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Originally Posted by sopas ej
Welcome to the thread, Johnny Socko!
You and I must be about the same age, I'm guessing.
Hehe I first saw images of the gas storage tanks in that episode of "I Love Lucy" called "Hollywood at Last" when the Ricardos and Mertzes finally arrive in LA from their road trip across the country. You see them driving into that downtown slot and you can clearly see the storage tanks. I remember as a kid wondering what they were and why they weren't there anymore. Incidentally, you also see them pulling up to their fictional hotel, which in the series was supposed to be in Hollywood but in actuality that building, which still exists, is in Beverly Hills, on Olympic Blvd.
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That's interesting about the "I Love Lucy" exterior shot in Beverly Hills. I enjoy watching those "Hollywood" episodes too, but because of the
interior view. Not the Mid-century Moderne decor (although that is cool), but the view "outside". I don't think they ever say on the show where their fictional hotel is located, but the POV of the backdrop is clearly at Sunset & Vine (where the old Desilu studios were, or so I've read), with the balcony looking north up Vine St from about the 10th floor or so.
If you look closely at the backdrop, you can see Hollywood & Vine in the distance, marked by the Broadway building on the west side of the street. Immediately South of The Broadway is a slightly smaller building with a large "Plaza"
sign on top. That is the former Hollywood Plaza Hotel, and my mother-in-law currently lives in that building.
The building is visible in the backdrop of this museum re-creation of the "Lucy" set, but the "Plaza"
sign is washed out. It's basically the nearest visible building on the west side of the street.