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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
March 25, 1950
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xhdb0C20aM...car%2B1950.jpg
I thought it would be relatively easy to figure out what hotel room this photograph by Ed Phillips was taken from,
but a quick look on google-earth shows the southeast corner of Argyle and Hollywood Blvd. is now a parking lot. 
That said, this photograph is intriguing. Why is there a Oscar on the window sill when it looks as if the Academy Awards are about to start (per the klieg lights) across the street. Maybe those Price-Waterhouse guys are staying in the room.  (kidding...sort of)
Notice the 1940s wallpaper in the top right-hand corner. (I have a vintage tie from the same era with a similar abstract design) |
I went back to the archive.org video that flies over Hollywood and Vine, but I only got the blurry shot below. The hotel where the picture above was taken must be the building near the top left.
archive.org
Then I remembered the various vintage camera car movies on YouTube. The second video I tried was
Hollywood Blvd 1957. It yielded this picture.
YouTube/Getty Images
The 1956 CD lists the Hotel Vermillion/Vermillion Hotel at 6162 Hollywood Boulevard. Back in the 1942 CD, the Hotel Regent was at 6162 Hollywood Boulevard.