I moved to L.A. 40 years ago from NYC, and somehow ended up living right next door to Hollywood in a neighborhood that was home to Hollywood icons Cecil B. DeMille and Walt Disney and I often shop at the Gelson's Supermarket which sits on the location of Disney's 1st studio. Many of my neighbors know nothing of the history of the area and all of the local residences and businesses that were created or touched by iconic figures...spots where film history was made but contain no informational markers from the city. I just discovered this channel and I'm thrilled to see the photos you display of young and "innocent" Hollywood locations that I've only known as densely urban, decadent, then seedy, now revived into one of the coldest and most inauthentic tourist districts I have ever seen despite the presence of many of the original buildings in the heart of Hollywood. All the glamour was gone by the time I arrived. I'd park next to the decaying Roosevelt Hotel and try to imagine what the area once was. I specially love the photo of what I presume to be Cahuenga Blvd. as a dirt road as it winds its way into the Cahuenga Pass - still there as a local route running next to the Hollywood Freeway, but it looks just a little different now. Thanks for your work and I look forward to exploring the rest of it. I expect to be motivated to hit the streets and take a fresh look at the existing locations you discuss, and observe them aided by the light of knowing a little more about them.
Thank you for your amazing insight Kiko! I appreciate you sharing. It is such a shame people can’t do at least a simple search of their neighborhood at least to know what was there before them and just think about the lives who have passed. They rarely have plaques on anything. I think now they are starting to become a little more aware of how they should conserve but still not quick enough. I appreciate you watching and I am glad you discovered my channel! It’s a thrill to know I can show at least some stories of this amazing place. I look forward you continuing watching my videos! Even when I was a kid, my dad always warned me of the seediness but it is still so fascinating to learn about. Just got to be careful!! Yes please do!! You will be honoring all those who lived before you! Check out my other videos and I hope you continue enjoying my work! Thank you so much! Next episode is Lankershim!
I stayed at the Hostel on Orange right off of Hollywood Blvd many times on the past few years. That was a Hostel that the owner said Monroe and Gable used to stay at.
@@charlespatrick8650 The lot that a Gelson's currently occupies is on Hyperion and Griffith Park Blvd. a long block east from Marshall High School - technically I believe it is in the Silver Lake neighborhood. I have lived just off of Vermont and Franklin for 40 years. All the buildings along Vermont in that business district are old mom & pop storefronts plus the old brick apartment building south of the post office. I've never heard of a Disney studio ever being on that street and can't imagine any building or lot currently there that could accommodate it. I'm pretty sure if you Wiki Walt, you'll see that his studio was on Gelson's Hyperion lot in Silver Lake. Walt lived close to there as well up in the hills of Los Feliz close to Griffith Park Blvd. It is also well known that he was a regular for dinner at Tam O'Shanter in the Glendale/Atwater section of Los Feliz Blvd. near the Costco location. A special booth was reserved for Walt and his entourage. Lots of Walt Disney early history throughout Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Atwater. But that was only Chapter One of his long story that was yet to be written.
@@SunsetBoulevard111Oh I knew someone who lived in that hostel. Really? I wonder how old that hostel is. That is something I can do if people would like to see another part of Hollywood Blvd.
Have you ever considered using these as a basis for a podcast? These could also be bundled together as a DVD/Blue Ray. It could be a nice stream of income & lead to bigger opportunities. These are really well done.
I never thought about doing a podcast based on these! How would I be able to do that? I like the DVD idea as well! That is the dream to lead to bigger opportunities!
Of course! It is my pleasure! I love being able to show a different side of Hollywood and Los Angeles. I am currently working on the next episode. I also had to privatize another video about the Oakridge estate, if interested, just send an email through my about page.
Wow Hollywood looked so different and it’s crazy how much it’s changed. Your storytelling is amazing. I wanted to turn the page and learn more lol. Thanks for the hard work and dedication that you put into your videos. I can’t wait for the next one. Keep posting please!
Aww I am so happy I am able to spread some great film history! I know right!? Hollywood changes within seconds it seems like. Everytime I look at it again, something has changed. It’s my pleasure!! I can’t wait for you to see the next part!!!
Up until the early 1920s, Hollywood proper ended at what is now the center of Sunset Blvd. Below Sunset was the town of Coleville, named an after United States Senator, Cornelious Cole. He had been given the property grant by the Hancock Family as "reward" for some land problems he had "taken care" of as Senator. It was Cole who named Vine St. as that was the location of his vineyard. He had sons named Seward and Willoughby, both of whom have streets in Hollywood named for them. Coleville disappears from L.A. maps after 1919.
Thank you for watching!! Oh yes this is such amazing history! When I research on one street, it connects to so many people who made the city. It’s amazing. I will eventually do those streets as well. I appreciate you sharing!!
