino-sinatra-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujww5kDW5QR-StEprslo-1eMmckIKPiM0ExDekdI_P1QQldIIfXqyY1ksfMLNYYu8hbtN4X-DZAa3TXgw_YLMUGMkarw1nzF2wV4V6zNXtAaIj2E-eeuUs2VdPr_dGRYAQoIxSwzGcSr0/w533-h400/hamlet-martino-sinatra-1-1.jpg" width="533" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">Alison Martino with Nancy Sinatra and Nancy Sr. - </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">Carol Cook sitting behind us</span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="entry-content content" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1.25em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="cs-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="x-section" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="x-container max width" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1200px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 628.703px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: #333332; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I’m still in deep mourning over the loss of the Sunset Strip location on December 17, 2011. I was there for its last day and plan on saying farewell to the Pasadena location in person on Thursday, too. I feel it’s my duty as an Angeleno because the Hamlet has been such a big part of Los Angeles culture, and since it helped shape my childhood.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700;"><div style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: #333332; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Nothing pained me more then saying goodbye to the West Hollywood neighborhood hangout. It was where you bumped into celebrities and industry moguls in a casual environment, dining in darkly lit giant red leather chairs. But there was nothing casual about the clientele. Where else could you see Dean Martin sipping a martini at the bar, Lucille Ball hair spraying her red locks in the ladies room, Bette Davis chain smoking in the Tap Room, or Frank Sinatra taking a meeting with his publicist? I witnessed all of this first hand. Even the restaurant’s hostess, actress and singer Frances Davis, who was once married to Miles Davis, would occasionally burst into song and dance while taking you to your table. I remember Francis and Diahann Carroll discussing chord progressions in the lobby. It was great eavesdropping. For me, it was also a home away from home. At times the Hamlet felt like an extended room of our house. Raised a few blocks away, I had my 10th birthday party in the main dining room, and my high school graduation dinner in the Tap Room. After the sudden passing of my father in 2009, Hamburger Hamlet was the first place my mother and I ran for comfort.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: #333332; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My first sighting of Lucille Ball, and there were many of them, was seeing her walk past our table. I was eight years old and followed her to the ladies room. I found her in the bathroom stall complaining about her pantyhose! When I was 16 years old I was seated directly next to Bette Davis who was telling stories of Old Hollywood to her grandchildren smoking cig after cig. I remember running to the ladies - room once again - to call my mother to tell her. Bette must have gone through a pack hat hour. When I was 22 I witness Frank Sinatra with his then publicist Lee Solters discussing an upcoming concert. Eavesdropping was one of the Hamlet's perks. It was just casual like that and the staff felt comfortable too. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); color: #333332; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="entry-content content" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 1.25em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="cs-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="x-section" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="x-container max width" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1200px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 628.703px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: x-large;">Speaking of ‘comfort’, let’s get to the food. I had never had a bad meal or lousy service. The legendary menu pleads, “Eat the sides I pray you.” The fried zucchini plate with that tangy dipping sauce was referred to as “zircles,” the hash browns filled with lavish sour cream were called, “Those Potatoes,” and the signature “Marilyn Burger” was named after Marilyn owner Marilyn Lewis (not Marilyn Monroe). Their Lobster Bisque was actually known around the world. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIeO8hS0dc3XBqjKU6njKdztUylyDK_YQDo9hSumdO83gy7Lg2VjeIGRGrFKaLQM8nYGHkoqCiDSeOvgioxOtlbNKyTO8ySvXwBLzgJtp4a9kT2mYzsrluxSzE6ORmJOsOBzyIfyYsbM1/s1296/hamburger-hamlet-zucchini-zircles.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1296" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIeO8hS0dc3XBqjKU6njKdztUylyDK_YQDo9hSumdO83gy7Lg2VjeIGRGrFKaLQM8nYGHkoqCiDSeOvgioxOtlbNKyTO8ySvXwBLzgJtp4a9kT2mYzsrluxSzE6ORmJOsOBzyIfyYsbM1/w532-h299/hamburger-hamlet-zucchini-zircles.jpeg" width="532" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span>Zircles </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpdscrsYzRBkh7zuefC64UwRTOrPFTqtMh_fj7q4iVyPWQ-av40H7XKmuTlDNVK7ogzbNyQuE6sdgwukMjFVhhSBWcKdhw4LzYRYWJDsv8UpDDcMAhiVJRGLHvorImcusdRLJGwi97s1V/s660/6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="660" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpdscrsYzRBkh7zuefC64UwRTOrPFTqtMh_fj7q4iVyPWQ-av40H7XKmuTlDNVK7ogzbNyQuE6sdgwukMjFVhhSBWcKdhw4LzYRYWJDsv8UpDDcMAhiVJRGLHvorImcusdRLJGwi97s1V/w464-h316/6.jpeg" width="464" /></span></a></div><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some may remember the Hamlet’s very first location near the Whisky A GO GO. It was opened by Harry and Marilyn Lewis. Their son Adam tells me, “all people who knew Dad remember him as friendly, loving, and kind, and he was all that.”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0G8LZSGSL87OfjoDxuMXXfRF1CIu3ArjLM2CWwLsd-bTSYqNpLDYJEvPLyA9wif7OAtGiG1AA7XdzpoCEmAJ1xNeENQyz0dxZS5OwBfeDeoUQgh7Sk4UIGAOkvhfDuuHHL1j4yWD3ZYB/s640/IMG_5450.JPG.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="561" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0G8LZSGSL87OfjoDxuMXXfRF1CIu3ArjLM2CWwLsd-bTSYqNpLDYJEvPLyA9wif7OAtGiG1AA7XdzpoCEmAJ1xNeENQyz0dxZS5OwBfeDeoUQgh7Sk4UIGAOkvhfDuuHHL1j4yWD3ZYB/w561-h561/IMG_5450.JPG.jpeg" width="561" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="entry-content content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1.25em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="cs-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="x-section" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="x-container max width" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1200px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 628.703px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="x-text cs-ta-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: x-large; min-width: 1px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span>Photo by Alison Martino</span></em></p></div><div class="x-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-width: 1px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A contract player for Warner Bros in the 40s, Harry Lewis is best remembered for the movie Key Largo, which he starred in with Humphrey Bogart, Edward G Robinson, Lauren Bacall, and Claire Trevor (who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film). The film came out in 1948, but by 1949 the House Committee on Un-American Activities went after the movie business. Fewer films were released during that time, and the era of the studio system with contract players ended. In other words, Lewis could no longer earn a regular weekly paycheck doing what he loved, so he made another plan.