Sunset Blvd 1950s vs 2020s_Hollywood, Wonderful California 'Historic' drive Nostalgic_Vintage_Retro

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2022
  • Wonderful California of 1950s vs 2020s. 'Nostalgic_Vintage_Retro' (NVR) drive along Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, Los Angeles. Compare street views back then and now, driving habits of the Past. How much of a difference 80 years of progress makes? Don't you think that not only pavement was better back then?

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  • @dogfriendly1623
    @dogfriendly1623 Год назад +108

    I have always missed the world before I existed

    • @RJT80
      @RJT80 Год назад +8

      The average advertising sign back then was more aesthetically pleasing than all of LA today.

    • @briansmith48
      @briansmith48 Год назад +2

      Me also. 😉😅😂🤣

    • @rogersundfors3363
      @rogersundfors3363 Год назад +3

      So am I too

    • @rogersundfors3363
      @rogersundfors3363 Год назад +4

      It must have been wonderful to live in sunny california in the fifties if you had a job and were young and healthy...and not here in the freezy Sweden 🥶

    • @jmichaelbell5434
      @jmichaelbell5434 Год назад +1

      This comment gives one pause. For me it paused my breath, my heart skipping a beat. Poetry! plain and simple.

  • @esteban1487
    @esteban1487 Год назад +126

    50s California must have been glorious.

    • @LesterMoore
      @LesterMoore Год назад +13

      It was.

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar Год назад +16

      It was, and I don't want a single self witty thinking condescending response to mention race or sexism because one of those didn't even exist, and racism was no wide spread by any means. Did exist in Los Angeles at the time though but more in the form of segregating.

    • @esteban1487
      @esteban1487 Год назад

      @@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Yes by that time California had left eugenics and sterilization behind after WW2. Just goes to show that even then, Californians were on the cutting edge of stupidity.

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar Год назад +1

      @@esteban1487 cutting block of stupidity, probably the fumes from smog driving the city mad.

    • @HansDunkelberg1
      @HansDunkelberg1 Год назад +1

      @@WitchKing-Of-Angmar I won't let myself prescribe what I have to think.

  • @andrewalbers856
    @andrewalbers856 Год назад +10

    Take me back to the 1950s for the better people.

    • @johnhaxby306
      @johnhaxby306 17 дней назад

      when we were taxed over 50%?

  • @moniquedeitz4356
    @moniquedeitz4356 Месяц назад +4

    After moving to Los Angeles in February 1963, I took a job at an oil company in downtown Los Angeles. The city looked pretty much the same in 1963 as it does in this video. It was a very exciting place for a girl from San Bernardino County, which is east of L.A. Couldn't afford a car, so I rode all over L.A. on the excellent bus system. I often visited stores along Sunset Boulevard. One summer I rode a bus for about an hour and a half from downtown to Santa Monica every weekend to go to the beach. It was a wonderful time to be alive.

  • @olivia-yw4yn
    @olivia-yw4yn 7 месяцев назад +2

    my grandpa built 2 of the buildings in this video. so proud.

  • @2quintly
    @2quintly Год назад +35

    Beauty & civility gone. What a shame.

    • @DJarry394
      @DJarry394 Год назад

      It wasn't that civil. Conformity was the rule of the day. Homosexuality was a crime. Redlined districts openly discriminated against Black, Latino and the working class. Civility. Where? I was there when teachers punished kids who had learning disabilities, ADHD, and mild autism. Better not be diagnosed or they would institutionalize you, and subject you to ECT(it was not mild) , Thorazine and lobotomy

  • @MrRacket991
    @MrRacket991 Год назад +330

    It looked much better in the 1950s, of course, better cars, better signage, less visual clutter, more dignified pedestrians. We haven't improved.

    • @travis8665
      @travis8665 Год назад +32

      better cars? Are you nuts?

    • @alexalston3001
      @alexalston3001 Год назад +28

      @@travis8665 likely cheaper to run and work on.

    • @sheriffshifty1953
      @sheriffshifty1953 Год назад +54

      @@travis8665 More enjoyable, better looking,

    • @phazerbrains
      @phazerbrains Год назад +15

      Better cars? OK boomer....

    • @sheriffshifty1953
      @sheriffshifty1953 Год назад +37

      @@phazerbrains hahahaha another softy newborn xD

  • @maxthompson
    @maxthompson Год назад +101

    As a person that lives in LA, this was a joy to watch. Such a different time.

    • @amtrakjohn
      @amtrakjohn Год назад +1

      Thanks, Max. Me too. A great retrospective of our (still wonderful) City.

    • @anthonymullen6300
      @anthonymullen6300 Год назад +3

      It looks absolutely stunning. I can almost visualise Humphrey Bogart driving around. Greetings from the Emerald Isl

    • @MothGirl007
      @MothGirl007 Год назад +1

      @@anthonymullen6300 *Bogart

    • @zeppelinmom62
      @zeppelinmom62 Год назад +1

      I live here as well & agree 💯% !!
      This was soo cool to watch!! 😎

    • @charliereed9925
      @charliereed9925 Год назад +1

      Indeed!!!

