Los Angeles in the 1960's - Part 2

[@nowitsabadtime]

I wish it were possible to 'jump into' these screen shots and have a look around.

[@Think-About-It]

I have a video game that do just that!

[@savior5225]

+hoangkimtran what is it?!

[@MrStuVW]

i wish y'all could jump around too, so you can see the mistake y'all are doing to this only living planet for miles around.

[@monsterjambrony]

nowitsabadtime ME TOO!

[@CuriousMutation]

Just make sure you can jump back out...

[@CarlLjungquist]

Lived in the Hollywood Hills from 1965 thru 1970 and enjoyed every minute. Seems like yesterday. Thanks for the memories!

[@Starprice404]

What happened with the manson family?

[@seagull_luvr2466]

Sounds so cool

[@libertyann439]

I lived on Argyle St. Right down the hill from Capitol Records!

[@emmm9922]

Looked so alive and well , greed in 2020 turning it into a dooms town ....

[@seekingwisdom8]

Lived in North Hollywood from 1960 until February, 1966. To me, was the greatest place to grow up. Moved back in 2015 until 2018 to Arcadia. Great neighborhood, but for me, LA was a horrible place to live compared to when I was growing up. If you thrive on crowds, you’ll love it. Too many people, too many social problems with politicians who don’t care.

[@fob1xxl]

I lived off Sunset on Laurel Ave. From 1964-1968 . Loved every minute of it ! I was 19 ! My apt went for $146.00 mo. The same apt goes for over $3,000 today ! In 2020 my actual apartment sold as a condo for over one million !

[@andrewandres148]

Did you see Jim Morrison wandering about?

[@karonsanchez3551]

I moved to San Fernando valley in 1966. I loved the 60s! Had so much fun! That was Awesome! Loved the music, the clothes, my boyfriend, EVERYTHING! Now we are in a different world. My kids are grown and I am retired, a widow, got great grandkids! If we only had a better Government!!!

[@robertmoir5695]

Yeah the 60s and 70s were great years were n t they Karon Sanchez ?

[@MrAngryGorilla2000]

One of my coworkers who is nearly 80 was telling me back then people were able to rent an actual house while making minimum wage. Unfortunately the cost of living has shot way up and some businesses don’t have the money to increase wages while some are just very greedy.

[@IMCcanTWEESTED]

You must be loving Bumbling Biden if you hated the government Trump represented

[@georgejohnson2798]

You probably voted for that government.

[@johnbravo7542]

@@IMCcanTWEESTED They're both fruit cakes

[@gerrygreene6354]

Whiskey was a destination. My date and now my wife saw the Doors, Byrd’s the same night at the Whiskey in 1967. Iron butterfly was there in case the Doors didn’t show. Just another day in LA.

[@fmradio42]

Did they show it, I didn't see it in the video.

[@adriennedragophotography]

@@fmradio42 it’s the second image in the video with the marquee “The Cream & Things To Come”...and the last image.

[@fmradio42]

@@adriennedragophotography Thanks for pointing it out.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

But you didn't have Iron Maiden. Or Van Halen yet.

[@theoldsilvercat7523]

KRLA, KFWB, Boss radio 93KHJ, It was a great place and time to be in high school during this time Thank you for uploading these photos.

[@gideondingle9363]

I was born in 1959.I grew up in the SF Valley.The 60's and 70s were really good times here in LA.It's so sad 2 C how things have changed and not 4 the better.

[@carloscarpinteyro332]

Me too, but 2 years earlier. It's barely recognizable now, many landmarks torn down, and turned to high density living/business spaces! The 405 San Diego Freeway took half of our backyard to build the southbound lanes, north of Roscoe Blvd. Freeway opened in 1963. In 1965 our family moved to Porter Ranch, I lived there until mid 1977.

[@nicolasrossi5978]

Being just a year older, I also have fond memories of that era and would agree with most of what you say, but would also like to remind you of the horrible air quality in the L.A. basin then. Many days we had 'smog alerts' and us kids were not allowed to be outside at school ( Wonderland Elementary, Bancroft jr. high). My grandparent were forced to move out of Inglewood because of incredibly high crime in the area (their home broken into twice and robbed and a murder on the sidewalk in front of their home ).Plus I remember the Watts riots and all the black white animosity. Then there was the 'Hillside strangler', the Sharon Tate murders,all the prostitutes on Hollywood Blvd. and surrounding area. etc. etc. Honesty requires we keep things in perspective and remove the rose colored glasses.