</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6rBF6K7eBvQWOokjJwFCJGamw8R2We8rtnKNu_D4RoRoJ-5SKnUOyeEMpf7tZ9MCwbHg08YfHJCjqjHJ3OeJ_WkJVTEqEo9rj1rz1SLcO-m-pN-gxPky0PDROIgwg4tQlq3T4RRZpfKi/s660/4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="660" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6rBF6K7eBvQWOokjJwFCJGamw8R2We8rtnKNu_D4RoRoJ-5SKnUOyeEMpf7tZ9MCwbHg08YfHJCjqjHJ3OeJ_WkJVTEqEo9rj1rz1SLcO-m-pN-gxPky0PDROIgwg4tQlq3T4RRZpfKi/w640-h436/4.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-size-adjust: auto;">According to Adam Lewis, the idea of operating a restaurant for actors made a lot of sense to Harry. “When he met my mother, she drove that idea to reality,” he says. They spent their first date looking for a location. Marilyn was as progressive as they come, so even during the segregated 1950s and 1960s, she always hired a staff of every race and nationality imaginable. Director John Landis spoke on a recent podcast about getting a job as a teenager at the Hamlet and being the only caucasian on staff. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em;"></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJ1-nP-nKeuvqM_Ke4eNllCnPvLY3PEp6Hf65txlE3PCViR9WJwDtepisRbFZ_3i_HhgWONw4wQwHJkexQXxus5BvvfQLnWbvWBm4igSGT9FAaNTgOum2N1kAGJjT4KyHhNzPyqL_XvVR/s640/hamburger-hamlet-sunset-hollywood.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="640" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJ1-nP-nKeuvqM_Ke4eNllCnPvLY3PEp6Hf65txlE3PCViR9WJwDtepisRbFZ_3i_HhgWONw4wQwHJkexQXxus5BvvfQLnWbvWBm4igSGT9FAaNTgOum2N1kAGJjT4KyHhNzPyqL_XvVR/w552-h376/hamburger-hamlet-sunset-hollywood.jpeg" width="552" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_ciovrHDM3HwnEbKDCKdRTQ-Ynnb5e5z8e2XtQPEudj0ItVvfAB78D7itgfEdm30TMrHNZ6o4k219O0Agk7RzDT7lq5vATQAi8fdCsetVtP_tsffYJT-K4O7d3wk9RMZ8xdM0kmg5rM-/s480/IMG_5459.JPG.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="480" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_ciovrHDM3HwnEbKDCKdRTQ-Ynnb5e5z8e2XtQPEudj0ItVvfAB78D7itgfEdm30TMrHNZ6o4k219O0Agk7RzDT7lq5vATQAi8fdCsetVtP_tsffYJT-K4O7d3wk9RMZ8xdM0kmg5rM-/w400-h396/IMG_5459.JPG.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The original Hamlet opened in October 1950, with a two toned hot plate, two frying pans and a five gallon stewpot for chili.</span></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br />"The whole place was like somebody's den in an Eastern town. It was so comfortable and warm," recalls Lewis in Executive Magazine in 1985. She worked at the counter, cooked complicated dishes and delivered the food to customers, while her husband Harry broiled burgers, greeted people and handled the cash register. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(41, 39, 40); letter-spacing: -0.2px; text-size-adjust: auto;">The eatery opened in 1950 on Sunset Strip. It offered an elevated diner menu and unpretentious seating — relatively unheard of in the city at the time — and quickly became a local institution, beloved by throngs of teenagers and Warren Beatty alike. The Hamlet would go on to become a chain with more than a dozen locations in Los Angeles and the Lewises; fashionable fixtures on the scene.</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(41, 39, 40); letter-spacing: -0.2px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span>Other movie star regulars included Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Sammy Davis Jr. - who from time to time, performed soft-shoe routines atop the counter - Debbie Reynolds, Lana Turner, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Peter Falk, and Rosemary Clooney. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLraUEsnODtQor4y9BFPuDMnAb1pOdxFw7coCDfnt0uOInCCwTkVB0spYmCqAHRtwUMAu1el4kpnkvQBlcXUDZZxFo0aPRIod2MLeD4mwTHOoBGhLxd-A7EuIQvUx5sot-8v9tvpCZcgv/s843/10645248_10153083827516071_5253580382491407660_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="843" height="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLraUEsnODtQor4y9BFPuDMnAb1pOdxFw7coCDfnt0uOInCCwTkVB0spYmCqAHRtwUMAu1el4kpnkvQBlcXUDZZxFo0aPRIod2MLeD4mwTHOoBGhLxd-A7EuIQvUx5sot-8v9tvpCZcgv/w602-h401/10645248_10153083827516071_5253580382491407660_n.png" width="602" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> Marilyn and Sammy</span><p></p><p style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: x-large;">By 1955, the Lewises opened a second location in Westwood. The 50's decor had never been touched until the closed in the early 2000s. The Smithsonian should have saved it and put it on display. </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Today that location is a Taco Bell. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">The operation expanded during the 1960s, largely the result of popular demand. The Hamlets developed such a quality reputation that land lords and developers began to seek them out. </span></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; font-size: x-large;"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQiOCqPclLj7O157-oCfe1bsvI6By6bAzyhoBQOsg4Gy5wseAdDM5dS3AjLfjli3AcYoWuyerpxYxMCzPzHbhv8eWB2Mt7eaiWfs9LWEwMvwmrsW35ZoRKmqFGwmquRABvm0rrDDRLfkv/s960/21558992_10155655824878480_5261861507691665713_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQiOCqPclLj7O157-oCfe1bsvI6By6bAzyhoBQOsg4Gy5wseAdDM5dS3AjLfjli3AcYoWuyerpxYxMCzPzHbhv8eWB2Mt7eaiWfs9LWEwMvwmrsW35ZoRKmqFGwmquRABvm0rrDDRLfkv/w480-h640/21558992_10155655824878480_5261861507691665713_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /> </span> </span><span> The ever so stylish Marilyn Lewis </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Lewis also developed a highly successful clothing line called, "Cardinali" <span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(41, 39, 40); letter-spacing: -0.2px;">whose pantsuits, ruffles, swishy dresses and jumpsuits evoked a 1960’s career woman, who traded tweed trousers and suit skirts for sultry evening looks come quitting time.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(41, 39, 40); letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Marlow Thomas exclusively wore Carinali dresses on "That Girl". Other faithful customers were Polly Bergen, Nancy Reagan, Eydie Gorme, and Joan Collins. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43CzuN04m3nQ49IsoML4TNDFAnIJ_bzhHDyBXQdBgaU_1kEY2Fyl78BiocIqxk38dxvVbyDgsEq34dGCn-IInMwyDk6MU4uBGPSZUrD53O1fS9P_gqcqtXnT9zyD6PUbkJWyDxpjLWgFe/s675/fashion16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="555" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43CzuN04m3nQ49IsoML4TNDFAnIJ_bzhHDyBXQdBgaU_1kEY2Fyl78BiocIqxk38dxvVbyDgsEq34dGCn-IInMwyDk6MU4uBGPSZUrD53O1fS9P_gqcqtXnT9zyD6PUbkJWyDxpjLWgFe/w526-h640/fashion16.jpg" width="526" /></span></a></div><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(41, 39, 40); letter-spacing: -0.2px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">"That Girl", became the poster child for the brand, and it garnered fans in LA and beyond; all of whom coveted Cardinali’s reworked classics and show stopping use of texture and color.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The family sold the chain in 1987 for $33 million, then went on to open Kate Mantilini in Beverly Hills. James Lauver, who had been a waiter at the Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset since 1977, went on to work at Kate Mantilini when the Hamlet closed in 2011. “The Hamlet was like a country club without the monthly membership,” he remembers. “I waited on everyone from Danny Thomas to Florence Henderson to Mel Brooks.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Harry Lewis died in 2013. I was very fortunate to attend his memorial service at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It was quite appropriate since it was directly next-door to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-kate-mantilini-beverly-hills-closing-27-years-20140513-story.html">Kate Mantilini.</a> And sadly, the Lewis’s had to shut down Kate Mantilini soon after due to an offensive rent increase. As far as the Sunset Strip location, two restaurants have failed in its place since. I vote for putting it back the way it was for 40 years. Don’t mess with success. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There was one remaining Hamlet in Sherman Oaks ran by Killer Shrimp, but it wasn't the same. They closed in 2017. And there was also the failed location in Larchmont Village that would have been better off in an airport.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-d2rgwFuVw74_R2MAl8AxS6hjYI1AHlCXhVImGJwkjoXcxHh4lpe30TmRw49xRsdXJEN5KeXkozEfuiFPqbRunYhZ9ECTEttmQyaXVrp2AlTsU3-nSfjDjmoDkIftyd6NgdcnYbaPlnz/s960/531489_10151012494303480_149677409_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-d2rgwFuVw74_R2MAl8AxS6hjYI1AHlCXhVImGJwkjoXcxHh4lpe30TmRw49xRsdXJEN5KeXkozEfuiFPqbRunYhZ9ECTEttmQyaXVrp2AlTsU3-nSfjDjmoDkIftyd6NgdcnYbaPlnz/w541-h541/531489_10151012494303480_149677409_n.jpg" width="541" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-large; font-style: inherit;">Nobody ran them like Ma</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-large; font-style: inherit;">rilyn Lewis who had several lives — restaurateur, fashion designer, movie producer — all of which required talent, hard work and extraordinary instinct. I was extremely fortunate to get this picture with her on closing night of Kate Mantilini.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeyAzuRD2l4InR-tl-ui2ixBraqsnJwcuiWQ_gvsDT1rWzYhblKTuMe6nE0dWu7IbzjMgW2iRT9ZMIsUuY0I4h0SrqBJDDUt1OYpSkQGycBYBcjxuDv4EjWBJLTa2xB3uX1LDRPSQw1VW/s733/hamlet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="733" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeyAzuRD2l4InR-tl-ui2ixBraqsnJwcuiWQ_gvsDT1rWzYhblKTuMe6nE0dWu7IbzjMgW2iRT9ZMIsUuY0I4h0SrqBJDDUt1OYpSkQGycBYBcjxuDv4EjWBJLTa2xB3uX1LDRPSQw1VW/w400-h400/hamlet.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large; font-style: inherit;">On July 4, 2017 I spent it with three Hamlet legends: the hostess with the most-ess, Frances Davis, actress Carol Cook, (who was at the Hamlet every Sunday night), and star waiter James Lavier. And just like I told you Frances would sometimes do, here she is doing a little dance. </span></p></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzjVc1ISmA4RqFxI5y3SUd5qhdGubCZJKIUYICy_gpG-5BlbehUwDAXeheB9NyursL74c-lfUr4Vy3EWkvR6Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large; font-style: inherit;">By 1985 there were 22 Hamlets across the country - 17 in Los Angeles - with five new on the way.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large; font-style: inherit;"> Once inside a Hamlet, customers could expect a visual of potpourri: Old theater programs, art nouveau posters and photographs; Picasso reproductions, brass marble cocktail tables, over sized red leather chairs, and hardwood floors and wood paneling. </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="entry-content content" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 1.25em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="cs-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="x-section" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="x-container max width" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1200px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 628.703px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="x-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-width: 1px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgxFsq-UiDzhyphenhyphenHLNzd6cPPxGUhGGNjw4unHhwk37ywgDqvHvTpaPod9jB7aaAW4O2ujWtgKnikAxYDCUu1bGTkW1QpEDMIo8QcVLCudAV5LeHh_HFevMYvSu2vTfcTpgOjjzpuPkdPkUJ/s750/hamlet-gallery-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="750" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgxFsq-UiDzhyphenhyphenHLNzd6cPPxGUhGGNjw4unHhwk37ywgDqvHvTpaPod9jB7aaAW4O2ujWtgKnikAxYDCUu1bGTkW1QpEDMIo8QcVLCudAV5LeHh_HFevMYvSu2vTfcTpgOjjzpuPkdPkUJ/w502-h493/hamlet-gallery-4.jpg" width="502" /></span></a></div><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Dwayne Hickman, also known as Dobie Gillis, and his main squeeze strolling past the original Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset Strip between Clark and Hilldale in 1960.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: trebuchet; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.mptvimages.com"> </a></span><a href="https://www.mptvimages.com" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: trebuchet; font-style: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">MPTV Images</em><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </span></a></p><p style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: trebuchet; font-style: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>Hamburger Hamlet in its original location on Sunset Strip in 1966. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: trebuchet; font-style: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>Photo taken by </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: trebuchet; font-style: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Ruscha for his book EVERY BUILDING ON THE SUNSET STRIP. </span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="2048" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrB1MWGGCA1h7m867JCoAWqLtQfIyYSnvZuhDZFNJFXLR_1PDWJIB-JagZG2I4KhF9ujLz264UqU2VCHJDCXcUerXjLL4WbeQnaIR1tmb0_uMgnG5SLg6GVc9lu-ftlysFkM2QYenG4mxd/w559-h376/119473138_10158519908103480_6553654410662166268_o.