  • @gymshoe8862
    @gymshoe8862 Год назад +158

    I went to CA (1961) as a 13 yr old from Montana--it was my first big trip and when we got to LA it was like being in heaven. MT was cold but LA was like a perfect summer--life was so different and comfortable. We visited friends and they had four Honda 50s--I had never seen one but the kids were allowed to drive em whenever they wanted--so we went to the beach every day for hours. When we were hungry we got hot dogs at the beach. In those days you could build a bonfire in the sand and make food--everyone was generous to teens at the beach--there was music everywhere, folk music and surf guitar, it was so damned cool! Everyone wore cutoffs, the girls wore bikini tops, we had sandals made from car tire treads. There was only one rule--get back to the house when the street lights came on. I had my first love then--it was the perfect existence in my memory.

    • @amtrakjohn
      @amtrakjohn Год назад +13

      Mr. Shoe. Thanks for that. A well written memory, of LA times past, from a 13 yr old kid who landed there. I did too; a bit later than you, but LA hit all the right notes for me in 1980. Ended up working there for 25 years. I'm an Angeleno forever. Still have my 2 1 3 ph number. I can relate to the Honda 50s. I used to ride around on a Honda 90

    • @0159ralph
      @0159ralph Год назад +6

      I was station at the Long Beach Naval station from 1986 to 88 California was great. I can believe how much its changed .

    • @thejman--
      @thejman-- Год назад +5

      Wow this is an awesome read. I’m 31 currently and can confirm none of what you just said can ever happen today lol

    • @joekidd777
      @joekidd777 Год назад +8

      Unfortunately, L.A. is a cesspool now.

    • @SillyGoose2024
      @SillyGoose2024 Год назад +2

      well written

  • @Jokersvault
    @Jokersvault Год назад +54

    Even the palm trees looked better in the old days. Thicker, Fuller, better in the old days. Now even palm trees look like they’ve been smoking crack…..aah the old days

    • @EJofLA
      @EJofLA Год назад +1

      See comment above

    • @charlespatrick8650
      @charlespatrick8650 Год назад +5

      wonder when they replaced those beautiful palms in front of Hollywood High!? they were so thick and tall back then, now they look thin and scruffy 🌴🌴🌴

    • @EJofLA
      @EJofLA Год назад +4

      @@charlespatrick8650 The old thick ones are still there. They just look skinny comparatively without the old fronds.

    • @imtheitchyouneedtoscratch
      @imtheitchyouneedtoscratch Год назад +1

      Amen

    • @ChristianSoldier71
      @ChristianSoldier71 Год назад +3

      Jesus loves us and He died for our sins. Jesus has a plan and a purpose for your life. Once we die, it will be too late to repent. Put your faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior today, we are not guaranteed tomorrow. Have a great day!!
      Mark 1:15 The kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel.

  • @wyattblackmen7447
    @wyattblackmen7447 Год назад +31

    1950s were a beautiful time

    • @troyadeyemi4023
      @troyadeyemi4023 11 месяцев назад +1

      not for black folks.

    • @bcats1309
      @bcats1309 4 месяца назад +2

      The best time the U.S. ever!

    • @justhelad
      @justhelad 2 месяца назад

      Yeah best time in the US👴🏻

    • @wyattblackmen7447
      @wyattblackmen7447 2 месяца назад

      People used to put their passion into everything until when 60s 70s 80s 90s people changed deside to destroy the passion that people worked so hard on

  • @Boldorion1958
    @Boldorion1958 Год назад +22

    The image quality of the 1952 footage is excellent.

  • @Christopher070
    @Christopher070 Год назад +36

    It's mind boggling how it's still the same planet but completely different worlds.

    • @HansDunkelberg1
      @HansDunkelberg1 Год назад +2

      If the difference from 1950 to 2020 boggles your mind, you could profit from going back another seventy years. That will bring you into a world without _any cars_ at all...

    • @theplasmatron3306
      @theplasmatron3306 3 месяца назад

      I mean, it really was a different time and children were less likely to be jumped by sex predators, sex traffics and gang violence that would increased through the late-ish 70s and 1980s getting worse while illegals are allow to do whatever they want now.@@HansDunkelberg1 It might not have been a utopia in america, but at least people had faith in the future as time progressed into the late 20th of what life would be like with machines unfolding a new era that could of existed.

    • @michaelbenardo5695
      @michaelbenardo5695 24 дня назад

      Because in the 50s, there had not yet been that stupid "sexual revolution", there was no Drug Culture, criminals were not considered to be "heroes", PARENTS, NOT THE KIDS, were the boss, most mature adult American-born males were union members, and Japanese cars were subject to tariffs. Only bad thing is that you had to be White in order to really enjoy the 50s.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 21 день назад

      My grandparents, two of whom I knew in the 1950s, started life in the 1870s/1880s, long before cars.

