Driving in Los Angeles 1985 Part 2 of 3 Hollywood/Sunset Blvd

[Boomboomroomish]

I have to agree!! I was born in 1980 and L.A was rough in those days. That is when you had the emergence of the gangs, crack cocaine and A.I.D.S. And those thing hit L.A HARD!!

[Jobeykobra]

These videos, right here, are a dream for me. LA and the 80s... you can't get in a better time capsule than that, in my mind. If only I wasn't -5 years old and existed to see this. And now I can.

[yellowlght]

It use to be so rough back then

[jaydrums101]

And then theres sound:)

[Fanik10]

Vintage!!

[bipolarbat]

Cool! The Sunset Bvd. landscape hasn't changed much, althhough I believe there is an IPad II ad now where that giant Marlboro man used to be....

[alysiamonet]

amazing :) i use to want so badly to be alive in the 80s and this let me see what life was like back then, i was smiling through this whole vid...thank you for the upload :)

[snooters]

Thanks for these uploads. I was a little kid living in LA in the 80s and these definitely bring back memories.

[Toni7859]

I like how people just walk across the street in front of you. LOL.

[PupuTheClown]

Turn on the radio and listen to some Don Henley, Glen Frey or Joe Walsh.

[charlieangels106]

perfect video quality for the time !

[wiredog73]

at 7:05...whisky a go go? was i closed during this time?

[90038jhon]

any film that starts off with a shot of my Toyota gets a thumbs up

[LAWoman323213]

A lot of things have changed, but have stayed the same. I remember Piece O Pizza. They were all over L.A. in the 80s. My favorite childhood pizza place.

[kaczerm]

i wish i was born a bit sooner then 95 the 80\s seemed awesome the old LA :) thanks a million for these vids !

[LAWoman323213]

@kaczerm It doesn't matter when you were born. That's what reference books and videos are for. It's all relative.

[jamesrosevear]

Mashti Malone's on the right at 3:40 is still standing. Best ice cream in Hollywood.

[pild3f0ns0]

you can actually see the smog in those days.

[UGHC1]

... HOLLYWOOD ...

[hotathlete2]

Notice that gas price at the mobile station on sunset and la brea: $1.04 a gallon.

Hasn't changed a whole lot.

[wendileona]

So many things to point out - at about 3:45 you can see Sting's Dream Blue Turtles on an billboard, A&M Studios was right past that, they always advertised their latest releases on there.

Amazing video, it feels like a transitional era, where it had shown its slight decay and had a Hollyweird reputation. Today, Hollywood Blvd in the last 10 or so has reached a more "glammy" glaze over it so to speak in terms of tourist and gentrificational development and activity.

- Gary

[smash8979]

this dude's funny. :D 

[tall32guy]

@smash8979 Indeed! His humor is cute. :)

[knighrider100]

omg

[jim90046]

and no 3rd brake lights ! LOL ! Didn't come out until 1986 models !!!!!!

[DA90027]

This was before they turned Hollywood Blvd into the ugly Tourist Trap it is now!

[esham2001]

Where is all the illegals with their pickup trucks and lawnmowers in the back?

[elgrande77]

i like to watch 80's videos before and after i looks different from now and the old fucking cars i love it

[jste77]

where were are all the illegal mexicans at in 1985?

[LAWoman323213]

@jste77 Trust me, they were here. The difference is that they weren't as brazen back then as they are now.

[pika23]

woooahhh epic palm trees!

[bmtimv]

Downtown looks a lot better today

[CoolWizziProductions]

1.04 for gas!!!!

[MortalRon08]

I certainly remember those days when I was working as an assistant doorman in West Hollywood, over on Alta Loma off Holloway.

[DanW900]

4:00 - Wow $1.04 for gas!

[noirpoetix1]

too bad that building next to the Chinese Theater is now the Kodak Theater.

[kakaphotos]

LOL, "Pee Wee's big Adventure", a biker with no helmet on. That was California back then. That's when I arrived in LA... great memories.

[GEMINITREKKER]

I noticed at 1:28 "St.Elmos Fire" was playing at one theater and at 2:24 "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" was playing at another. I lived in that area and in San Diego in 1985. Great Memories! Thanks for posting..its like going back in time!

[tjluis2002]

this video is great. this is how you post a comment aktion 13f14, they whent out of there way to put this on here so show some appreciation if not we no one here cares. let me translate it for you, thug life homey... paper paper bag, im rockin yellow, so drop it like its hot son, KOBY!

[JADEAV]

Thanks goodness I was born in 1968 and had seen everything changing from my time to today.. Too bad for those who were born in the 90's and moron kids as do not understand about the old times!!

[aktion13f14]

oh crap i just saw 1985! sorry im retarded

[tjluis2002]

@aktion13f14 yes you are that retarded, you cant possibly think the area, the year, that it might hold a special signifigance to some people out there, ehhhyy but dont let me ruin your day thug life!!! bling bling!! smak my bitch up!! money in the bank thats life.

[aktion13f14]

@tjluis2002 what in fuck's name are you talking about? thug life? who do you think you're talking to? you goddamn miserable result of a drunken backseat skinfest and a broken diaphragm...

how do you even think you could ever ruin my day? you can barely compose a sentence; you're obviously not capable of much. cunt.