[@carloscarpinteyro332]

@@nicolasrossi5978 You sure are right about the smog, and seeing things through the proverbial "rose colored glasses". I remember coughing fits because of the smog. I remember the Watts riots in August of 1965. I have a friend of mine that currently lives a few houses away from the Watts Towers, saw him there, last year. My wife, who grew up in Hollywood, her older sister knew the hillside strangler, before he became that from her school. I lived one block south of Hollywood Blvd. on Carlton Way, from 1980-88, so I witnessed firsthand the ugliness of living there in Hollywood many times. One time our house was broken into, even though it had iron bars on the windows. The intruder was found passed out on my bed, after ingesting a whole bottle of pain pills. The LAPD could not figure out how he gained untry, until I pointed out the bent bars, and a nearby shovel. He was a small dude, and squeezed between the bars. I was there when the police rousted him from his stupor, pulled him off my bed, and took him away!!!

[@bman99ss]

@Trevor Sode You just had to make it political . . .

[@YA-qj8fx]

@@bman99ss The reason the state is screwed up is because of its politics. That's a fact.

[@johnallen2771]

I can't believe you had that shot of Cream playing at the Whiskey. That was in 1966 and I saw them play. They were absolutely fantastic and along with the Doors and Hendrix they are my fav group of all time. They might have played there again in '67, I'm not sure. Great video.

[@twilightsymphony1371]

George Vreeland Hill+I have seen several of your videos Mr. Hill.I've ALWAYS enjoyed them sir,and THANK YOU for your great work!

[@countermoonman]

Ah the good ol days, when you could leave your garage door open all day long & could sleep with windows open all night long, you could leave home in the morning to go surfing & skateboarding and not return until lunch or dinner, and your parents never got worried, drinking water from the garden hose, when Bactine was used for every little injury, lol, the fine summer taste of a Thrifty ice cream cone, or two, lol…the taste of the warm Caramel Pop Corn in a box from Sears as you were Christmas shopping, gawd damn I really miss the 60’s & early 70’s, such a groovy simpler way of life, thanks for that video and bringing back such unforgettable fond memories, good times indeed I tell ya!

[@peak0725]

I really wish time could go back.

[@countermoonman]

@ yeah me too!

[@d23g32]

Diggin' that maroon '65 Impala coupe at 1:00. I remember going to the dealership to order and then weeks later to pick up the new black one my dad bought that year. Like many '60s cars, particularly GMs, those mid '60s Impala coupes had such great lines. This video made me even more homesick for SoCal, if such a thing is possible.

[@chateaubullion2560]

I moved to Los Angeles in 1971 to go to college. Your pictures brought back lots of good memories, thanks.

[@edwardhalpin7503]

Dude the Rams left in '94, almost 30 years later

[@petercallinicos]

This is where I grew up in the 50s and 60s. Thank you for posting.

[@94Aequitas]

I am fortunate enough to have as my first car, a 1963 Ford Falcon. Seeing so many in these pictures and many other beautiful cars. Wish I knew what it was like back then.

[@ohioken1]

You could not pay me to even want to visit today’s LA. But looking at the 50’s and 60’s LA, the woman, the cars, the weather, affordable cost of living, less traffic, man it looks like it would have been heaven!

[@neilphelan145]

It was. I grew up there in the 60s and 70s.

[@poetcomic1]

Simple one bedroom apartments were SO CHEAP.

[@reubenblanco3021]

Your loss.

[@sandybanks2865]

It was I was just a kid living my parent’s American dream upper middle class not wanting for a thing!!!! I loved the music and everything about the sixties even as a kid I knew it was a special time!!!!! 😢 now this😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@gideondingle9363]

U could visit here.There's a lot 2 C and do.U just would'nt wanna live here though.I'm 64.I've lived here all my life and everybody that's around my age is sick of this place.It's 2 crowded and way 2 exspensive.

[@susannes08]

Just beautiful. Thank you for your work

[@drhirise1]

That house! The second to last image here. I remember riding in the car with my mom, and dad, and looking at that house, right off the 405, approaching Sunset, going into the city. Thousands of times! 50 years ago.