  • @disneydame7850
    @disneydame7850 Год назад +21

    Wow I drive thru there almost everyday how so much has changed! I like looking at the palm trees from the 50s to see them so tall now so fascinating! I really love the old light lamp/posts wish they never changed them!

    • @disneydame7850
      @disneydame7850 Год назад +1

      @@ErikThomasMusic oh no I would of took that lamp home lol

    • @662wc5
      @662wc5 7 месяцев назад +4

      That reminds me of the baby palm tree I planted in our yard in SoCal in about 1982. It was in a gallon bucket and was only about a foot tall with one frond on top about the size of my hand. When we moved away in 1988 it was about four feet tall and doing well. I didn't return to that neighborhood again until 2006, when I went back specifically to see how my tree was doing. We came around the corner and I couldn't believe it. The pitiful little tree I had planted out of a bucket in 1982 was about 40 feet tall. Unfortunately that area was being redeveloped and by the time I came back in 2010 the tree was gone. Mature, healthy palms are valuable to developers and landscapers though, and easy to more if you have the right equipment, so I'm hoping it got moved rather than cut down.

    • @disneydame7850
      @disneydame7850 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@662wc5 aww poor tree I love Palm Trees!

  • @tonyktown
    @tonyktown Год назад +35

    I'm 65 years old, and just old enough to remember an uncluttered, and clean Los Angeles. We'll never be able to recapture that time, Los Angeles is a bonafide world city now and that status comes with as much bad as it does good. But sometimes, SOMETIMES on a slow weekend afternoon, I can still feel that L.A. vibe of being a laid back, quirky but tranquil town it once was.

    • @Paul-tn3sc
      @Paul-tn3sc Год назад +3

      Back when Joe Friday was keeping LA safe.

    • @Jbk0860
      @Jbk0860 Год назад +4

      My grandmother said the same thing during the start of the pandemic when LA was shutdown. She even went for a drive on her own, something she stopped doing long ago because of how busy it is now.

    • @tygertone
      @tygertone 22 дня назад

      LA was uncluttered??? 😲

  • @lordzson2700
    @lordzson2700 Год назад +2

    feel more peace watching the 50s.

  • @searaydrivingguy
    @searaydrivingguy Год назад +25

    The palm trees sure were beautiful and lush back in the 50s

    • @EJofLA
      @EJofLA Год назад +2

      They were the same trees- but they didn't use to cut off the dead lower branches so they look much more lush as I thought as well. They say it's to prevent rats and stuff, but it's too bad. They still occasionally leave the dead leaves in palms in California, but it's rare in the cities.

    • @charlespatrick8650
      @charlespatrick8650 Год назад +2

      wonder when they replaced those beautiful palms in front of Hollywood High!? they were so thick and tall back then, now they look thin and scruffy 🌴🌴🌴

    • @searaydrivingguy
      @searaydrivingguy Год назад +2

      @@charlespatrick8650 The palms at Santa Monica beach are beautiful.

    • @Boldorion1958
      @Boldorion1958 Год назад

      @@EJofLA Although it doesn't carry the virus, the California tree rat is the same species that brought the bubonic plague to Europe beginning in the fourteenth century. The masses of dead fronds remind them of the thatched roofs of medieval Europe.

    • @ChristianSoldier71
      @ChristianSoldier71 Год назад +1

      Jesus loves us and He died for our sins. Jesus has a plan and a purpose for your life. Once we die, it will be too late to repent. Put your faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior today, we are not guaranteed tomorrow. Have a great day!!
      Mark 1:15 The kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel.

  • @mica412
    @mica412 Год назад +66

    Even to someone watching from over 5000 miles away in the UK, there are so many historical landmarks contained in this video that are just so wonderful to see such as Ciros Nightclub and Schwabbs Drugstore. Absolutely fabulous video😀

    • @Boldorion1958
      @Boldorion1958 Год назад +6

      I used to live a block from Ciro's, only at the time, it was Art Laboe's nightclub. I went to Schwab's Drugstore for my pharmaceuticals.

  • @monteque683
    @monteque683 Год назад +26

    I have driven up and down that stretch of Sunset probably a thousand times over the 20 years I worked in that area. So cool to see what was there before at so many different locations. Well done, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • @juanmontoya6622
    @juanmontoya6622 Год назад +33

    It shows how much things changed over time. Even the Rockford Files TV Show intro
    is now considered "Vintage" even though it happened a quarter of the century later.
    There were not tents in that intro, but there was trash strewn near the parked Police Car.
    The steady quality of life decline has made many to desire to reverse time to the 1950s.

    • @thomasschreiber9559
      @thomasschreiber9559 Год назад +5

      Also the show Adam 12 had good shots of 60's LA. Someone did a video which is on RUclips showing scenes from the show and comparing it to today.

