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Wallichs Music City
Glenn Wallichs owned the biggest record store in Los Angeles. Wallichs Music City record store opened in 1940 and was located in Hollywood on the corner of Sunset and Vine across the street from the...
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Gazzarri's 9093 Sunset Strip
When the Twist craze took over the nation, Bill Gazzarri took notice. In 1965 Gazzarri purchased a small restaurant previously called the Comedians located at 9039 Sunset Boulevard. After some...
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Coffee Dan's on Hollywood Blvd early 1960's
Photo By Julius Shulman Postcard Vintage Los Angeles Collection
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Ships Coffee Shop
Oh how I miss ships and the toasters on the counters! A true Southern California Coffee Shop treasure, Ships Restaurant, epitomized all that was right about the googie age. Designed by Martin Stern...
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Tiny Naylors on Sunset Blvd.
Tiny Naylors opened it 1958 on Sunset Blvd and was one of California's original googie-style restaurants. It was founded by W.W. Tiny Naylor. Naylor who got the nick name Tiny because he was 6'4" and...
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The Aquarius Theater
above is the Aquarius Theater in 1970. It was painted psychedelic for the opening of Hair. But before it was the Aquarius it was many different incarnations. Below was it's first manifestation, The...
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P.J.'s night club
Elmer Valentine moved to California and joined with partners from Chicago to open a nightclub called P.J.’s, named after the Manhattan bar P. J. Clarke’s. It was the first swinging go Go club in Los...
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The Trip on Sunset Strip
In 1965 Valentine and partners opened "TheTrip" at 8572 Sunset Boulevard right next to the towering Playboy Club building. The Trip was located in the former popular '60's jazz club called the...
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Largo on Sunset Strip
Club LARGO opened on Sunset Strip by Chuck Landis. A burlesque club that featured comedians and the most exotic girls in filmland. Before it was Largo it had been the Westside Market and Hazen's...
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The Villa Nova, 9015 Sunset Strip
This restaurant was originally called the Mermaid Cafe built in the late 1920's. In 1933 it premiered as The Villa Nova and taken over by film director Vincente Minnelli and silent film actor-director...
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Scandia Restaurant located on Sunset Strip / Beverly Hills
Scandia. 9040 Sunset. 1946-1989. Some of my earliest memories are at Scandia. Of course I went with my parents. I was lucky they never left me with baby sitters. We settled into what felt like regal...
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The Cock 'n Bull on Sunset Strip
Built in 1937Irreverence was always in great supply at the Cock'n Bull, a mock British tavern favored by notables ranging from artists like Ed Ruscha and actor Richard Burton to rock singer Rod Stewart...
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The Bistro in Beverly Hills
The Bistro catered for decades to high-powered crowd thick with denizens of the film industry and high society. The Bistro was a favorite of Billy Wilder and Elizabeth Taylor and was remembered for...
View ArticleSUNSET STRIP VIDEOS taken in the 1960s.
Guarenteed to blow your mind. Take a ride down Sunset Strip in 1964. Do you recognize anything? Do the Largo club and Villa Nova look familiar? I bet they do because today they are better known as The...
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THE FISH SHANTY
Located at the messy intersection of La Cienega Boulevard, San Vicente Boulevard and Burton Way, the Fish Shanty was known to Los Angeles residents as "that place where you walk in through the whale's...
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Beverly Hills Library - demolished
I have such fond memories of the Mid Century Modern library that was located in Beverly Hills It was a child's dream during the 60s and 70s. It had a state of the art screening with a step down living...
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OSKO'S nightclub located at 333 South La Cienega.
Osko's: The holy grail of the disco clubs in Los Angeles.This futuristic 60s design looked like very reminiscent of the LAX Theme building or the Ticket office at POP looked almost like a space ship...
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The Pan Pacific Auditorium.
The Pan Pacific AuditoriumThe Pan-Pacific Auditorium was built by Clifford W. Henderson and his brother Phillip in the Fairfax District at 7600 West Beverly Boulevard. It stood on the southeast corner...
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The Islander on La Cienega
385 North La CienegaGoing to the Islander was like going to Polynesian Tiki Heaven. Iremember that spectacular torch-flanked entrance and bridge that lead you into this theme restaurant. In the 80s...
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"Vintage Los Angeles" on Facebook!
COME JOIN Vintage Los Angeles on Facebook! Where we document the history of Los Angeles told by the people who lived it. Brought to you by your personal Dolorean of the internet, Alison...
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