[tjluis2002]

@aktion13f14 oh you know me so whell, THUG MOTHE.. LIFE!!! do you need me to show you? im saying your about as comlex as a carboard box for posting such a retarded comment, im more capable than you at anything be it tic tac toe or anything above that to infinity, your not ruining my day home slice, i got to much pride for your little comment the reason i posted a comment was to pain you a picture: im walking threw a nice park and everythings going great until i see someone left a dog poop right

[aktion13f14]

woah this is insane what year was this shot in? everything looks so diff in the 90028 now :\

[fxcat123]

retro blogger ;)

[mondocaneman]

It's too expensive to live there now! before it was cheap, not anymore! Everyone is moving out of Hollywood and going farther away!

[dangeroreilly1]

This brings back so many memories! @ :58 seconds, The Gift Garden (Best Head Shop on Hllywood Blvd!) I worked there & @ :59 seconds, Johnnie's Restaurant..Where all of us from The GG went to eat for lunch or dinner!! Both of those establishments are long gone now. The Gift Garden is now The King King club. So sad, yet it was great to see it again. Thanks for the memories!!!

[foundintranslation3]

that raffalos is still there and the alley way across the street from the beatles star

[foundintranslation3]

ol queen of angels here they call that shit the dream center now

[odisus69]

back when the MTA was the RTD

[dantanasgirl]

Ben Franks! Gazzarri's! The Playboy Club! Thank you!

[dantanasgirl]

Pee Wee's Big adventure was playing - I see Ben Franks, The Playboy Building, Gazzarri's and the Vogue Theater! Thanks for uploading!!

[brockandroll5150]

I always wondered what the rent prices was out there today

[marriott7999]

oh yeah, and the Berlin Wall was still up and US troops were in Beirut. craaazeeeey times those were

[marriott7999]

i was only 6 when this vid was taken. it's a trip to think what was going on in the world at that time. Ronnie Ray-gun was in office, Back to the Future was in theaters, The Dukes and Threes Company were still on the air, Madonna and Motley Crue were fairly new acts, and no one would know what a Chernobyl was for another year...

[DiverseLA]

Amazing. I was just a toddler when this video was taken, but I was living in L.A. at the time... I'm looking at places like Hollywood Blvd and the intersection of La Brea & Sunset. It's still a Mobil Station there just like in the video. A lot of the buildings are basically the same with remodeling done and different businesses.

[Guitarist9196]

Too bad I was born 10 years later...

[zitalee2]

how many of these buildings are still on this street?

[DiverseLA]

@zitalee2 Most of them are still here. Many have been redone. Some have been torn down.

[Vebinz]

The legendary Tower Records is gone now...*sniff*...

[odisus69]

lol peewee's big adventure playing at the chineese theater

[waterfordbum89]

dream of the blue turtles was released on 6-1-85, so we can assume this was probably early/mid summer 1985. he needs to turn radio to kroq (rock of the 80s!)

[jeff1969z]

Sweet!! I was a teenager in 1985. Things were back then. My generation ( 80's). Today's youth will never experience the 80's. That belongs to the people who are in their 30's or older today!

[bengativo6]

@jeff1969z i was a kid on the 80s not a teenager.but still i have the greatest memories of the 80s.from 81 forward i remember still plenty of things.80s had a certain magic that no other decade forward from there has!!!i was born on 76.also i remember being on 1984 in los angeles and seeing the olympic flame at nights from downtown.behind the court building

[jeff1969z]

@bengativo6 Cool! Those were great times back then. The music was awesome, gas was cheap, TV shows were better back then, and the economy was healthy. I love the 80's!!

[bengativo6]

@jeff1969z .lol i remember lots of stuff such as arcades .toys .etc.and specialy the saturday mournings youd wake up at 6 m and watch cartoons half of the mournin.lol.

[RDEEONE]

@jeff1969z And the Weed wouldnt freak u out

[RManBB2010]

@jeff1969z I loved the '80s too, but the economy wasn't great. The decade started off with the Arab oil embargo, when gas was very expensive (adjusted for inflation) with long lines, rationing, and in some cases was impossible to get at any price. The "Black Monday" stock market crash and the S&L crisis were in the late '80s, along with a wave of bank and business failures and recession. There were lots of gloom and doom predictions and "we're all gonna die!" crap then too, just like now.

[jucurtis23]

@RManBB2010 I totally agree with you....everybody looks to the 80s like it was heaven.....but the 80s had its own drawbacks....just like now....

[tall32guy]

@jeff1969z Well there were two recessions in the 80's if I remember right, one in 1981-82 and the other in 1987 or thereabouts, so the economy wasnt' necessarily healthy. LOL But you got all the rest right! :)

[TheBrainMachine78]

@jeff1969z Check the crime rate of LA compared to now and rethink your position.

[Mitube]

I saw a billboard for Sting's Dream of the Blue Turtles album when he stopped on La Brea and Sunset. Plus fuel was 1.04 per gallon then

[jste77]

$1.04/gallon for gas in 1985 is like $4.25/gallon today

[tonetone71]

hair metal owned that city in 85

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

ahh the good ol days. us new wavers owned the city

[ihaveagunlol]

@TheNewMusicNetwork now mexicans own it.

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

@ihaveagunlol,

not for long

[ihaveagunlol]

@TheNewMusicNetwork

what do u mean not for long? our governement isnt doing anything about it.

[ofwhobrokewhat]

That giant Marlboro sign was crazy.

[Saturnome]

The kind of footage that get more interesting every year.

[jamesrosevear]

Great videos!

I love seeing what LA looked like back in the 80's, and how different it was compared to today!

[LKS0001]

those were the good times