    • @662wc5
      @662wc5 7 месяцев назад +4

      The Rockford Files is such a great SoCal time capsule because they shot most of the outdoor scenes in and around L.A. instead of on a fakey studio backlot. I sometimes watch it just because it reminds me of when I first moved to SoCal 42 years ago. The downside was, all of that "on location" shooting made it a far more expensive show to produce than those that never left studio property, but that's the way the show's producers wanted it done for added realism. Adam 12 also did some on-location filming, but also quite a bit of backlot shooting with the same fake houses and streets you see in many other movies and TV shows from that period.

  • @v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31
    @v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31 28 дней назад +1

    Excellent let's go back,, was born in 50,, father bought a new 54 Ford,, green... His brother had a 54 Chevy.,

  • @siouxfan1716
    @siouxfan1716 Год назад +44

    Outstanding, looking at the past and future at the same time! Keep showing more of this!!

    • @kaktotak2521
      @kaktotak2521  Год назад +3

      That's the plan. Unfortunately, not many of quality old videos out there on which you can identify places and tie them together with today's views.

    • @glennhavinoviski8128
      @glennhavinoviski8128 Год назад +2

      I like that much has been preserved.

    • @HansDunkelberg1
      @HansDunkelberg1 Год назад

      Where do you see the future, in this video?

  • @gcvincent3989
    @gcvincent3989 Год назад +10

    A better time a better place.

  • @squalli1297
    @squalli1297 Год назад +25

    I remember standing up in the back seat of my dad's Chrysler staring out the back window. There were no seat belts then. Whenever people visited, my dad would drive them down Sunset & Hollywood Blvds. I remember Curry's Ice Cream Shops, Thrifimart & Safeway Stores. Traffic lights had Stop & Go Flags until the mid '50's. Traffic wasn't so bad then & there was no ac in cars. John Belushi died of an accidental OD at the Chateau Marmont in '82. Time brings about change. Thanks for sharing.

    • @Boldorion1958
      @Boldorion1958 Год назад +1

      I ate plenty of Curry's ice cream.

    • @MW-bi1pi
      @MW-bi1pi Год назад

      John Bleushis death was over 40 yrs ago....The 50's were a decade closer to Belushis time, than we are now.

  • @danielroque8504
    @danielroque8504 Год назад +4

    Im a nostalgic person, and love the days of old. I hate seeing buildings of grander no longer there, especially in LA LA LAND, but everything serves its purpose. Lets dont fool ourselves though, as innocent as this video appears, the woes of today, were there too back then.

  • @machrisr2000
    @machrisr2000 Год назад +10

    Its fascinating to see some buildings that look old-fashioned in 2020s weren't even built yet in 1952. You see architectural styles of the late 50s and 60s and 70s, and think they are so long ago...

  • @orhansaimdemirturk
    @orhansaimdemirturk 2 месяца назад +1

    It is fantastic. Amazing. It is very interesting to see it is STILL Ralph's at 7min 19 after 72 years...

  • @Rogergreen-fs6bg
    @Rogergreen-fs6bg Год назад +11

    can't believe Ralph's is still going unbelievable and in the same place stunning footage 😃👍👍👍

    • @DJarry394
      @DJarry394 Год назад +1

      That Ralphs is closed now. I think it's a Sprouts. Too bad. No more excellent rugalach

  • @stevenkaskus6173
    @stevenkaskus6173 Год назад +6

    Had alot more big Beautiful tree's back in the 50's too bad they aren't still around.

  • @DA90027
    @DA90027 Год назад +21

    What I love about the before is the openess and it was less claustrophobic

  • @VrotGlas
    @VrotGlas Год назад +42

    One of the best restorations I have seen on RUclips. Love the timeslips also very well done and easy to compare.

  • @d.808lf5
    @d.808lf5 Год назад +35

    Woodie at 0:46, convertible Sportsman woodie at 0:59, tin woodie at 3:09, tin woodie at 4:05, Ford/Mercury woodie at 4:38, tin woodie at 6:37, Ford woodie at 7:41, black painted woodie at 12:06, tin woodie at 13:14 & 13:26. Most woodies I've seen on any vintage drive. Love the old signs, so much more character.

    • @shoa3199
      @shoa3199 Год назад +1

      Compare to today, Honda Civics ruling the road.

    • @riverraisin1
      @riverraisin1 Год назад +4

      Sounds like this video gives you many woodies! 😁😁

    • @mvan8307
      @mvan8307 Год назад

      Studebaker at 4:50 haha

    • @loumontcalm3500
      @loumontcalm3500 Год назад +2

      Did you miss the Nash Suburban around 6:40? That is one rare car

    • @charlesterrebonne-lw5ml
      @charlesterrebonne-lw5ml Год назад +1

      I talked to an old man And he told me that he remembered picking up Woody's for $300 I told him that I wish that I had that opportunity

  • @JAYM3ST
    @JAYM3ST Год назад +7

    Singin' in the Rain & The Pride of St. Louis are playing at The Oriental Theatre at 7:54 ~ would make this after ealy May of 1952 if the pictures were on their first run.

