The legendary 1970's. Love it, I'm from the 1970's. The beautiful, wonderful atmosphere,the beautiful cars, the stereo 8-track tapes. Man,man I miss those wonderful days back in the 70's.
I dream of those years . The cars ,buildings the people even the 92 octane union 76 leaded gas . I can go on and on about it ,may be ( in my case) I was young or whatever it was I miss it with passion . Thanks
I really miss Living in LA. When I visit it always feels like coming home even though I’m not originally from there. I remember stopping in LA after a two month road trip in January 1995 and deciding to rent an apartment found a 1-bedroom on Orange Grove ave near Santa Monica Blvd for $425/month.... life was for living...
I worked for the gas company from 70 to 78 the base was just down the street from the Formosa Goldwyn studios was across the street they had a big fire there in 75 this was the Hollywood i knew It was a blast working there
Ray Manzarek at The Whisky. Had a ticket to see him and Robby Krieger there, about 2 weeks before Ray passed. Wish he was still arou d to have seen them together.
Nah. If you still live there and are not crying or wanting a time machine does not mean there is something wrong with you. Any person that still lives in LA or used to live in LA and is not crying or wanting a time machine does not mean something is wrong with them. If that person still lives in LA and is not crying or wanting a time machine still means nothing is wrong with them. Any person that lives in LA or outside of LA and is not crying or wanting a time machine still means nothing is wrong with them. Not something is wrong with you in that comment from you. Not something is wrong with you. /
Always enjoy the cars from the 1970's. A dented Challenger at 0:58, quite a few Pinto's, Porsche, Chevette, a nice 260Z (with maybe a early Celica as well) and on and on. I grew up with these cars but on the east coast.
Ray Manzarek did NOT found X. He has NOT a member of that band but he did produce their first 4 albums including the first one "Los Angeles" which was released in 1980. That photo of the Whiskey is the late 70's at the earliest as X was not a band until 1977. Their first show at the Whiskey was probably in 1978 or 1979 at the earliest.
Interesting, notice the 2nd floor of the Taft building at Hollywood & Vine has fire damage from an apparent fire recently. Nice details. Also the labeling for Sunset & La Brea is incorrect, the Formosa is on Santa Monica Blvd @ La Brea that corner was a car wash until the 2000's then it became the Hollywood Gateway Shopping complex.
OMG-my best buddy and I at age 16, cruised to Hollywood one night from Ventura County-we wandered accidentally into The Whiskey for X with Ray Manzarek( $4😅)! Among some great X songs, they mixed in a couple Doors tunes & they closed with Roadhouse Blues-one of the best nights ever-thanks for the reminder, absolutely a wow evening!!
Smog, before emission controls were implemented was truly awful, some days were official bad air days where old folks were encouraged not to go outside..everything has its challenges, eh? Sure there was excitement in the music and movie business still, it was still hanging in..
1:49 -- so that's what used to be at the Chick-fil-A... a Union 76 gas station. I remember it was a Rally burger in the 90s, then turned in to Carl's Jr...
At about 1:46 I wonder what is meant by "disc" in FILM DISC TAPE? Don't know what type of disc format might have been a generic consumable item in this time frame. Anyone know what that business is, or what intersection that is there with the 76 station?
It's a sound recording and duplication place, from the billboard (which is barely legible). I would assume that disc referred to direct to disc (lp or 45) if one wanted to record that way.
...WOW..! ! ! THOSE AMAZING DAY ' s AND AT MINUTE 1 : 05 AND. 1 : 09 THOSE FANCY TWO DOOR WHITE CADILLAC AND THE COZY TWO DOOR BLACK LINCOLN GREAT AND AMAZI G CAR ' s . . .
1:26 to 1:36 Vine from santa monica blvd. the mobil pump station is still there while the car dealership is now Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Club and Hampton Inn.
This shot if The Formosa Cafe looks exactly like the one used in the film “L.A. Confidential” when the two detectives walk in looking for a fake “Lana Turner,” and find the real thing.Great film, great scene.🎬❤️🎬
Wow drug king is now a Starbucks, and the wood yard on La Brea is now a Target/Best Buy with several restaurants double level mall...I have vid of the construction in 2002, I should post it.
@@Wattle73 yes it was and carls jr accross the street and the male hookers would sit in there and look out the window. i thought that they put that Target Shopping Center there to run them away it seems to have attracted more..
@@MrStarofTruth yes I also remember the male hustlers hanging out on Santa Monica Blvd between LaBrea and Highland Ave at the Witchel’s donuts. And I used to shop across the street at Ralph’s and was living a few blocks down on Gardner when wholefoods took over
@@Wattle73 yeah that whole foods i used to live on a street called Romain 2 blocks from that Ralphs back in the 90s moved a little after the northridge quake . im sure you enjoyed the neighborhood.
