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Originally Posted by lemster2024
I'm guessing that Chevron station is where the Starbucks (formerly the Wilson's House of Suede) is now situated.
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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
I was having trouble seeing this as the corner of Santa Monica Blvd. and Wilshire Blvd. because if that was Santa Monica Blvd. in the foreground you'd see the Red Car tracks right there running alongside where the Standard Oil station is.
But Lemster's post mentioning that is probably where Wilson's House of Leather/Starbuck's was/is made me realize that it's the corner of Little Santa Monica and Wilshire Blvd., so actually, if I'm correct, Wilson's/Starbuck's location would be behind the photographer of this photo and that's where the Pacific Electric Red Car tracks would be.
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I just found this same photograph on Alison Martino's Flickr page and she has it listed: Santa Monica and Wilshire Blvd. 1950 in Beverly Hills.
A poster comments:
If this is "Little" Santa Monica then Wilson's house of suede and leather replaced the Standard station; The TD Ameritrade (formerly Executive Life) building replaced the drugstore (L). The City National Bank building is the only thing here remaining today. The lucky fellow who owned the three-color Packard Caribbean convertible (R) was getting his kicks on Route 66 all right. [Right Earl?!]
I still don't think it correct that Wilson's would be where the gas station is, because there are no PE tracks alongside it there. Even if they had been removed by 1950 the space where they were is still there today.
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Sorry, I should have said
Little Santa Monica Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard. I posted in a hurry, and Google Maps just calls it Santa Monica Boulevard, so I forgot to add the "Little".
Regarding Alison Martino's date: it must be wrong for a couple of reasons. The image below is from 1953, and shows that the City National Bank building didn't yet exist. Hardly surprising considering the bank wasn't founded until 1954. Secondly, that Packard must be at least a 1955 model, and if it's a hardtop, it must be a '56.
Historic Aerials
For comparison, here's the 1964 image which shows the City National Bank building.
Historic Aerials
It didn't seem worth posting a "now" version of
e_r's image as none of the original buildings are now visible from that corner.