  • @dzonikg
    @dzonikg Год назад +4

    Wow ..old look 1000 times more classy. New look like some getho

  • @jowga
    @jowga Год назад +7

    Who went back in time to get this video? Awesome

  • @muspobear
    @muspobear Год назад +2

    Awe thanks for this awesome blast from the kick ass past. I WAS definitely born to late. Those awe my days!!!

  • @lizzard71
    @lizzard71 11 месяцев назад +1

    I watch a lot of these for car spotting this is the best I've seen. Appears to be from 1952. Thanks.

  • @thankthelord4536
    @thankthelord4536 Год назад +9

    I love these before and after videos. And I'm loving this music!

  • @hudentdw2
    @hudentdw2 Год назад +21

    nicely done montage, I appreciate the past much better and great music, please continue!

  • @chrisbray7767
    @chrisbray7767 Год назад +2

    Looks so much cleaner in the 1950s, better then I reckon, less fear, crime and more fun back then

  • @billgee02
    @billgee02 Год назад +10

    I saw about 30 cars i'd like to own with the "vintage" seciion - That beautiful Buick convertible for one - lol - great job - thank you!

  • @brendas.1374
    @brendas.1374 Год назад +9

    The cars back then were more stylish.

  • @nitro_001newman2
    @nitro_001newman2 7 месяцев назад +2

    I’m going to be a voice of reason. My first car was a 1977 Maverick and I don’t miss it one bit. It’s pretty similar to those cars in the 1950’s. Slow metal less comfortable cars, that break down more than today’s cars, and have less acceleration. It’s like comparing commercial airplanes of the 1950’s to today’s commercial planes. I remember their use to be like 3 or more commercial plane crashes in a year in the United States. Now there’s practically none ever. People imagine the old days were better, because they were young, had less responsibilities, and had more free time to spend with friends. They also tend to forget the bad times and only remember the good times. It’s all psychological, and I’m no different, but I understand reality. I see things that are better now, and some of the things that were better then.

    • @michaelbenardo5695
      @michaelbenardo5695 24 дня назад

      You are right about planes, but the Ford Maverick did not break down unless it was neglected, something that scores of people did to their cars, especially cheap cars like the Maverick. And the 71 with a 302 V8 as not slow at all, but was VERY FAST. The later ones were slow because of EPA mandates.

  • @Mike_Greentea
    @Mike_Greentea Год назад +2

    The drivers were crazy back then too!

  • @JSabini
    @JSabini Год назад +1

    The cars were real beauties back then!!

  • @hanschristianbrando5588
    @hanschristianbrando5588 4 месяца назад +1

    The palm trees and billboards sure got taller. They should have preserved those cute little stop and go signs that popped up.

  • @peluso4oso
    @peluso4oso Год назад +7

    That's _Ralph's_ is still there!!!

    • @charlespatrick8650
      @charlespatrick8650 Год назад

      so is Hollywood High

    • @ChristianSoldier71
      @ChristianSoldier71 Год назад +1

      Jesus loves us and He died for our sins. Jesus has a plan and a purpose for your life. Once we die, it will be too late to repent. Put your faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior today, we are not guaranteed tomorrow. Have a great day!!
      Mark 1:15 The kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel.

  • @Richbar-qe6bx
    @Richbar-qe6bx Год назад +11

    The best before and after video ever watched. Thanks for posting. Liked and subscribed.

  • @lauralaladarling3775
    @lauralaladarling3775 22 дня назад

    Super, super-cool cars beautifully built with stunning designs and colours. Love the Nylons sign. Sunset Boulevard is such a classic example of American 'smooth style' it's like watching an film clip of an American Film Noir or similar. Thank you for adding colour to the peoples clothes, buildings, cars and so forth it's amazing and fascinating to watch. ❤❤❤

  • @kryptism
    @kryptism 4 месяца назад +3

    At least Hollywood back then looked more authentic!😮

  • @jerrydavila5647
    @jerrydavila5647 Год назад +7

    Love the soundtrack 2:50. Boogie down Sunset Blvd 2022!

  • @Jozay562
    @Jozay562 Год назад +8

    I trip out how big the trees have gotten.

  • @WAL_DC-6B
    @WAL_DC-6B Год назад +13

    Well, at least the Packard auto dealership building survived on the left corner at 1:25 but not the car manufacturer. Hey, note that some of the traffic lights with the "STOP-GO" semaphores such as at 3:03. These were last used in the L.A. area in 1956. Thanks for sharing!

    • @Boldorion1958
      @Boldorion1958 Год назад +3

      The De Soto dealership in Whittier, Calif. stood for years after the car ceased production in 1961. Although the showroom was empty, on the wall was a bust of Hernando de Soto, that was kept illuminated for all those years.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 21 день назад

      I've always wondered why they couldn't have introduced an 'amber' phase into those basic "stop/go" traffic signals, British-style. Drivers would then have had more time to prepare to stop at road junctions.