@@MrStarofTruth wow yeah I know Romaine. I lived at 1036 N Orange Grove Ave which was between Romaine and Santa Monica Blvd. $425 for a 1 bedroom apartment when I arrived in LA January 1996! I’d eat breakfast at the French Market place and walk to Buzz coffee too!
@1:25 SW corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Highland Ave, that Mobil gas station is still there. @1:38 Going west on Sunset Blvd and turning south on Highland Ave. Where the Union 76 is was occupied by Carl Jr at some point and now is occupied by Chick Fil A.
i think the dates on this are wrong. i don't believe any of this goes as far back as 1970 and judging by the 'BLACK FLAG' flyer and the 'X' show at the whisky at least some of this is from the early 80's.
![Busy Los Angeles 1940s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added](/img/1.gif)
The legendary 1970's. Love it, I'm from the 1970's. The beautiful, wonderful atmosphere,the beautiful cars, the stereo 8-track tapes. Man,man I miss those wonderful days back in the 70's.
Oh, if the 70's would only come back....Loved the yellow corvette stringray.....so cool.
I dream of those years . The cars ,buildings the people even the 92 octane union 76 leaded gas . I can go on and on about it ,may be ( in my case) I was young or whatever it was I miss it with passion . Thanks
Alchemica Blackwood
Unfortunately LA has turned into garbage
@Alchemica Blackwood. That's what you think.
@Alchemica BlackwoodYeah OK. LOL 1000 Times.
@Alchemica Blackwood yep.thats what he meant....and what sane person wouldn't?
MY GOD......cars.....voltswagon,lincoln continential,chevy................I am drooling !!
I worked right behind the Formosa Cafe @1:19 1980-1983. Good times.
The good old days. When the traffic was still tolerable, and LA was affordable.
I really miss Living in LA. When I visit it always feels like coming home even though I’m not originally from there. I remember stopping in LA after a two month road trip in January 1995 and deciding to rent an apartment found a 1-bedroom on Orange Grove ave near Santa Monica Blvd for $425/month.... life was for living...
.... and The music was funkier!
Этиловый бензин
Formosa Cafe is still there and it is on Santa Monica Blvd. & Formosa Ave. in West Hollywood.
Micky C had a secret office upstairs.
I worked for the gas company from 70 to 78 the base was just down the street from the Formosa Goldwyn studios was across the street they had a big fire there in 75 this was the Hollywood i knew
It was a blast working there
Funny how there seems to be hundreds of thousands of cars yet now those cars are hard to find
Ray Manzarek at The Whisky. Had a ticket to see him and Robby Krieger there, about 2 weeks before Ray passed. Wish he was still arou d to have seen them together.
Back when L.A. was great. If you still live here and are not crying or wanting a time machine, then something is wrong with you.
LA proper is a dump now
Nah. If you still live there and are not crying or wanting a time machine does not mean there is something wrong with you. Any person that still lives in LA or used to live in LA and is not crying or wanting a time machine does not mean something is wrong with them. If that person still lives in LA and is not crying or wanting a time machine still means nothing is wrong with them. Any person that lives in LA or outside of LA and is not crying or wanting a time machine still means nothing is wrong with them. Not something is wrong with you in that comment from you. Not something is wrong with you. /
@@jordanjohnson9866 W E I R D O
What? Are you still there?
Saw that Pinto! brings back mems.
Formosa cafe looks amazing inside. As a food delivery driver i was stunned by its beauty and cleanliness.
Always enjoy the cars from the 1970's. A dented Challenger at 0:58, quite a few Pinto's, Porsche, Chevette, a nice 260Z (with maybe a early Celica as well) and on and on. I grew up with these cars but on the east coast.
You can see that same dented Challenger at 1:28 in the parking lot.
We play all of these videos at our swinging parties, thank you!
I lived on Argyle Street right near the Capitol Records building in the 70s.
We must've been neighbors then. I lived on Primrose and Vine. Just north of Castle Argyle.
I lived on Vine, across from the Hollywood Ranch Market in the Villa Elaine apts mid 1970's. So cheap to live there then.
I love the choice of music in these videos. One correction: that building is not in Mid-Wilshire, it’s Century City on Olympic.
Love the music and LA 💖💖💖
In in my youth I went to whiskey a-go-go to dance and occasionally eat at the Formosa Cafe.
In the late 70's, My friends and I went to The Whiskey A-Go-Go and listened to Rock bands. Those were the days.
I love this song. Love the Ohio Players. ❤️😻😍❤️
1:10 X with Ray Manzarek! Wow landmark concert he founded X and was of course The Doors genius.
This must be after 1971,,,,I'm guessing
Ray Manzarek did NOT found X. He has NOT a member of that band but he did produce their first 4 albums including the first one "Los Angeles" which was released in 1980. That photo of the Whiskey is the late 70's at the earliest as X was not a band until 1977. Their first show at the Whiskey was probably in 1978 or 1979 at the earliest.