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; white-space: normal;" width="559" /></span></span></p></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: x-large; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">These photos can now be viewed on the <a href="https://12sunsets.getty.edu/map/1985?d=0.42256">12 Sunsets</a> website courtesy of Stamen Designs and <a href="https://www.getty.edu/research/collections/collection/100001">Getty </a></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5PgZUO5XFXxiyBRL9q8yTBNRoiqy0nXJBuVGhrt2XuHeyKum5Isiu-FsObofB8yYe4Kuca8BBs7WyEDF_rsgpsYyP-bppnUNG1Cv7WA9qC2cDP9PNTbAkUGDRiKDOQ2n67RjE63DydFY/s660/3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="660" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5PgZUO5XFXxiyBRL9q8yTBNRoiqy0nXJBuVGhrt2XuHeyKum5Isiu-FsObofB8yYe4Kuca8BBs7WyEDF_rsgpsYyP-bppnUNG1Cv7WA9qC2cDP9PNTbAkUGDRiKDOQ2n67RjE63DydFY/w530-h360/3.jpeg" width="530" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"> Hamburger Hamlet’s original location. </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-size-adjust: auto;">Photo courtesy of Ellen Berman</em></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSq7B-N5J8QCTNqlWiprDi93xmQBVfynM6mt3OKfoDwdASq5B0tVgZh_9S8MJWu1APWf1FNLDqHXdaKO8L7owZfKJ337wU6ePmgVPjwW5dNR1CVX6DI4uKXGULCEzJe8k0IJgErfsDyEA/s960/hamlet-gallery-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="960" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSq7B-N5J8QCTNqlWiprDi93xmQBVfynM6mt3OKfoDwdASq5B0tVgZh_9S8MJWu1APWf1FNLDqHXdaKO8L7owZfKJ337wU6ePmgVPjwW5dNR1CVX6DI4uKXGULCEzJe8k0IJgErfsDyEA/w531-h377/hamlet-gallery-5.jpg" width="531" /></span></a></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Sharon Tate at the original Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset Strip</span></span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZyWsII78dzMri-4XDJFnL7x5ZeVw5QDIKepOtvRZzKZ9pgbQIn_T_xauv0EO056mWpO8s8yk1TBqT-V6K5a78bH95UMZuea8aJbFBiuwDXh5lWkpNYIBi4dwbXF_Ag92LrF5yk7uNnSt/s1024/hamlet-gallery-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="852" height="678" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZyWsII78dzMri-4XDJFnL7x5ZeVw5QDIKepOtvRZzKZ9pgbQIn_T_xauv0EO056mWpO8s8yk1TBqT-V6K5a78bH95UMZuea8aJbFBiuwDXh5lWkpNYIBi4dwbXF_Ag92LrF5yk7uNnSt/w564-h678/hamlet-gallery-6.jpg" width="564" /></span></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Raquel Welch and Rex Reed dancing in front of “Hamburger Hamlet” during the closing credits of the 1969 film, “Myra Breckinridge”</span> </span></p></blockquote><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslThF-jx5Lyoyq_gZfFM3mbJnY-VDC-LMpnNX5WDj3rCLCZvFEd5u1Zbl8_yLmVgoriFTGsQRKJb05-zY0rzgN8YjEdrIvjK5vCvzHi04uoC-dxlUbG4S81pTyJNnq2pHwfGQyJzsm6Tl/s1333/75418202_2671069566283079_2022522562365358080_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1333" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslThF-jx5Lyoyq_gZfFM3mbJnY-VDC-LMpnNX5WDj3rCLCZvFEd5u1Zbl8_yLmVgoriFTGsQRKJb05-zY0rzgN8YjEdrIvjK5vCvzHi04uoC-dxlUbG4S81pTyJNnq2pHwfGQyJzsm6Tl/w568-h426/75418202_2671069566283079_2022522562365358080_o.jpg" width="568" /></span></a></div><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;">A rare image of Hamburger Hamlet in Westwood Village </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;">Photo source: Westwood Historical Society.</span></b></span></div></blockquote><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDExl87o4SNTxOFVoKJ7ZPYEMcwwNBM99JVrh9j-iqfmJ_CMJkTILceNZ0Ab2rfE-J-FVgLAK9Yy9My1K7mUEOZ2AAmbX3oT6xZQXLsmUcxuIQXEGcM5-OrFu5xenyCvWkf9Tm3V9dD8e/s512/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="512" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDExl87o4SNTxOFVoKJ7ZPYEMcwwNBM99JVrh9j-iqfmJ_CMJkTILceNZ0Ab2rfE-J-FVgLAK9Yy9My1K7mUEOZ2AAmbX3oT6xZQXLsmUcxuIQXEGcM5-OrFu5xenyCvWkf9Tm3V9dD8e/w511-h369/unnamed.jpg" width="511" /></span></a></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Hollywood Blvd</span></div><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><div style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97aEJflugM4PdHxCeUZcy-ryrPi9XFooRzZbeFZiLwo8xc1Wmb3NsTNyEBS3q8q3Q1GpNuBhRhpgN7aeBybIwEChQJdlOp5s6fiy_wFeAUzNtElMssvU7oyVGdcoxedpq0pHcGzP5kAy4/s640/IMG_5473.JPG.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="504" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97aEJflugM4PdHxCeUZcy-ryrPi9XFooRzZbeFZiLwo8xc1Wmb3NsTNyEBS3q8q3Q1GpNuBhRhpgN7aeBybIwEChQJdlOp5s6fiy_wFeAUzNtElMssvU7oyVGdcoxedpq0pHcGzP5kAy4/w504-h640/IMG_5473.JPG.jpeg" width="504" /></span></a></div><span><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"> Hamburger Hamlet, Mid-Wilshire location. 1970s.</span> </span></span></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhjEyyZGeH_4cggXSJuqzxsNM-PucXvPTi1D6dFbg7a7C2EHBvZ0ctKGH-THHmYaUz_7kzTWUUwVjcDFWFlr45SC5X8Mo0b7xHXngQmnQCGaSd0s5ruK2Y-ED2blKmLEtTQhzgxnoWxf-/s960/hamlet-gallery-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="960" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhjEyyZGeH_4cggXSJuqzxsNM-PucXvPTi1D6dFbg7a7C2EHBvZ0ctKGH-THHmYaUz_7kzTWUUwVjcDFWFlr45SC5X8Mo0b7xHXngQmnQCGaSd0s5ruK2Y-ED2blKmLEtTQhzgxnoWxf-/w532-h392/hamlet-gallery-1.jpg" width="532" /></span></a></div><p style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Albert Brooks and Kathryn Harrold at the Hamburger Hamlet location on Beverly Blvd from "</span><em style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: inherit; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Modern Romance</em><em style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: inherit; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">"</em></span></p><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKVpu8wnIgGHWXIX_FwXp5kpvngu8DzJ-XoJ7u60wURqEiMNHgPngfQP-SfRMI96qOeLRAa05BKaNynNwEMlL1HAw8291pv6T6BwC7UU7jjMMww9aai9HgzMKfTpgPLvbPyP1T06b0CDA/s640/hamburger-hamlet-1978.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><p style="font-size: x-large;"><span><br /><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Palatino LT STD, Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Hamburger Hamlet on Beverly Blvd. in West Hollywood circa 1978</span></span></em></span></p><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><p style="font-size: x-large;"><span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></em></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="640" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKVpu8wnIgGHWXIX_FwXp5kpvngu8DzJ-XoJ7u60wURqEiMNHgPngfQP-SfRMI96qOeLRAa05BKaNynNwEMlL1HAw8291pv6T6BwC7UU7jjMMww9aai9HgzMKfTpgPLvbPyP1T06b0CDA/w579-h354/hamburger-hamlet-1978.jpeg" width="579" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInIIWtBFk3JLGGfT7HQ65AqVwycN6zzXR2EripfuP2bdguIKEA3WXsufV0lqO3rG_XHkNjLWNQUMzjt5ln7fhHHtzMpMFxTWm2WiZyAu6QRjt4SdmZNR6GqwUGtIj_8E56ZpzMHhPsvYW/s640/IMG_5472.JPG.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="640" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInIIWtBFk3JLGGfT7HQ65AqVwycN6zzXR2EripfuP2bdguIKEA3WXsufV0lqO3rG_XHkNjLWNQUMzjt5ln7fhHHtzMpMFxTWm2WiZyAu6QRjt4SdmZNR6GqwUGtIj_8E56ZpzMHhPsvYW/w566-h499/IMG_5472.JPG.jpeg" width="566" /></span></a></em></div><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><div style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Hamburger Hamlet in Brentwood. 