@@vidstoricalfilms Video. Notice the slot between the track; that was the Broadway line in NYC, running off a power slot in the pavement between the rails. This system was NEVER used in California, only in NYC and Washington, DC.
Christmas 1988, we went to California for the typical touristy stuff, Disneyland, rose bowl parade and beaches. What was shocking was how filthy Hollywood Blvd was. There were people passed out on the sidewalk, needles and old rubbers in the gutter, but what was cool, Robert Downey jr. stopped next to us at a light in a fox body late 1980s GT mustang and Charlie's angel Shelly Hack ate next to us at brown derby for lunch.
You explained Hollywood as the perfect contradiction. People want to make it as such a glamorous place but the reality is completely different. I used to work there and it was definitely a free for all. But you learn street smarts, no pun intended. I wish the city cared about cleaning the riff raff and making it the place everyone thinks it to be.
Oh my goodness how can I do that error. Thank you for catching that. And to think all of this time I had it at 76 as i had it in my research. I appreciate that and thank you for watching!!
So Hollywood Hotel was the first building on Hollywood boulevard... And it was TORN DOWN! 😤😠😡😡🤬🤬 Only Los Angeles destroys its unique Hollywood history... And I hate that.
I moved to L.A. 40 years ago from NYC, and somehow ended up living right next door to Hollywood in a neighborhood that was home to Hollywood icons Cecil B. DeMille and Walt Disney and I often shop at the Gelson's Supermarket which sits on the location of Disney's 1st studio. Many of my neighbors know nothing of the history of the area and all of the local residences and businesses that were created or touched by iconic figures...spots where film history was made but contain no informational markers from the city.
I just discovered this channel and I'm thrilled to see the photos you display of young and "innocent" Hollywood locations that I've only known as densely urban, decadent, then seedy, now revived into one of the coldest and most inauthentic tourist districts I have ever seen despite the presence of many of the original buildings in the heart of Hollywood. All the glamour was gone by the time I arrived. I'd park next to the decaying Roosevelt Hotel and try to imagine what the area once was. I specially love the photo of what I presume to be Cahuenga Blvd. as a dirt road as it winds its way into the Cahuenga Pass - still there as a local route running next to the Hollywood Freeway, but it looks just a little different now.
Thanks for your work and I look forward to exploring the rest of it. I expect to be motivated to hit the streets and take a fresh look at the existing locations you discuss, and observe them aided by the light of knowing a little more about them.
Thank you for your amazing insight Kiko! I appreciate you sharing. It is such a shame people can’t do at least a simple search of their neighborhood at least to know what was there before them and just think about the lives who have passed.
They rarely have plaques on anything. I think now they are starting to become a little more aware of how they should conserve but still not quick enough.
I appreciate you watching and I am glad you discovered my channel! It’s a thrill to know I can show at least some stories of this amazing place. I look forward you continuing watching my videos!
Even when I was a kid, my dad always warned me of the seediness but it is still so fascinating to learn about. Just got to be careful!!
Yes please do!! You will be honoring all those who lived before you! Check out my other videos and I hope you continue enjoying my work! Thank you so much! Next episode is Lankershim!
I stayed at the Hostel on Orange right off of Hollywood Blvd many times on the past few years. That was a Hostel that the owner said Monroe and Gable used to stay at.
Disney's first studio was on Vermont, a couple of blocks South of Franklin, closest Gelson's is near me at Bronson and Franklin 🤷🏻♂️
@@charlespatrick8650 The lot that a Gelson's currently occupies is on Hyperion and Griffith Park Blvd. a long block east from Marshall High School - technically I believe it is in the Silver Lake neighborhood.
I have lived just off of Vermont and Franklin for 40 years. All the buildings along Vermont in that business district are old mom & pop storefronts plus the old brick apartment building south of the post office. I've never heard of a Disney studio ever being on that street and can't imagine any building or lot currently there that could accommodate it.
I'm pretty sure if you Wiki Walt, you'll see that his studio was on Gelson's Hyperion lot in Silver Lake. Walt lived close to there as well up in the hills of Los Feliz close to Griffith Park Blvd. It is also well known that he was a regular for dinner at Tam O'Shanter in the Glendale/Atwater section of Los Feliz Blvd. near the Costco location. A special booth was reserved for Walt and his entourage. Lots of Walt Disney early history throughout Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Atwater. But that was only Chapter One of his long story that was yet to be written.
@@SunsetBoulevard111Oh I knew someone who lived in that hostel. Really? I wonder how old that hostel is. That is something I can do if people would like to see another part of Hollywood Blvd.
This is amazing!!! Keep up the great work!!!!! I love learning about Hollywood Blvd!
I appreciate it!
Have you ever considered using these as a basis for a podcast? These could also be bundled together as a DVD/Blue Ray. It could be a nice stream of income & lead to bigger opportunities. These are really well done.