I love this stuff !!
1:08 Ray Manzarek was the Keyboard player for the Doors. RIP.
Incredible video. Thank you. Much Love to all my fellow Angelenos. 👊🏽
Interesting, notice the 2nd floor of the Taft building at Hollywood & Vine has fire damage from an apparent fire recently. Nice details. Also the labeling for Sunset & La Brea is incorrect, the Formosa is on Santa Monica Blvd @ La Brea that corner was a car wash until the 2000's then it became the Hollywood Gateway Shopping complex.
Yeah that’s now the target with Formosa still there
This films makes you want to go out and buy a pair of bell bottoms [ pants ].
Gei pants, hiptard.
If only I could be there in a time machine I'd be buying up properties like crazy.
Id be buyig up Muscle cars & KISS memorabilia ha
All I see is American cars, love those days.
The 70s look so cool even the old cars 😎👍
Feels good and happy clean and as fresh as can be lovely video
Ah, yes Ray Manzarek of the Doors organist, Light My Fire 1.08 at the Whisky a Go GO. Thanks for the nostalgia. RIP Ray, he attended UCLA.
OMG-my best buddy and I at age 16, cruised to Hollywood one night from Ventura County-we wandered accidentally into The Whiskey for X with Ray Manzarek( $4😅)! Among some great X songs, they mixed in a couple Doors tunes & they closed with Roadhouse Blues-one of the best nights ever-thanks for the reminder, absolutely a wow evening!!
70's 🌐🕺
I did some extensive research (i.e. a twenty second Google search) and discovered that the Formosa is still in business
Fantástic city, from Brazil.
You got the streets wrong. The Formosa is on Santa Monica Boulevard. The Whisky is on the Strip. Cool video though.
A downtown L.A. where City Hall is actually visible? Say it ain't so!
0:59! I knew that guy was going to spot the lady with the camera...and he did : )
I think he was a pimp.
@@N2LADIES55 love broker
Jimmy Rockford’s Los Angeles.
Dirk Diggler on his way to a production meeting 2:20-2:28
How come such high quality video of traffic way back when? Thanks for posting.
it's shot on film.
Brings me flashbacks
Mast
Oh boy I think in this time was a good time to live in California
Smog, before emission controls were implemented was truly awful, some days were official bad air days where old folks were encouraged not to go outside..everything has its challenges, eh? Sure there was excitement in the music and movie business still, it was still hanging in..
It was!
The year is likely around 77 or 78, based on the bands on that sign.
1:49 -- so that's what used to be at the Chick-fil-A... a Union 76 gas station. I remember it was a Rally burger in the 90s, then turned in to Carl's Jr...
DiverseLA I remember that too. Highland & Sunset Blvd
Right across from my Old High school. The In n out on Sunset and Orange was a no tell Hooker motel in 70s.
Nice
At about 1:46 I wonder what is meant by "disc" in FILM DISC TAPE? Don't know what type of disc format might have been a generic consumable item in this time frame. Anyone know what that business is, or what intersection that is there with the 76 station?
It's a sound recording and duplication place, from the billboard (which is barely legible). I would assume that disc referred to direct to disc (lp or 45) if one wanted to record that way.
Still looks very much recognizable
0:44 Behind the wagon a russian made Lada :)
FIAT 124..automatic special 1973..👍
Might be me in the green fiat 4 door waiting for the left at Hollywood and Vine. @:49!
...WOW..! ! ! THOSE AMAZING DAY ' s AND AT MINUTE 1 : 05 AND. 1 : 09 THOSE FANCY TWO DOOR WHITE CADILLAC AND THE COZY TWO DOOR BLACK LINCOLN GREAT AND AMAZI G CAR ' s . . .
Born and raised in the 60-96
1:26 to 1:36 Vine from santa monica blvd. the mobil pump station is still there while the car dealership is now Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Club and Hampton Inn.
That 0:10 bus is from the FLEXIBLE brand, here in Mexico a similar one was manufactured but from the DINA brand
X at the Whisky in 77 (!!!) history being made
This shot if The Formosa Cafe looks exactly like the one used in the film “L.A. Confidential” when the two detectives walk in looking for a fake “Lana Turner,” and find the real thing.Great film, great scene.🎬❤️🎬
I think you meant "Hoover" 2:45
1:17 thats crazy how thats the target plaza plaza now
I liked Jack Webb's version of LA.
This same year into its winter I am about to develop into a human via my mom's portal
0:50 there was a fire in one unit. Look at the windows on the bottom left of the building
Another world :) great times but was a kid
Formosa Cafe was not on Sunset. None of that stuff was on Sunset.
