Cool Saks pics, ethereal.
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Here's the one east of Bedford Drive,
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I just wanted to point out that the Google street view is already outdated. Those Wilshire street lamps, which date from the later 1950s I believe, replaced the earlier 1920s Beverly Hills Wilshire Specials.
But in 2011, they were all replaced with newer lumières and poles, which are not cast iron, but the metal that is used in modern lamp posts (aluminum?). Even the ornate bases were recreated, but in aluminum, and lacking the concrete slab. The teardrop lumières, in my opinion, though having more character than standard modern ones, somehow look like the generic "fake old street lamps" that many cities have been using in the last 15 years or so; in other words, that look, in my opinion, is starting to get played out.
Here's a pic I took of the Saks in Beverly Hills in 2011, the day after Thanksgiving. Hehe I wanted to see what Bev Hills was like on Black Friday. The shoppers were actually all quite well-behaved. Anyway, you can see the new street lamps in the pic.
Photo by me