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Old Posted Jan 3, 2012, 1:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post
A postcard view of the Hollywood Palladium and the Columbia Broadcast System's western headquarters on Sunset Boulevard.


postcard via Cesar Del Valle
And I'm reminded that Gordon Kaufmann also designed the Palladium (I remembered your post above, e_r), which went
on to a '60s remodeling and has now been brought back to its 1940 look:

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September 23, 1940: The singer that night was Sinatra.


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I might have had a fit when the original was remodeled if I'd been paying attention then (or was old enough to pay
attention), but this version now has its own charm.... wish we could have both versions!


And ahead to the past:
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