1980s</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDZWzS3k_mHsc0Qvq3nZNc4Iiisb8BJB2xiFBycE_qxmw_OW9gOEwr9rQJrcR9NkbQpLXP_QhNWmYTzv5q0RXHv2URJt-JrB44qUCgq6kxHSMlRetqlSKtsmDTT9gl1x0dASqOvXZjcyC/s640/hamburger-hamlet-harry-marilyn-lewis.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="640" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDZWzS3k_mHsc0Qvq3nZNc4Iiisb8BJB2xiFBycE_qxmw_OW9gOEwr9rQJrcR9NkbQpLXP_QhNWmYTzv5q0RXHv2URJt-JrB44qUCgq6kxHSMlRetqlSKtsmDTT9gl1x0dASqOvXZjcyC/w516-h350/hamburger-hamlet-harry-marilyn-lewis.jpeg" width="516" /></span></a></div><span><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Hamburger Hamlet co-founders, Harry and Marilyn Lewis at the Century Plaza in 1980.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DPAtuBP9SmnlVeBdoF3CcvtvbS6hlpBNiawhUmFOmid6rf8e9HpMev9U5u3EC7MySnknTosgAmf2H4_cfiAOxRv72SENw8riu1P4TXU7hq2GrUfCb8kD5LXHc7qrp3jvg1mVXf2SV6dT/s1312/0-1.jpeg" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DPAtuBP9SmnlVeBdoF3CcvtvbS6hlpBNiawhUmFOmid6rf8e9HpMev9U5u3EC7MySnknTosgAmf2H4_cfiAOxRv72SENw8riu1P4TXU7hq2GrUfCb8kD5LXHc7qrp3jvg1mVXf2SV6dT/w482-h640/0-1.jpeg" width="482" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Stylish Marilyn Lewis on the cover of Executive Magazine</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Marilyn worked at the company's headquarters in Sherman Oaks. As president and CEO, she over saw the day to day operations, occasionally donning a chef's hat. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukOKACU1LDLR1vsvr9zeTOc1d638tNlTle86wiZ9o0tqdOsCmZFstp8SgOT2YkuCNIbUqbBIbbC7TfZZxwrZuyLlCsClp7WLtMUBrHyhmXpUdZ9XnvEjHGrKnOFqwPAYxEl7aY0M2W5YN/s1955/0-3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1955" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukOKACU1LDLR1vsvr9zeTOc1d638tNlTle86wiZ9o0tqdOsCmZFstp8SgOT2YkuCNIbUqbBIbbC7TfZZxwrZuyLlCsClp7WLtMUBrHyhmXpUdZ9XnvEjHGrKnOFqwPAYxEl7aY0M2W5YN/w496-h334/0-3.jpeg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Sunset location</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynKidL_hsAj3SmGzXkE2gAAcbXtrn1JYUIRNgrctqJbDy1YhSbaAouzIaR1i_faLEk1KE6IivDzzox5WJNtv1P5Xi_O26ORo2nAKjzu7aqEYlHvojRqRef8kbGC1HtR3qLOUkX9n6hyphenhyphenhn/s960/95462281_10158148692023480_537875414656221184_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="960" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynKidL_hsAj3SmGzXkE2gAAcbXtrn1JYUIRNgrctqJbDy1YhSbaAouzIaR1i_faLEk1KE6IivDzzox5WJNtv1P5Xi_O26ORo2nAKjzu7aqEYlHvojRqRef8kbGC1HtR3qLOUkX9n6hyphenhyphenhn/w523-h294/95462281_10158148692023480_537875414656221184_n.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The Tap Room at the Sunset location. Sigh. I can't imagine how many times I sat in this room. I can smell the Zircles just looking at this photo that I captured on closing night. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: trebuchet; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700;">I can still picture Frances taking us to our table. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">They should have just left the TAP ROOM as kept it as is rather then turning it into an over priced Chinese Restaurant. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: trebuchet; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXO32N375tEv0NCplVIRAp_Um0n8EaMhPFQk17anhtP1NOdXlfQ-yYY-WSxDQbKqJSaC7i1hu0Lb_C842JCxnLoBr6P0TtHwx10OSbw4CjwWcDcCkQI5a90bpr-DMqz1m_JvgwthbXJi1t/s960/13690639_10210483094020344_7140065486049441472_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXO32N375tEv0NCplVIRAp_Um0n8EaMhPFQk17anhtP1NOdXlfQ-yYY-WSxDQbKqJSaC7i1hu0Lb_C842JCxnLoBr6P0TtHwx10OSbw4CjwWcDcCkQI5a90bpr-DMqz1m_JvgwthbXJi1t/w400-h300/13690639_10210483094020344_7140065486049441472_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>They should have just left the TAP room as is and rented out the other half as a different restaurant.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Irving Swifty Lazar's star above one of the booths. They also had one for Dean Marin and Ben Gazzara</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU5tTUGY6aT1PJzPMq-rGHEmPIHtv9S-Ea6-Rp1PUqo6uB99QWh880xADtAmuLHAmchXy3YjnENjANOVJ2b5SIi_ZekB1SzxaRXHb_TVHSdlWqW7_X047pl6mSC9jFr9l3h6-YQ8ZsATk/s1928/92954532_10158326629383945_1309088748872400896_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="1928" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU5tTUGY6aT1PJzPMq-rGHEmPIHtv9S-Ea6-Rp1PUqo6uB99QWh880xADtAmuLHAmchXy3YjnENjANOVJ2b5SIi_ZekB1SzxaRXHb_TVHSdlWqW7_X047pl6mSC9jFr9l3h6-YQ8ZsATk/w533-h333/92954532_10158326629383945_1309088748872400896_o.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The Beastie Boys at the Sunset Hamlet. Photo by Spike Jones </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdOEifN9P2aEKDg5wRAk6q_aDnZp_4ei2Dl2-OWoFP8TjOAV12ut7TBhPzv0NUGGI34oiNUTz2NcSAq_qbhFkb0DdC9BDMam9agQEhgMm0obV0PrgiG_1gf6OcrN9JkS5SJqZWGhopDYm/s960/hamlet-gallery-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="960" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdOEifN9P2aEKDg5wRAk6q_aDnZp_4ei2Dl2-OWoFP8TjOAV12ut7TBhPzv0NUGGI34oiNUTz2NcSAq_qbhFkb0DdC9BDMam9agQEhgMm0obV0PrgiG_1gf6OcrN9JkS5SJqZWGhopDYm/w533-h373/hamlet-gallery-2.jpg" width="533" /></span></a></div><span><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Dean Martin photo-bombed at the Hamburger Hamlet</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbCaLaDppO3VzjUFLv6frxKKn7Qa8lUlMEKRoO4lcAOtDNl-4SZHsbu0D16KiNiGrPWfdDgRe10xaAxHfvQipjvRS81VkAJ2ISvj41CzUJ_6IobXrcu8mmyHaQm6WOFS1BZ2kfXQ7d9K8/s960/10891544_10152792197049842_760549736058330987_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="960" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbCaLaDppO3VzjUFLv6frxKKn7Qa8lUlMEKRoO4lcAOtDNl-4SZHsbu0D16KiNiGrPWfdDgRe10xaAxHfvQipjvRS81VkAJ2ISvj41CzUJ_6IobXrcu8mmyHaQm6WOFS1BZ2kfXQ7d9K8/w525-h323/10891544_10152792197049842_760549736058330987_n.jpg" width="525" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">A painting of the Hamburger Hamlet. This hung inside the Sherman Oaks location</span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOnP0lr9Yk8Nf7SEquY87Vj24oq3KN_DRrQyV2pCqLsbOkl_v4Cj7oVwzTXbq8mKNVdR189eQkmlsApU0g1RpfEN2tkECEgQvmKNFcMpJcErsRU0kYAMucJFRs6RJO7i5ZEbf_mmz_oqm/s825/Hamburger-hamlet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="825" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOnP0lr9Yk8Nf7SEquY87Vj24oq3KN_DRrQyV2pCqLsbOkl_v4Cj7oVwzTXbq8mKNVdR189eQkmlsApU0g1RpfEN2tkECEgQvmKNFcMpJcErsRU0kYAMucJFRs6RJO7i5ZEbf_mmz_oqm/w431-h287/Hamburger-hamlet.jpg" width="431" /></span></a></div><span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> Crystal City</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eZVazmJ8qP71I7nSOwWlrbV1UWfDyKMbdMkP1pGZcGqkfOXVj2OlYlhi99mV0yK3GvGsfbQAHib1dM272rHCch0TsFm2AiqsnqHaPyaHMt28O0q1uEVH1tUrn7n2KHT1v1d5OfCiEY0E/s2048/the-hamburger-hamlet-dining-room-2048x1365.