[@edwardhalpin7503]

Dude, do you realize that was no ordinary house? That, my friend, was the home (yes all "make believe" TV, got it) of Greg, Marsha, Jan, Bobby, Peter, Cindy, Mom&Dad and Alice of course! As a kid that house symbolized not only Los Angeles but American optimism and prosperity

[@johnbravo7542]

@@edwardhalpin7503 Yep sure was, I lived next door and got all the gossip on Greg and Misses Brady

[@kendee2749]

There's about a zillion of these "L.A. in the 60's" (or 70's, 50's whenever) videos on KZbin, but this one....THIS one....is by far the one that most evokes the great memories of SoCal back in the day. Even though that was the 1970's for me, for some reason (maybe it's the great choice of music that seems to capture the L.A. spirit of the 60's perfectly) this video does the best job of transporting me back like a time machine. I don’t know if my speculation is correct, but I’d swear Quentin Tarantino must’ve watched this video before re-creating 1969 L.A. for “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” because this compilation evokes the same “back in time” feeling for me as his movie did. Great job, as always, George Vreeland Hill….you knocked it outta the park again!

[@oldiesgeek454]

@Ken Dee Great post!... Would you happen to know the name of the song playing? I've never heard it before... Thanks. 😊

[@kendee2749]

@@oldiesgeek454 Yeah, George Vreeland Hill posted it right there in the comments: "Good Times" by The Art of Lovin' A one-hit wonder: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWe3XoV8lMaWf8U

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@kendee2749 Thanks, I should've thought to hit the drop down arrow, but it never crossed my mind...Another senior moment. Thanks again! 😊

[@kendee2749]

@@oldiesgeek454 (or should I say Shriff Buford T. Justice....I always did love "The Great One"): Turns out they were actually an east coast band that was intentionally imitating the "West Coast sound" of the late 60's....they were intentionally going for that Jefferson Airplane/Mamas & The Papas sound. Found a brief info page on them here: www.mmone.org/the-art-of-lovin/

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@kendee2749 That's interesting. I think I hear some Doors influence too with the organ/keyboard in the background. As for Buford, I could listen to him say "Sumbitch" all day long and never get tired of it.

[@oscar.gonzalez]

the streets look cleaner compared to today.

[@MrShobar]

The air was much more unbreathable then. tRump will fix that. Smog makes America great again.

[@vanillaexplosion99]

MrShobar-That is President Trump lowlife. You drive your Prius,I am saving for a 1957 Eldorado which is 1000X better than your crappy import. Maybe you should emigrate to Sweden.

[@MrShobar]

"saving" for an eldorado. LOL.

[@vanillaexplosion99]

Well I don't quite have $75,000 yet and I am not going to finance. I pay cash for all the cars I buy. I have had some great cars and these old beauties are the best.

[@generationx9294]

vanillaexplosion99 Yes.... because 1957 cars are indestructible and safe classics...not to mention why they're more expensive 😎✌ #OBG *oldie *but* *goodie*

[@elizandrolopez6295]

Sure it was a Marvelous era... great video as well the 1st one, a deserved like and keep posting more like this. The past is our essence is all we have and thanks to it is why we are here rite now👍 Perfect song for a perfect video👍👍. Time travel is needed.... i need it to escape from this miserable future in which we are now 😑.

[@r.gonzalez9655]

Ugh life seemed like it was so simple back then . Less connected but more peaceful . Wish I could experience that for a day

[@wattsenough]

We went to California in the 60s on the family vacation driving Route 66 from the mid-west. What a great time. I am transferring over 24 of my father's 8mm vacation videos into MP4s. Hopefully will post a few of Knott's Berry Farm (a favorite), Route 66 sites and of course Disneyland. Those were the days. Could you imagine taking a full 2 weeks off of work today without emailing, texting or Zooming? It was all family and friend time.

[@patsprings4296]

It was so much nicer and cleaner back then, air quality aside. Sad to see how badly it has declined.

[@IMCcanTWEESTED]

Thank the Democrats for ruining California. Thank Gascon for destroying Los Angeles and handing it over to homeless crazyfux.

[@SD1Chargers]

Mr. Hill - my dad managed Dupars in the Farmers Market for a few years in the mid 60's...I love these pics...I went to the first two Superbowls and remember, vividly, the Orange 76 balls all across the Dodger Stadium parking lot. We had to move to SD in 1969 when I was six and the dang smog was so bad. Thanks for the great pics!