I never thought about doing a podcast based on these! How would I be able to do that? I like the DVD idea as well! That is the dream to lead to bigger opportunities!
Oh and...love this video!
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Thank you so much for watching!!!
Fantastic footage. As a self-confessed LA nut, you've really got lots of imagery that I've never seen before. Thanks for posting
Of course! It is my pleasure! I love being able to show a different side of Hollywood and Los Angeles. I am currently working on the next episode. I also had to privatize another video about the Oakridge estate, if interested, just send an email through my about page.
And thank you for taking the time watching my videos!
Wow Hollywood looked so different and it’s crazy how much it’s changed. Your storytelling is amazing. I wanted to turn the page and learn more lol. Thanks for the hard work and dedication that you put into your videos. I can’t wait for the next one. Keep posting please!
Aww I am so happy I am able to spread some great film history! I know right!? Hollywood changes within seconds it seems like. Everytime I look at it again, something has changed. It’s my pleasure!! I can’t wait for you to see the next part!!!
Up until the early 1920s, Hollywood proper ended at what is now the center of Sunset Blvd. Below Sunset was the town of Coleville, named an after United States Senator, Cornelious Cole. He had been given the property grant by the Hancock Family as "reward" for some land problems he had "taken care" of as Senator. It was Cole who named Vine St. as that was the location of his vineyard. He had sons named Seward and Willoughby, both of whom have streets in Hollywood named for them. Coleville disappears from L.A. maps after 1919.
Thank you for watching!! Oh yes this is such amazing history! When I research on one street, it connects to so many people who made the city. It’s amazing. I will eventually do those streets as well. I appreciate you sharing!!
It was called Colegrove not Coleville. There's Wikipeia page on the area.
@@mitchbart4225 I appreciate you correcting the information above!
It’s still just a dirt roadway
@@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide Where do you mean just out of curiosity.
I love watching these videos because I learn a lot.
Thank you so much Ma! I really appreciate your support.😘
These videos are very informational. Keep up the good work and I can't wait until the next part.
Thank you for your support!! I am glad you enjoyed!!
Kinda sad in a way wish it never changed .
@@peggypasson8794I know right? I wish also Angeles cared more of taking care of Hollywood.
3:04: That picture is of Broadway in Manhattan, and that odd-looking steam engine was in England!
I appreciate the comment!! Do you mean the photo or video?
@@vidstoricalfilms Video. Notice the slot between the track; that was the Broadway line in NYC, running off a power slot in the pavement between the rails. This system was NEVER used in California, only in NYC and Washington, DC.
@@alexclement7221 Thank you so much for the information! That is so interesting! I appreciate your insight!
Christmas 1988, we went to California for the typical touristy stuff, Disneyland, rose bowl parade and beaches. What was shocking was how filthy Hollywood Blvd was. There were people passed out on the sidewalk, needles and old rubbers in the gutter, but what was cool, Robert Downey jr. stopped next to us at a light in a fox body late 1980s GT mustang and Charlie's angel Shelly Hack ate next to us at brown derby for lunch.
You explained Hollywood as the perfect contradiction. People want to make it as such a glamorous place but the reality is completely different. I used to work there and it was definitely a free for all. But you learn street smarts, no pun intended. I wish the city cared about cleaning the riff raff and making it the place everyone thinks it to be.
Informative as always and I noticed significant enhancements with the audio and editing overall. Loved it!
You don’t know how much I appreciate your comment. I really hope the next episode is much more improved. I strive to make every episode better.
Love these 💙 so informative & fun !
Thank you so much Jocelyn!! Your support means the world to me!!!
That is interesting info
Much appreciated! Episode 2 will be coming out soon!!
0:50 Hollywood Boulevard was 1976, not 1971. You can read the Roman numerals right on the screen.
Oh my goodness how can I do that error. Thank you for catching that. And to think all of this time I had it at 76 as i had it in my research. I appreciate that and thank you for watching!!
Hollyweird for sure. Wish they had more history plaques.
Tell me about it. Not enough throughout the city.
Sherman Oaks is named after Moses Hazeltine Sherman Hazeltine Ave is named for him too.
Oh yes you are right! Thank you so much for that!!! I will be making a video on him too!
There is always something new to learn about Hollywood. I wish it retained a bit more class.
I wish it did too. Unfortunately it is so seedy you always have to look with caution.
So Hollywood Hotel was the first building on Hollywood boulevard...
And it was TORN DOWN!
😤😠😡😡🤬🤬
Only Los Angeles destroys its unique Hollywood history...
And I hate that.
Tell me about it. The city can at least put a plaque for people to always remember the hotel.
They should level Hollywood blvd and the whole town. That place is a toilet
Hollywood is a hit or miss for everyone. I wish it was better taken care of. It is so sad what it has become.