  • @ronaldmiller2740
    @ronaldmiller2740 Год назад +2

    GREAT VIDEO !!! IN MY LA. CA. WHERE I LIVE .. THE TRAFFIC THEN WAS'NT CRAZY NOW IT IS.... MY SON MAX 7YR.S OLD LOVES THIS VIDEO AND WHERE WE LIVE AND THE MUSIC!!!!>>>>>..I LOVE THE CARS ,, I ONLY DRIVE OLD CARS ,, 1958 DODGE CUSTOM ROYALE SWEEP WINGS,,,.. AND A 1978 BUICK SKYLARK,,.. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THEM,,.......WHAT A CHANGE OLD BUILDINGS GONE NEW CRAPPY ONE ARE HERE,,...THIS LOOKS SO REAL 3-D.. MY SON SAYS WHERE ARE THESE CARS NOW I SAID MOST ARE ALL GONE CRUSHED ..ALOT OF THESE HOUSES ON THE SIDES ARE GONE AND PEOPLE DO PASS EACH OTHER AND DONT USE SIGNIALS L OR R .. GREAT VIDEO WE ENJOYED IT MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ........ NO 1958 DODGE..

  • @nigelst.johnsmythe3065
    @nigelst.johnsmythe3065 Год назад +2

    I imagine how beautiful it was around the time of sunset...

  • @rickschrager
    @rickschrager Год назад +7

    Very cool. My time on Sunset was in the sixties. We spent the night hitchhiking up and down the Blvd or standing on the island at Crescent Heights selling the LA Free Press to passerbys. I got a nickel for every copy that I sold. I'd take my earrings around the corner to Harry's Open Pit Bbq for fries and a Coke. Life was good!

    • @tagbarzeev8283
      @tagbarzeev8283 6 месяцев назад

      Yea Harry's open pit BBQ. I remember it well. We are probably about the same age.Went to Fairfax High graduated '67

  • @tca666
    @tca666 Год назад +2

    Wow that raplhs is still around 🥰

  • @masayasui19670105
    @masayasui19670105 Год назад +6

    I wonder how many of these cars are left? The city of 70 years ago is beautiful. I want to go to this era. american dream

  • @redwine2664
    @redwine2664 Год назад +4

    Just saw the first convertible car go north!

  • @michaelwhitfield3773
    @michaelwhitfield3773 Год назад +4

    Like the music from the Good Old Days!

  • @TT-dp8qh
    @TT-dp8qh Год назад +6

    Just imagine how people would view this video after 70 years from now under a different kind of youtube!

    • @michaelbenardo5695
      @michaelbenardo5695 24 дня назад

      Maybe by then they will have fixed the problems of today and WILL have largely brought back the good parts of the 50s.

  • @theosanchez7187
    @theosanchez7187 Год назад +8

    1950's when cars have style

    • @millermark445
      @millermark445 Год назад +1

      Perhaps, but they weren't half as reliable, safer or comfortable as the cars of today.

  • @jackedkerouac4414
    @jackedkerouac4414 Год назад +3

    So cool. The then-and-now makes it that much more fun to watch. My mom used to have a coffee shop on Sunset next to The Old Spaghetti Factory so Hollywood was my old stomping grounds.

  • @bobwallace9814
    @bobwallace9814 Год назад +8

    All the businesses were family owned. Just a nicer slower paced place.

    • @westerlywinds5684
      @westerlywinds5684 Год назад +1

      I always find Australia is a bit like what the US was back then. Everything family owned.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 21 день назад

      "Ma-and-pa" stores.

    • @Paintfumejunkie
      @Paintfumejunkie 16 дней назад

      In my city theres very few family shops. Never been to one. All chains unfortunately

  • @lesleymaner2851
    @lesleymaner2851 Год назад +2

    Everything is so clean and people are so dignified

  • @LostsTVandRadio
    @LostsTVandRadio Год назад +20

    Wow! This should be compulsory viewing for every city planner. How civilised it looked in the 1950s and how tawdry so much of it looks today. It's not completely beyond repair. If only the horrible billboards could be torn down, the signage improved, the street furniture made elegant and legislation brought in to control some of the hideously presented commercial buildings. LA needs someone with vision who understands the importance of aesthetics, sight lines, elegance and style.

    • @gaminghedgehog6384
      @gaminghedgehog6384 5 месяцев назад +1

      LA seems like a third world country these days

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 21 день назад +1

      That "someone with vision" wouldn't get very far with his visionary outlook: he'd be lucky not to end up living in his car (or in just 'a' car).

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 21 день назад +1

      ​@@gaminghedgehog6384The U.S. has been plundered since the capitalists/corporate oligarchs began running amok in the '90s. Their 'asset-stripping' ethos has left the country a debt-burdened train wreck: someone summed it up as "Brazil with nukes"

    • @LostsTVandRadio
      @LostsTVandRadio 20 дней назад +1

      @@None-zc5vg !!!!!