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eZVazmJ8qP71I7nSOwWlrbV1UWfDyKMbdMkP1pGZcGqkfOXVj2OlYlhi99mV0yK3GvGsfbQAHib1dM272rHCch0TsFm2AiqsnqHaPyaHMt28O0q1uEVH1tUrn7n2KHT1v1d5OfCiEY0E/w420-h279/the-hamburger-hamlet-dining-room-2048x1365.jpg" width="420" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div>Sherman Oaks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcG3OTDpkus1NNmCKNZgNNnTUG40USC1R-L8Eqtf5tv3xYFLs-5l6VkGDNqOc6v6yNTAdHIrLsDOlZXggGnpwbhCrmFoQJNPWcqFmsjXXBVNNYNPiWU36N2HSJEg_kN6WUMMb5GIRzvnh-/s895/IMG_8588.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="895" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcG3OTDpkus1NNmCKNZgNNnTUG40USC1R-L8Eqtf5tv3xYFLs-5l6VkGDNqOc6v6yNTAdHIrLsDOlZXggGnpwbhCrmFoQJNPWcqFmsjXXBVNNYNPiWU36N2HSJEg_kN6WUMMb5GIRzvnh-/w440-h351/IMG_8588.jpg" width="440" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: trebuchet; font-style: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: trebuchet; font-style: inherit; text-align: left;">Menu: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: trebuchet; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700;">“Eat the sides I pray you”</span></div></div><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTwOu1PsIA79dKF0wt-9w7M3iOGmJYzveBiLts4t8gqf685uTRh4ClYrBDZEpr9tf4cchBjRDEiBuGjdk-IcazkSG3uuK7igNx6qvA57tlkuAaWOkCpaS3S8Nw2Wuz7b90V_R8F-UOt3w/s960/hamburger-hamlet-2012-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTwOu1PsIA79dKF0wt-9w7M3iOGmJYzveBiLts4t8gqf685uTRh4ClYrBDZEpr9tf4cchBjRDEiBuGjdk-IcazkSG3uuK7igNx6qvA57tlkuAaWOkCpaS3S8Nw2Wuz7b90V_R8F-UOt3w/w443-h443/hamburger-hamlet-2012-1.jpg" width="443" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="x-container max width" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1200px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 628.703px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="x-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-width: 1px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"> Pasadena Hamlet 2012</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: "Book Antiqua", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ite7Zg9MJYhpwhZKAMYn7poTyBbff_U16sxFx-zYqLDezdX4YURuijzuibH19MDZt9hfgh5rwpZnlhxHqYpzOGQBQe-ha3aYDgJD0RsXTwt-kQIxPLpCdh26oz0l7JyJdEHUaZw7jdks/s960/IMG_5475.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ite7Zg9MJYhpwhZKAMYn7poTyBbff_U16sxFx-zYqLDezdX4YURuijzuibH19MDZt9hfgh5rwpZnlhxHqYpzOGQBQe-ha3aYDgJD0RsXTwt-kQIxPLpCdh26oz0l7JyJdEHUaZw7jdks/w514-h386/IMG_5475.jpg" width="514" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Alison Martino and host Frances Davis on closing night. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We sadly lost Frances </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: trebuchet; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">in 2019</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0g0tD0n2VofdKSl0mVX7260VNSjWzVki9QrcFBCJ6wAAwodA1O1gPXwDn8ctE1ejEtLXUZDQWh7SoV1pAB9Nw9iGyoYd56Ha0knk-L1RHrWekBdoUHpY-qzeTW2iYUkcXQ5fl7pilcFEa/s960/IMG_5474.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0g0tD0n2VofdKSl0mVX7260VNSjWzVki9QrcFBCJ6wAAwodA1O1gPXwDn8ctE1ejEtLXUZDQWh7SoV1pAB9Nw9iGyoYd56Ha0knk-L1RHrWekBdoUHpY-qzeTW2iYUkcXQ5fl7pilcFEa/w554-h415/IMG_5474.jpg" width="554" /></span></a></div><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> Alison and her mother Judi on closing night.</span></p></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 0px 0px 1.313em; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbqo6EoLUYY1Y_LWMnm3DKUmZObY7WZ3N7DAZnUzMwzee1jJteVx06LgnamvuUvW4XRQ_xNLf0NLQ0_D67n650FICsbUVZnwB5Vw3FbQQ0XRRdLXsnAO9vkN-5TDEoYJ_IbZ0pb28Nqw1/s1312/0-2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1312" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbqo6EoLUYY1Y_LWMnm3DKUmZObY7WZ3N7DAZnUzMwzee1jJteVx06LgnamvuUvW4XRQ_xNLf0NLQ0_D67n650FICsbUVZnwB5Vw3FbQQ0XRRdLXsnAO9vkN-5TDEoYJ_IbZ0pb28Nqw1/w596-h596/0-2.jpeg" width="596" /></span></a></div><span><br /></span><div><span><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">During the summer of 2018, Quentin Tarantino turned the LA streets back to the summer of 1969. His remarkable production team recreated the facade of the Hamburger Hamlet in it's original location in Westwood Village. It felt like a time machine. Today this location is a Taco Bell, but just for a few short days we stepped back in time. </span></b></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgy2xRwS_tlAkFS3lFugPlDVXbN_SQ1ZwG7D3tsExND3GRIHTIXvdKpui7TTpXOICIwEdYSxpg9AyAKaDKpoPruscaj76oS8MIEQ2I1Z4DJvPpk-EKv_zQVs1HH0LWACsJh2tx0Ta7I8Cg/s1080/42374668_1975993482459228_1355656077080788992_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="601" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgy2xRwS_tlAkFS3lFugPlDVXbN_SQ1ZwG7D3tsExND3GRIHTIXvdKpui7TTpXOICIwEdYSxpg9AyAKaDKpoPruscaj76oS8MIEQ2I1Z4DJvPpk-EKv_zQVs1HH0LWACsJh2tx0Ta7I8Cg/w601-h601/42374668_1975993482459228_1355656077080788992_o.jpg" width="601" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">At least I have a a few original matchbooks, menus, ashtrays and a name tag worn by a waitress named Meghan. Along with a blank receipt, a souvenir that hung inside the Beverly Drive location and a HH watch! Some which were generously donated to my Vintage Los Angeles archives </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></b></div></b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfOe_Zrs0zCk2cRmMT7eSkKRlI-4c_62Grm1wbY3v1nvC-VPXCV2XXV51Sv3diFs7J687HgYWwc-Z-HqLf0WnmBnSiD-E3ULb8vlBdZuwir9JRQR6bNio328VkzDfg0fse60s_idk9n6t/s2585/126616538_233704801420314_5066637475861268017_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="2585" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfOe_Zrs0zCk2cRmMT7eSkKRlI-4c_62Grm1wbY3v1nvC-VPXCV2XXV51Sv3diFs7J687HgYWwc-Z-HqLf0WnmBnSiD-E3ULb8vlBdZuwir9JRQR6bNio328VkzDfg0fse60s_idk9n6t/w593-h280/126616538_233704801420314_5066637475861268017_n.jpg" width="593" /></a></div></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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She founded the Facebook page </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit;">Vintage Los Angeles</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 2010. 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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But this is the story of the tiled murals that traverse the long, long, long, corridors of Terminals 3, 4, at LAX</span><br />
