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Here are several tourist snapshots taken in my old neck of the woods.
They are all dated 1973 (I arrived 10 years later). . . and they were all recently found on eBay.
Looking west on Sunset near Larrabee Street.
I spy
Filthy McNasty's.
...& I'm trying to figure out - what looks like -
an upside-down a Currie's Ice Cream Parlor (when they were shaped like giant ice-cream cones)
to the right of the Shell sign.
The famous Tower Videos on the northwest corner of Sunset and Horn Ave.
I'm completely stumped by the. . .um. . .what looks like. . .a smokestack with a top hat on top.
sidenote:
A friend of mine in college drove a Pinto. .but not just an ordinary pinto. .it was a Bicentennial Edition Pinto.
This one needs no explanation.
(but here's one anyway)... It's the iconic
Whiskey-A-Go-Go (formerly a Bank of America) on the northwest corner of Sunset and N. Clark Street.
I love this one.
...It appears to be a psychedelic head-shop named. .um. .
Conspiracy(?).
And there is a pool room next door that, if I'm reading it correctly, is named the
Corner Pocket.
hmm. . .I think I see the street number, 3300 (?) I hope we can figure out the location (other than on Sunset Blvd.)
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Lastly
, let's return to the Tower Records photograph
Here's a closer look at the mystery thingy on the roof.
detail
As you can see there's writing but I can't quite make it out.
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