@Periwinkle Mermaid Hollywood High here too. Lived four blocks west on Formosa off Sunset
Whiskey was/is on Sunset
@@fatfreddyscat5767 Yeah, and they put in the "Hollywood Blvd" section in the video.
Mint green Pinto at .52. Parked green Pinto hatchback at 1.26. Brown Pinto squire in traffic at 1.47.
Yes yes the good times The seventies ❤️❤️✌🏼
0:41 White car standing still Fiat 124?
FIAT-124 Automatic Special (1973).
Before we needed a wall🇺🇸👍✌
omg we used to eat at formosa restaurant had a b'day there once ... ;p
Muscle car heaven!🤣
Groovalicious baybay
Wow drug king is now a Starbucks, and the wood yard on La Brea is now a Target/Best Buy with several restaurants double level mall...I have vid of the construction in 2002, I should post it.
What Ohio Players song is that?!? It's fucking INSANE and funky AF!
When he made that left turn on to highland, that gas station spot now stands a chick f lay restaurant...so different back then
great vid but without going into detail about how i know most of that footage is early 80's not the 70's.
@James Williams that and the way people are dressed i'm L.A. born and raised and to me the timeline looks more like the 80's than the 70's.
Blue Pinto parked at 1:56. Pinto drive by at 2:45.
im just shocked where Target is there was once a lumber yard then car wash..
When I lived on orange grove ave it was a car wash still in late 90s.
@@Wattle73 yes it was and carls jr accross the street and the male hookers would sit in there and look out the window. i thought that they put that Target Shopping Center there to run them away it seems to have attracted more..
@@MrStarofTruth yes I also remember the male hustlers hanging out on Santa Monica Blvd between LaBrea and Highland Ave at the Witchel’s donuts. And I used to shop across the street at Ralph’s and was living a few blocks down on Gardner when wholefoods took over
@@Wattle73 yeah that whole foods i used to live on a street called Romain 2 blocks from that Ralphs back in the 90s moved a little after the northridge quake .
im sure you enjoyed the neighborhood.
@@MrStarofTruth wow yeah I know Romaine. I lived at 1036 N Orange Grove Ave which was between Romaine and Santa Monica Blvd. $425 for a 1 bedroom apartment when I arrived in LA January 1996! I’d eat breakfast at the French Market place and walk to Buzz coffee too!
WONDER CITY 1972
Mangled but still recognizable Black Flag flyer at 0:31!
I'm here for new Tarantino's movie
Oh Yeha!!!
Party!
I miss LA.
@1:25 SW corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Highland Ave, that Mobil gas station is still there.
@1:38 Going west on Sunset Blvd and turning south on Highland Ave. Where the Union 76 is was occupied by Carl Jr at some point and now is occupied by Chick Fil A.
i think the dates on this are wrong. i don't believe any of this goes as far back as 1970 and judging by the 'BLACK FLAG' flyer and the 'X' show at the whisky at least some of this is from the early 80's.
Many of these old film strips show virtually no homeless people in the back ground. How did it become such a mess?
Plate C[C]
Well I was born in 81
Porsche 356B @1:20
Its an 356A.
1 bedroom apt $100 dlls.
I had a 2 bdr just north of Franklin for $225 in 1975 . Now that same dump is an overpriced Condo.
0:41 Lada in LA?
Alexander Boldyrev Lada is just a licensed product. Guess it’s a Fiat 124 or 125. not sure
@@kjellleinte7182 maybe from Canada. So big bumpers. USSR sold Lada there in 1970-1980s. I don't remember that FIATs sold in US
Both is possible. Lada or Fiat. But Iam pretty sure it’s a Fiat. Lada during the Cold War in the US? Sounds strange.
@@kjellleinte7182 Lada owner from Canada could visit LA
2:26 child support building I was there in 2010 look the same hate that place lol
I was there then it was tooo coool!
2:24 chevrolet corvette 1970
0:49 жигуль)
Ohio Players on the scene- theme music...🎤🎶🎵
When I think of LA, I’m thinking of a hot toddy while sitting by a crackling fire in the fireplace on those cold SoCal evenings (1:14) WTF?
That bekins moving warehouse is in south central not hollywood
Randy Moran There was one at Santa Monica and Vine
Craiglaca1 Yes, there was!! I was there!
@@Craiglaca1 I think it was On Highland. Or maybe there were two in Hollywood.
spotted a torn Black Flag bill on a lamppost and ray manzarek with X says this is more like 1980
Remember the,”Souled Out?”
Love that name! What was the ‘Souled Out’??
Now it’s just homeless encampments
Love my city, born and raised in east Hollywood. Still live in east Hollywood. ❤️
Check out my videos about Rock Music history and LA history 🙏🏻
Freeway traffic was not tolerable during rush hours.
0:35 Black Flag flyer!!!!
Я один на 0:40 ваз 2106 увидел?