What a great project this would make for a "Then & Now" video. Does anyone know where that street is at 7:26..??
Here, in Southern England, I tried to grow those palm trees. They were growing well and got to about 7 feet high. Really cold spells during the last two winters killed them off. We'd had rather mild winters before that for about 18 years.
I place this to be around 1915. the cars and Pershing Square, being "Central Park"... right after WWI it changed names to Pershing Square.... the street scenes.. and i think the first traffic lights downtown were about 1923ish.. I know and have seen photos of COPS on boxes in some intersections.. can anyone truly DATE this film?
What an absolutely wonderful time capsule of my native city. I'm always hungry for visuals of the Los Angeles that was and this was a tremendously satisfying snack. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Wow all these people bemoaning "the good old days" would be the first ones snivelling about "how terrible things are" if/when you were to be transported back to those "good old days" you so pine for.
BTW: all that you see in Downtown L.A. was moved to the Wilshire/Mid City area starting around the late 40s only to have Wilshire area itself supplanted by West Los Angeles in the late 1970s. All that "whiteness" of old Downtown L.A. is now residing in West L.A.
I'm not used to seeing a film of the streets of 1920s L.A. so "orderly." Where is the guy with glasses climbing the bank building? Where is the sad-faced guy in the porkpie hat being pursued by hundreds of cops? Where are the fat guy and the skinny guy in derbies ripping off people's pants?
Omg I wish downtown LA still had that kind of pedestrian activity. The part when it showed the shopping district. And Los Angeles should have kept their street cars.
Awesome! The last 10 seconds or so of the film showing the neighborhoods is heart breaking. I live in LA and see these beautiful homes, but the neighborhoods have gone to the dogs in some cases. I'm able to overlook the 'muck' and see the beauties they once were, but it's awesome to see them, on film, from their 'hey day'. Love seeing the palm trees when they were only a few feet high. Now they're towering way up in the sky. LOL!
@NYC1927 -Yes, they have been slum apartments since the fifties. Many have been "modernized" into architetural monstrosities. I now live in San Antonio where people didn't have the money to remuddle their houses so you see neighborhoods full of 1890's "victorians".
What a great project this would make for a "Then & Now" video. Does anyone know where that street is at 7:26..??
Here, in Southern England, I tried to grow those palm trees. They were growing well and got to about 7 feet high. Really cold spells during the last two winters killed them off. We'd had rather mild winters before that for about 18 years.
JollyRodders 6 months ago
i hAVE SEEN THIS FROM HERITAGE SQUARE,CA
MrSpongedog 7 months ago
I was born in downtown's Los Angeles General Hospital in 1952. I didn't know it until many years later that Marilyn Monroe was also born there.
denny906 7 months ago
Even though we lived in the San Fernando Valley(in Van Nuys; I was born in Canoga Park), I was baptized at that Plaza Church in 1965.
calchick82 10 months ago
The latinos dressed so classy then.
MrMfloor 10 months ago
I place this to be around 1915. the cars and Pershing Square, being "Central Park"... right after WWI it changed names to Pershing Square.... the street scenes.. and i think the first traffic lights downtown were about 1923ish.. I know and have seen photos of COPS on boxes in some intersections.. can anyone truly DATE this film?
grantutube 11 months ago
I bet the "Chinese Restaurant" at 3:17 were really run by Japanese.
ltlwatcher 1 year ago
What an absolutely wonderful time capsule of my native city. I'm always hungry for visuals of the Los Angeles that was and this was a tremendously satisfying snack. Thank you so much for sharing this.
wildbell 1 year ago 8
Wow all these people bemoaning "the good old days" would be the first ones snivelling about "how terrible things are" if/when you were to be transported back to those "good old days" you so pine for.
BTW: all that you see in Downtown L.A. was moved to the Wilshire/Mid City area starting around the late 40s only to have Wilshire area itself supplanted by West Los Angeles in the late 1970s. All that "whiteness" of old Downtown L.A. is now residing in West L.A.
lukebccb 1 year ago
On many levels, the 1920s were better than now.
...until 1929 anyway.
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ChaosRevolution 1 year ago
I'm not used to seeing a film of the streets of 1920s L.A. so "orderly." Where is the guy with glasses climbing the bank building? Where is the sad-faced guy in the porkpie hat being pursued by hundreds of cops? Where are the fat guy and the skinny guy in derbies ripping off people's pants?
BBKidd2009 1 year ago
How can this be Los Angeles? Where are all the Latrinos?
JamesTCA 1 year ago
Omg I wish downtown LA still had that kind of pedestrian activity. The part when it showed the shopping district. And Los Angeles should have kept their street cars.
DaygoJer 1 year ago 21
Awesome! The last 10 seconds or so of the film showing the neighborhoods is heart breaking. I live in LA and see these beautiful homes, but the neighborhoods have gone to the dogs in some cases. I'm able to overlook the 'muck' and see the beauties they once were, but it's awesome to see them, on film, from their 'hey day'. Love seeing the palm trees when they were only a few feet high. Now they're towering way up in the sky. LOL!
NYC1927 1 year ago
@NYC1927 -Yes, they have been slum apartments since the fifties. Many have been "modernized" into architetural monstrosities. I now live in San Antonio where people didn't have the money to remuddle their houses so you see neighborhoods full of 1890's "victorians".
StukInTexAss 1 year ago
Awesome!! What a great era a snapshot back in time!
JAFZX1207 1 year ago
wow this is a cool vid thanks
artverbatim 1 year ago