  • @misha1736
    @misha1736 Год назад +2

    If I only had a time machine!

  • @ADeFilho
    @ADeFilho Год назад +54

    I live in Los Angeles and I have to say I love these type of videos. LA at it's glory days, the streets are clean, not much traffic and best of all NO TENTS!!! on the sidewalk or mentally ill cracked out people wondering in the middle of the street arguing with themselves.

    • @triciac1019
      @triciac1019 Год назад +3

      Drugs have made so many homeless, and it's just so sad!

    • @jaysonb.6669
      @jaysonb.6669 Год назад +2

      California Democrat leaders wont be satisfied until they've turned LA into a Brazilian Favela.

    • @RinaValentina
      @RinaValentina Год назад +1

      💯

  • @WendyWilliamsLiving
    @WendyWilliamsLiving Год назад +8

    Intriguing video, and I enjoy the before/after shots. So many interesting points of interest, including a car dealership and gas station seemingly on every block 😄

    • @DJarry394
      @DJarry394 Год назад

      Yeah. That looked really ugly. I saw that all over the place in Long Beach and Los Angeles. I found it depressing when I was a kid

  • @ronaldoscomazzon8345
    @ronaldoscomazzon8345 Год назад +4

    THANK'S FOR VIDEO. VERY IS BEAUTIFUL. GREAT YAR'S. I'M FROM GARIBALDI RS BRAZIL.

  • @williambarry8015
    @williambarry8015 Год назад

    Good soundtrack. Really appreciate the fact that you used actual music. Not that usual computer generated royalty free playlist.

  • @agustdan6599
    @agustdan6599 Год назад

    Wilshire Blvd. would be another amazing trip back in time. Great job. 👍

  • @leeenfieldsmle
    @leeenfieldsmle Год назад +3

    I just stayed at the Mondrian which is where this clip ends on the right opposite the Comedy Store which used to be Ciros. Hard to believe that at the time of filming (1952) Ciros was the epicentre of the Hollywood glitterati. The glamour and style of that era is long gone.

  • @antonchigurh3794
    @antonchigurh3794 10 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing what 50 years of diversity will get ya. Enjoy.

  • @trollsymctroll5361
    @trollsymctroll5361 Год назад +3

    4:00. I love the arm signal.

  • @vmtz2001
    @vmtz2001 6 месяцев назад

    Fantastic job letting people know what they are looking at!

  • @shiblyahmed3720
    @shiblyahmed3720 5 месяцев назад

    Definitely true that back in those days, trees were naturally heathier.

  • @steelrolex
    @steelrolex Год назад +23

    Very well done, it was a nicer city with lower buildings and at that time the US car manufacturers dare to use design and colour for a more beautiful auto world🤩

    • @HansDunkelberg1
      @HansDunkelberg1 Год назад

      You should notice, though, that cars and hoods with high, vertical windshields and frontal ends pose a particular danger to children. Chances shrink that a (small) person hit by such a vehicle profits from being catapulted onto the hood and against a but slightly rising windshield.

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar Год назад

      @@HansDunkelberg1 their issues are already created when they are hit by the vehicle to begin with.

    • @HansDunkelberg1
      @HansDunkelberg1 Год назад

      @@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Indeed! And another progress of our time likely to reduce damage from such an accident is that you overcome the moment of shock which robs you of precious time when a human being steers the car.

    • @ChristianSoldier71
      @ChristianSoldier71 Год назад +2

      Jesus loves us and He died for our sins. Jesus has a plan and a purpose for your life. Once we die, it will be too late to repent. Put your faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior today, we are not guaranteed tomorrow. Have a great day!!
      Mark 1:15 The kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel.

    • @triciac1019
      @triciac1019 Год назад

      The taller buildings, that's why it didn't look as good as in the 50s.

  • @donaldduncan7095
    @donaldduncan7095 11 дней назад

    Just what I was wishing to see, and the algorithm came through for me. (time travel match-ups) 😉Great job !👍👍

  • @SukottoSama
    @SukottoSama 7 месяцев назад

    crazy to see all the 70 plus year old buildings, thicker trees, lack of traffic lights, and no billboards

  • @waynejohnson1304
    @waynejohnson1304 Год назад +5

    The Washingtonia Palms of the 1950s look so much nicer than the skinny palms that are there now. Why did they switch? Does anyone know?

    • @richardnorcutt2420
      @richardnorcutt2420 Год назад +1

      You are correct about the Washingtonia Palms. They were much nicer back in the 1950`s. I have noticed that some of those Washingtonia palms are still in place but are much taller. However, they are not looking very healthy at all. Instead of full lush fronds, they are pale and thin. I believe it`s all due to lack of water and minerals in the soil. From what I have been told, over 50 years ago, Southern California actually received much more rain during the rainy season than it does now.