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At the Delta Terminal in 2019. Below in my story on the tiles for Los Angeles Magazine in 2013</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The Designer and graphic artist, who died in 2007, was hired in the late 1950s to help upgrade LAX to the atomic age in 1961, which included the creation of this geomantic eye candy. Kratka was the head of interior design when the airport was being modernized. Kratka also oversaw the design of the original interiors for the Los Angeles Museum Of Art when it opened in 1965, but the mosaics were actually designed by artist, Janet Bennett, who installed thousands of small glass tiles into five corridors and the two satellite buildings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, only three of them are open - terminals 3, 4, and 6. "The original idea was to help make the 300 foot-long tunnels seem shorter"</span><span style="font-size: large;">, said Ethel Pattison, the airport's historian and volunteer at the <a href="https://flightpathlax.com">FLIGHT PATH MUSEUM AND LEARNING CENTER.</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The mosaic tunnels can be seen <i>only</i> be arriving passengers. It's quite a shame that one must be returning to see them. I miss the days when meeting someone at the airport meant the opportunity to admire the wonders of LAX. During the 1960's, this airport had more personality then any other airport in the country. As I reported for Los Angeles Magazine article, the 300-foot-long piece was a journey in itself: The tile color represented the United States and the changing seasons from coast to coast. The blue representing the oceans, green for the mountains, sand color for the deserts, brown for the plains, and navy for the seas. I actually learned on a 3rd grade field trip that the red in the center means you're halfway across the mid west. Bennet described it as, "a continent described in colors". Bennet elaborates: "To a young artist / designer, the days from 1959 to 1961 were a wonderful creative time. I seemed to have all the time in the world to design major art features for the new airport. Looking back now, it seemed like play. My boss, Charles D. Kratka, who worked with me at the the architectural firm, Pereira and Luckman Assoc, handed me the assignment. They were exciting and challenging projects. There was a period after I finished my phase of work on the tunnels when I had other projects, but none as satisfying. Incidentally, there were enough tiles left over for a baseboard for my apartment and coffee tables, etc. still in the homes of four of my California cousins. When I first saw a finished tunnel I was returning to Los Angeles in the middle of the night. I can remember being delighted by the colors as the infused the almost empty passageway. About midway, I encountered a couple who had stopped and were pointing at the tiles as they talked. I interrupted, "Oh, do you like it? I did it!"They looked and me startled and quickly moved on. They didn't believe me!"</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Until this day, to me, walking through the corridors are the best the best part of returning home. It's aways comforting walking past those mid century modern tiles on the way to the baggage claim. It's just an L.A. thing that translates to, "Welcome Home". Being a native Angeleno, I have walked past them way too many times to count. They bring back to many warm memories of childhood and are so incredibly 'iconic' to LAX and the city of Los Angeles. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you haven't seen the tiles in person, perhaps you've seen them captured on celluloid. Movies such as, "POINT BLANK", "THE GRADUATE", "HIGH ANXIETY, "MIDNIGHT MADNESS", "AIRPLANE!", "JACKIE BROWN", "INTO THE NIGHT", and "ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD were just some of the movies and TV shows shot in this mid century modern space age tunnel...</span><br /><br />
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The world famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_a_Go_Go">Whisky a Go Go</a> on the Sunset Strip celebrates its 55th anniversary this year. And to celebrate this milestone, I had the pleasure of interviewing Philip Tanzini Jr., son of Philip Tanzini, Sr., who was one of the original owners of the Whisky along with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Valentine">Elmer Valentine</a>, Shelly Davis, and attorney Theodore Flier.<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Tanzini</span> shares some inside stories I had never heard before and I'm thrilled to share these personal stories with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/?tn-str=k*F">Vintage Los Angeles</a> readers. </div>
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Jayne Mansfield at the Whisky a Go-Go</div>
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<span style="color: #333332; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18px;">The world famous <a href="http://www.whiskyagogo.com/site/">Whisky A Go-Go </a>is considered the first rock ‘n’ roll venue on the Sunset Strip to take chances by booking new and sometimes notorious artists during the 1960s, they gave future superstars a stage to develop their signature sounds. Johnny Rivers was the first to play live music at the Whisky in 1964. Two years later, the Doors became the house band after Arthur Lee, front man of local L.A. band, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(band)">LOVE</a> (who were already headlining the joint) encouraged Elektra Records owner Jac Holzman to sign them. “Up-and-coming” artists like Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Janis Joplin, and The Byrds played there too, their names placed in large letters on the marquee at the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Clark.</span><br />
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Although many are familiar with the lore around the Whisky, most people don’t know how the Whisky a Go Go got started. I only recently learned the story myself when I sat down at the Rainbow Bar and Grill to talk with Philip Tanzini Jr., the son of one of the four original owners, Philip Tanzini, Sr.</div>
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Tanzini Sr. was born and raised in New Jersey but moved to Los Angeles with his business partner, former cop Elmer Valentine, a former cop during the 1950s, looking for business opportunities in Hollywood. During a trip to Paris, Valentine had stumbled upon a restaurant called the “Whisky A Go Go”, and became intrigued by the European mod scene. This gave him the idea to open a similar joint on the Sunset Strip. At the time, the Strip was changing, and the older nightclubs of the Golden Age, like The Mocambo, Ciro’s, and The Trocadero were closing down and giving way to the new world of discotheques. The Whisky, however, was never intended to be a dance club. </div>
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According to Tanzini Jr., the venue was founded by his father, Valentine, publicist Shelly Davis, and attorney Theodore Flier. The four powerful partners took over an old, nondescript bank in West Hollywood with a plan to open a French restaurant. The group hired a local artist named Tony Mafia to paint the interiors, and installed beautiful chandeliers and a really expensive sound system. But when opening day rolled around in the summer of ‘64, The Whisky A Go Go was far from ready. “None of the tables and chairs had even been delivered,” says Tanzini. Still, the venue could not open its doors after its grand opening were splattered all over the trades.</div>
