![]() Fineman moved to the Hillview Apartments at 6531 Hollywood Blvd (now 6533). A short time later, she and her new husband Bernie P. When silent film star Evelyn Brent first arrived in Los Angeles in 1922, she stayed at the Hollywood Hotel. As far as I can judge, it was after 1986 and possibly before the Rodney King riots. Oddly enough, no one really seems to recall exactly when the building burned down. It might have had a brief life as a private club after the porn theater closed. In the mid-1970s, what was left of the original building became a gay porn house called the Century Theater, which lasted until the mid-1980s. However, as a theatrical venue, it eventually declined due to the growing popularity of multi-screen theaters. Over several decades, the theatre remained a mainstream movie house, enduring numerous renovations and name changes. Wetson, the first of many changes in ownership. In 1924, Otis Hunley, proprietor, sold the theater to W.W. The Theatre’s claim to fame at the opening was its Robert-Morgan organ, capable of making up to 49 sounds. It was designed by Meyer and Holler and erected by the Milwaukee Building Company. Hunley’s Theatre is a 1921 built 750-seat movie palace once located at 5115 Hollywood Boulevard (near Normandie). This was the Buster Keaton studio, bordered by Lillian, Romaine, Cahuenga, and Eleanor. While Metro is the main industrial-looking complex near the center of the photo, if you look slightly down and left, you will see another square block of what also appears to be a studio lot. Okay–the vertical (diagonal) street farthest to the left is Lillian the next diagonal street is Cahuenga followed by Cole, Wilcox, and Hudson. Still with me? I’m barely following myself at this point. Eleanor is the shortened street at the very, very bottom of the photo. The furthest horizontal street at the top of the picture is Melrose the next horizontal street down is Waring followed by Willoughby then Romaine. Vine, which would have been the corner of Vine St. Vine Street while another source said it was located at 1100 N. One source said that the shop was once located at 1124 N. Hollywood High School on Sunset Blvd., circa 1905. Hollywood, looking north from Hollywood Blvd. Prospect Avenue (aka Hollywood Blvd.) near Cahuenga in 1905. Today, Olive Hill is where you’ll find the Barnsdall Art Park, including the Hollyhock House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (completed in 1921). The buildings below include the Prospect Park station, a post office, and possibly a couple of residences. Two men standing on top of Olive Hill in East Hollywood, circa 1900. Grading and laying down street car tracks along Prospect Avenue (aka Hollywood Blvd.), circa 1898. Hollywood looking south from near Gower St. The art deco Creque Building was built on the Sackett Hotel site. Following the completion of the Hotel Hollywood in 1902, the Sackett’s business declined and by 1906, the hotel closed for good. The hotel became a popular place for the area bachelors to meet and it eventually became the site of Hollywood’s very first post office. The cost to stay there amounted to $5 a week. Upstairs, the hotel featured 18 rooms with one shared bath. It was the tallest building in the area, featuring a general store, vegetable gardens on neighboring lots, and an ice cream parlor. The Sackett Hotel and Emporium (built in 1888) was the first hotel built in Hollywood and was located on the SW corner of Cahuenga and Prospect Ave, later renamed Hollywood Boulevard. Sunset Boulevard facing west from around Wilcox, c. ![]() Another name for it was La Baig’s Casa Cahuenga. The Six Mile House, named for its distance to Los Angeles, was a liquor/wine bar located at the NE corner of Gower and Sunset in the 1880s. Come back often because there is a lot to add. Here is a short history told through photos. It is a neighborhood, perhaps the most famous one in the world.
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