Knickerbocker Hotel Hollywood

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1970s Donn Ardens Hello Hollywood Hello Show Vintage Match Cover Advertising MGM Grand Hotel Casino Reno Nevada - Etsy

Vintage Donn Arden’s Hello Hollywood Hello Show Advertisement Matchbook, 1970s MGM Hotel Casino Advertising Matchbook, MGM Grand Hotel Reno #etsy #hollywoodhello #hellohollywood #donnardenhello #vintage #casinomatchbook #showgirlmatchbook #craftsupplies

an old black and white photo of people crossing the street in front of a hotel

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Sardi's Restaurant opened at 6315 Hollywood Blvd in 1932. It was open until 1936, when it was destroyed by fire. Here we have a photo that we know was taken in 1942 because the Tracy/Hepburn picture, “Keeper of the Flame” was playing next door at the Admiral Theater. So I guess the façade just stayed like that until the place eventually reopened as Chi-Chi. With those WWII-era cars and the Knickerbocker Hotel in the background, it’s a wonderful shot of life being lived in Hollywood in the 1940s.

an aerial view of a city with mountains in the background and water on the other side

11 historic photos of the Hollywood Palladium as it moves toward becoming a city landmark

Panoramic view of Hollywood looking northwest toward the Cahuenga Pass, taken sometime around 1940. The cluster of buildings in the middle portion of this urban jungle are: KNX and CBS Radio Playhouse (short, windowless building mid-photo); Plaza Hotel; Broadway Hollywood; Hotel Knickerbocker and the Taft Building. The three large white buildings running in an east/west direction along Sunset Boulevard are: CBS Television (long horizontal windows on lower right); the famous Hollywood Palladium (