  • @johnhaxby306
    @johnhaxby306 17 дней назад +1

    LOVE how slow everyone is driving as opposed to people nowadays going 70mph down sunset and screaming at people to move over LOL

    • @bootscooty
      @bootscooty 14 дней назад

      Me guilty right here

  • @ZakSF
    @ZakSF Год назад +3

    This is so cool. I live on Laurel Just a half a block from Sunset. It's a trip to see the corners of my street used to look like. I get my hair cut in the complex that replaced the one where Schwab's used to be. The liquor store on the left is now The Laugh Factory. Very cool. Thanks for posting!

  • @mikeotis8225
    @mikeotis8225 7 месяцев назад

    I spent a lot of days at Sunset and Highland, went to Hollywood High. I grew up in Hollywood in the 70’s. Even then many people felt Hollywood was in decline. I would have liked to see Hollywood in the 1950’s but I wasn’t born til 63

  • @1972vulture
    @1972vulture Год назад +2

    Awesome! Thanks!

  • @truthhurts5379
    @truthhurts5379 5 месяцев назад

    Watching this video makes me want to play LA Noire for some reason. Also would’ve loved to grow up during this time ❤

  • @thereseember2800
    @thereseember2800 Год назад +1

    I wish this video was set to 50’s music. Love the cars back then.

  • @BoydXplorer
    @BoydXplorer Год назад +2

    Amazing beauty of Sunset Blvd Hollywood. Great street view. Tnx4sharing. Fully watched.

  • @4eyes2sea
    @4eyes2sea Год назад +3

    The trees 😭😭 the palm trees have shrunken to skinny twigs! Oh no!! Are we shrinking too?

  • @johnhaxby306
    @johnhaxby306 17 дней назад

    thats pretty amazing that Ralphs has stayed on that same spot all these decades (knows in the 80's and 90's as Rock n Roll Ralphs due to the number of struggling musicians who lived in the area and bought all their groceries there, usually in the middle of the night after gigs). There is still a good deal of old Hollywood architecture still going strong along sunset.

  • @8535eddie
    @8535eddie Год назад

    Pretty cool how the Ralph’s grocery store is still up and running..

  • @PavelPoXuIsT
    @PavelPoXuIsT Год назад +8

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    • @briansmith48
      @briansmith48 Год назад

      😀 Hi from America. 💗 🇺🇸
      Columbus Ohio to be more precise. 👍

    • @rascalme9754
      @rascalme9754 Год назад +1

      Pittsburgh Pennsylvania loves you back.👍

  • @davisdurand
    @davisdurand Год назад +5

    Wow, fantastic

  • @joedrumer9029
    @joedrumer9029 Год назад +4

    It was beautiful then,even now,maybe the cars are more cool 😎🌴

  • @MoparMan1320
    @MoparMan1320 Год назад +11

    Excellent video...thanks for posting. I grew up in LA during the 60's, so this comparison video is so cool. Something I miss in the current day film, are those old street lights. Replaced by better, more illuminating lights for good reasons...I get it, but I still miss those old art deco styled street lamps.

    • @kaktotak2521
      @kaktotak2521  Год назад

      My pleasure!

    • @Jbk0860
      @Jbk0860 Год назад

      The first thing I noticed were the street lights.

  • @svsv9
    @svsv9 Год назад +5

    I like to eat an In n out double double and walk off Sunset Blvd once a month. I saw the original footage few years ago I used to compare in my mind what you have done. Thanks..

  • @matrox
    @matrox Год назад +33

    Today it just looks cold, tasteless, boring and lifeless glass buildings. The cars today have absolutely no character.

    • @westerlywinds5684
      @westerlywinds5684 Год назад +8

      …….just like the people that create everything today.

    • @imtheitchyouneedtoscratch
      @imtheitchyouneedtoscratch Год назад +8

      Damn straight

    • @tygertone
      @tygertone 22 дня назад +1

      i worked for the Planning Dept. I begged them NOT to approve the plans for these boring buildings......but, no one listened , of course. 😡😤😖

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 21 день назад +2

      Today's architecture is stand-alone, insular, monolithic: it doesn't interface with the world around it. Similarly the neighbourhoods in which you might walk around are gone: the outdoors has been taken over by the automobile.

  • @johnheart6890
    @johnheart6890 8 месяцев назад

    Singing in the Rain at the movie theaters in 1952. Premiered in April of ‘52.

  • @user-yq5kd6kf2l
    @user-yq5kd6kf2l 8 месяцев назад

    Как будто переместился во времени. Старая добрая Америка, всё так спокойно. Хотя некогда в Америке не был но мне как художнику нетрудно представить то время, тех людей, а машины только чего стоят это же произведение искусств. Очень понравилось, честное слово, очень. Спасибо Вам большое.

  • @ellylovely205
    @ellylovely205 Год назад +2

    What a gorgeous metallic pink color car! Outstanding!! Great videos! Thanks for sharing! 🥰💗