3457 Wilshire Blvd: A Brief History

[@jvillalaz44]

What a beautiful building. Thanks for preserving this history.

[@Junk65]

Great video. Art deco is my favorite. Los Angeles is a very diverse city.

[@davidatovar]

From Western too Vermont, and Olympic too Wilshire was my neighborhood from 1960 - 1972. Was a great old neighborhood of classic home's and buildings and every representation of progress in that regard along Wilshire Blvd. Growing up there prepared us for the future outside of this small community in the city at large literally, living there made all the other small communities reasonably close such as Hollywood, Downtown, Beverly Hills, Movie and Television Studios, Santa Monica, great times to be young and impressionable.

[@robt5818]

This is an excellent presentation. Thank you for caring about the history of Los Angeles!

[@2098elk]

worked at 3200 Wilshire Blvd for many years in the Chubb/Pacific Insurance building. This was from 1972 for many years.

[@montemichelbleu]

Bravo! Grateful for preservation minded people, wherever they may be.

[@dennisweifenbach2647]

Great story and great pictures and great building. Thanks.

[@gymbeef]

I really enjoyed this . Extremely well done .

[@jennifer86010]

2:20 The Brown Derby: I worked in a high rise building on Wilshire Blvd. in the late 1970's and we used to eat at the Brown Derby. It was a landmark Hollywood restaurant with framed caricature drawings of movie stars on the walls. By today's standards in Beverly Hills and L.A., the Brown Derby would seem hokey and low brow. Too bad, since it was a classy place where you could also eat great food and have fun at an affordable price.

[@chester_re]

Very nicely done. Great script, photos and narration! The Indonesian people have a nice Home here on Wilshire! Welcome!

[@xfhghe]

Thanks for using and preserving the building,

[@andre1987eph]

I live a few feet away on Wilshire. love the old photos

[@burtpanzer]

No mention of Bullock's Wilshire, the greatest store ever?

[@deanneneiman6176]

Thank you for the film, it is wonderful. I am pleased to see that the 1930's building is being reserved.

[@joeb7373]

I got married 2 blocks from there at St.Basil’s. That was over 40 years ago. I can’t imagine what the neighborhood is like now.

[@manduboyi]

Thanks for creating this. Very informative!

[@bobblue_west]

Big thanks to the Indonesian Consulate in LA for a superb historical documentary.

[@kathieharine5982]

Thank you. A wonderful history.

[@Calif2TennKat]

My senior prom was in the Coconut Grove room at the Ambassador Hotel in 1982. Had no clue at the time about the history of the hotel. Lol!

[@MplsTodd]

Nice video! Your building has a cool history and is a great asset to Wilshire. My only complaint is using a classic mid-60s song (Turn, Turn,Turn by the Byrds) to represent the ‘50s.

[@remmymafia3889]

I'm guessing that he the producer of this video maybe used that particular song from the 60's, with it's lyrics "to everything there is a season', to MAYBE convey the transformation of the area that was happening during the period (50's) in which the video was displaying.

[@lwilton]

There were a few historical errors here and there, like saying that offices in the 1950s and 1960s had computers in them. They had typewriters and possibly desktop adding machines. But by and large it was pretty good and accurate coverage. KFAC had it's offices on the Miracle Mile not far from this building into the 1990s, if I recall correctly.

[@moobrien1747]

@@remmymafia3889 DEEP

[@mistervacation23]

You Never even mentioned the Four Star Theater

[@JhonatanLopezProductions]

I lived down the block from their. My family still does

[@johncabrera9954]

Excellent! ❤

[@olyvoyl9382]

Judy Garland was a child in the 30s. The photo of her as an adult was much later.

[@ronaldgibson]

I worked in that building in 1974 to 1975 The address was 645 South Mariposa. The front facing Wilshire was the computer room. It took up space in the whole front of the building. My mom had one of her offices in the room where KFAC's transmitter used to be, on the 5th floor. The underground parking was made especially for the cars being sold early in the buildings history.

[@jennifer86010]

In the 1970's, KFAC's office and studio was located on the 5th floor. The studio provided voice and music audio which was sent to the transmitter via microwave link. The actual radio transmitter and radio tower antenna was located in a large field, not close to Wilshire Blvd.

[@MarkHenstridge]

Good onya Indonesia, from an Aussie

[@bandogmerch]

Your music is off date for the 1950's ...

[@sauluribe7082]

How many old buildings in the cities with amazing histories but some with infamous event followed by fate.

[@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717]

I don’t know anything about ARCO OR TRADES.

[@MaxCam35mm]

Thank you for this beautiful presentation. Americans should take better care of their built heritage. Too many buildings have been destroyed to make way for soulless office towers.

[@postermark7173]

The bland architecture of the 60's everything looked like a pack of cigarettes including the cars

[@pistoffpussycat5778]

@@ktloz2246 The Brown Derby was not built in the 60's. It was built in the 30's or 40's. Now who has the silly comment?

[@donaldharlan3981]

Everything in That video is untrue. Please do not teach the people from Indonesia. Those lies. Everything in the video is photoshopped and edited. Everything about that story is a lie.