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Now I wouldn’t describe Phil Tanzini and Elmer Valentine as roughish kinds of guys, but I will say they colored outside the lines a little here and there. One of the owners had a niece that attended Hollywood High School, and according to Tanzini, they asked her and a bunch of her teenage friends if they’d like to make $20 each for the evening. “That was a lot of money in those days,” says Tanzini. “They paid all these kids to stand in a line outside the Whisky A Go Go. Elmer and my dad locked the doors, turned the music really loud, and hired a bouncer out front to paint the impression they were packed to capacity.” The fake out worked—and went on for a couple of days. Tanzini and the team knew they would eventually have to open, but without tables and chairs, they decided to hire local musicians to fill their empty space.</div>
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The kids loved it. Since there wasn’t any furniture, they started dancing, creating their own dance floor. “Back when the building was a bank, it had a security office that looked out over the floor. It was basically a ledge,” says Tanzini. “My father and Elmer installed bars so no one would fall off it. This was the beginning of what would eventually become a ‘go-go’ cage. Elmer was one of those guys that had his finger on the pulse of what was going in those days, and he decided to give musician Johnny Rivers a one-year contract and hired a young, pretty girl upstairs to mix the music. Occasionally she’d dance to the beat.”</div>
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“Well, one day she quit and everyone kept asking Elmer ‘where’s the girl in the cage? The one with the fringe dress and white boots?" So he turned to some of the girls in the joint and told them to go up there and start dancing.” More suspended cages were installed after that, and go-go dancing at the Whisky was born. They all danced the Mashed Potato, The Dog, the Monkey, The Jerk, and the Watusi (My personal favorite). <span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #eff1f3; color: #1d2129; font-size: 13px;"> </span>Fringe dresses and all.<br />
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<span style="color: #333332; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Soon the venue was hosting groups including Arthur Lee and Love, the Byrds, the Doors, the Kinks, the Who, the Mamas and Papas, and Sonny and Cher. It also attracted stars like Sally Field, Steve McQueen, Richard Burton, and Jayne Mansfield because it was a local spot where celebrities could really let their hair down. On one infamous night, Mansfield spent a few moments with the Beatles, who had stopped by on their first American tour in 1964. </span><span style="color: #333332; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50);">The Beatles had stated in a press conference they'd like to meet Jayne Mansfield when visiting Hollywood, so this was a calculated move by Mansfield. </span></span><span style="color: #333332; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">George Harrison, upset by photographers, got into a drink-hurling fiasco and the band left after 15 minutes. </span></div>
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"Somebody conned us into going to the Whisky a Go Go. It seemed to take us twenty minutes to get from the door to the table and instantly the whole of Hollywood paparazzi descended. It was a total set-up by Jayne Mansfield to have p<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">ictures taken with us. John and I were sitting either side of her and she had her hands on our legs, by our groins - at least she did on mine. We'd been sitting there for hours, waiting to get a drink; we had glasses with ice in them, and the ice had all melted. A photographer came and tried to get a picture and I threw the glass of water at him. He took a photo of the water coming out of the glass and soaking - accidentally - the actress Mamie Van Doren, who just happened to be passing. We got out of there; it was hell. We left town the next day, and I remember sitting on the plane, reading the paper and there was the photo of me throwing the water."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The Whisky went on to become one of the most famous clubs in the world. In 1969 Led Zeppelin and Alice Cooper performed at the venue on the same bill. Other historic acts included Buffalo Springfield, Van Morrison and Them, Muddy Waters, the Kinks, the Standells, Iron Butterfly, Cream, Janis Joplin, Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, the Seeds, the Turtles, Neil Diamond, the Young Rascals, Otis Redding, The Four Tops, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, the Runways, and Frank Zappa. In fact The Mother's of </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 50);">Invention</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> got their record contact based on that performance at the Whisky. </span><br />
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<i>Arthur Lee at the Whisky A Go Go </i><br />
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<i> The Doors and the Birds on the marquee in 1967</i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">L</span>inda Ronstadt at the <a data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=255993174993&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK%2AF-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARDZcMEEROnOM2P6ny0WyxtYsEUohqD84alfDoLzXzjBHOa_8yhs2iux3Qnn9BTNXsqLuLiVj-D56szc%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3Anull%2C%22groups_location%22%3Anull%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/thewhiskyagogo/?__tn__=%2CdK%2AF-R&eid=ARDZcMEEROnOM2P6ny0WyxtYsEUohqD84alfDoLzXzjBHOa_8yhs2iux3Qnn9BTNXsqLuLiVj-D56szc" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Whisky A Go-Go</a> in 1970. Paul McCartney had just released his first solo album. And that's The Small Faces on the side wall.</i></div>
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During the ‘70s, the Whisky was a launching pad for punk and new-wave acts like the Ramones, the New York Dolls, Blondie, and Iggy Pop, the Stooges, the B-52's, and X. Van Halen performed there in '1977 and heavy metal bands such as Motley Crew, Metallica (with the Motels) and Guns 'n Roses took center stage during the ‘80s. The venue was inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall Of Fame in 2006 and during it's 50th anniversary, the Whisky showcased sets from Robby Krieger (of The Doors), X, and the Bangles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Alison Martino is a writer, television producer and personality, and L.A. pop culture historian. She founded the Facebook page </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>Vintage Los Angeles</i></a><i> in 2010. In addition to CityThink and VLA, Martino muses on L.A’s. past and present on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>Twitter</i></a><i> and <a href="http://instagram.com/alisonmartino" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and on her website, alisonmartino.com</i></span><br />
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