Fluidr / TooMuchFire's "Los Angeles - Mid-Wilshire Area" set

El Cholo

A Canon EOS 5D Mark II — 1/400s ƒ/8 ISO 100 at 84 mm

N 11 B 1.5K C 2 E May 27, 2021 F Mar 20, 2023

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1121 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles CA.

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Ben's Market

A Canon EOS 30D — 1/1000s ƒ/13 ISO 500 at 120 mm

N 19 B 2.3K C 2 E Jan 24, 2011 F Mar 1, 2022

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This great vintage sign used to be located at 1463 W. 3rd St. in Los Angeles. It has since been removed and was replaced with a boring plastic 7-11 sign.

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El Rey Theatre

A Canon EOS 30D — 1/250s ƒ/10 ISO 125 at 46 mm

N 15 B 1.9K C 2 E Nov 2, 2009 F Jun 9, 2021

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5515 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles CA.

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Beverly Mart Liquors

A Canon EOS 5D Mark II — 1/250s ƒ/10 ISO 100 at 50 mm

N 55 B 4.4K C 5 E May 15, 2014 F Jun 24, 2020

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4003 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles CA.

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Hotel Californian

A Canon EOS 5D Mark II — 1/400s ƒ/7.1 ISO 100 at 252 mm

N 30 B 4.5K C 7 E Oct 6, 2016 F Oct 6, 2016

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The Hotel Californian opened in the Westlake district in Los Angeles in 1925. Once a nice area, over the decades it turned gritty and crime-ridden, and the hotel suffered many setbacks. It was demolished in 1995, and the two large neon signs were removed. One was placed in Griffith Park, where it sat there and rusted for over twenty years, and the actress Diane Keaton somehow got a hold of the other, and installed it in the backyard of one of her real estate properties.

A new affordable housing complex was recently erected on the site of the former hotel, and some very smart individuals restored the amazing neon signage and put it on top of the building.

Sometimes, L.A. can do it right.

1901 6th St., Los Angeles CA.