[@davehansen2255]

Nice video George. Looks like the "Whiskey a Go-Go" at 2:23 , hasn't changed much in a half a century. We lived in Reseda in the 1960s.

[@darrinhallac9402]

Great video and the perfect song tune for this. Great job

[@jameskeeler6321]

In 1965 I lived on Larrabee street, had a job as a shoeshine boy at a barber shop, age 10. I have fond memories my friends. Wish you all well.

[@nativetexanful]

Sure were better times.

[@monsterjambrony]

nativetexanful Yeah. My parents were so little back then. They had no idea what they were getting into.

[@CarlosRomero-uz4yk]

nativetexanful: I was born in May 1961. The times were simpler with cheap thrills (for kids) around every corner. I don't know how much better those days REALLY were; but, more kids had a general knowledge of our world; our country (U.S.A.); the sciences; measurements, etc, than they do today (and, the world was slower -- technology advanced at a pace that even 70 year olds could digest). Plus, you didn't need to use a credit/debit card for purchases, so much. (Smile) I will remember those days (the 60's, 70's, & 80's) fondly. The times were (our society was) certainly easier... if, not better.

[@monsterjambrony]

Carlos Romero I like how you’re being respectful about it, you’re not like “FUCK THE KIDS THESE DAYS, THEY’RE SO STUPID!” No, you were calm about it, and talked more about your experience, more than comparing back then to now.

[@parttimehuman]

For who?

[@nativetexanful]

@@parttimehuman For everyone.

[@blowsmokeable]

the 60s were like a combination of the 90s and 50s cool stuff

[@chineseslaves1971]

I've been to the Brady Bunch house, and these other places and more. The cars in this old footage make the whole scenery much better then today's cars. It's nice there weren't too many. I also like how everything didn't look too wealthy, but yet it was well maintained. It gives the average person a chance and sense of home.

[@rocketmanpm]

So THAT'S what moving traffic looks like...nice!

[@donwilson8053]

When life was simple and enjoyable.

[@MrStuVW]

like the native american indians lived before the white man came and killed their way.

[@robertvillarreal4525]

Harley “Out of sight, out of mind?”

[@dandarth-kc9cf]

Life wasn t simple, just like today with political problems, war , poverty, discrimination . Same shit , different times.

[@dat42960]

YOU NEED TO WATCH, "WALKING DISTANCE" ROD SERLINGS TWILIGHT ZONE, IT TOOK ME 50 YEARS LOOKING BACK TO UNDERSTAND IT. YOU CAN'T GO BACK, YOU CAN ONLY LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING ELSE TO REFLECT ON IN YOUR FUTURE.

[@tomjordan688]

@@MrStuVW missed you.

[@rickschrager]

pretty much how I remember it. yes, it was an awesome decade!

[@birtedu6267]

Excellent. Great pics

[@elonawilliams4809]

I was born in 1960 and raised in the intercity of Los Angeles. I am 62 now and I still love Los Angeles.

[@CmptrForensicsExpert]

Hey George- great stuff. I also like your posts in the LA Times Blog!!!

[@clarkewi]

As a kid my good mate and I used to ride my Honda 90 to the Moulon Rouge after it became the "Hullaballoo". Saw the Doors and many great bands '66 and '67. All gone now.

[@camman6912]

I was just listening to Eric burdon and the animals while cruising in my new challenger srt8 today! What I would not due to have some of those cars now! Thank you for the video!

[@edwardhalpin7503]

SRT8? I hate you, (I'm jealous)

[@skytd915]

Both pics and music are good!

[@paulht3251]

What a time no graffiti and a better place to live back then. I know I was there. 👍🏼

[@pesuvalgendaja8391]

Graffiti is amazing... Maybe only thing I don't like about 60s is that there was no graff... It came in the end of 60s

[@neverlostforwords]

What is amazing about having one's office walls painted with someone's awful scrawl?

[@gregh7457]

grafitti is NOT amazing. It brings down real estate values. Typical NEW mindset! bla.....

[@dondressel4802]

I agree so was i

[@MrStuVW]

hey, america is a lie, you killed the local people like you kill all people who don't understand you.

[@lotsaluck721]

I wish I had any of those cars today

[@rogbrown1965]

Where's my 65 Mustang and woodie wagon. Oh I think I sold em to Brian Wilson. Rog.pacific sunset records.

[@bobcuster8930]

One photo for certain was lensed in 1968. At 1:50, note the large billboard advertising the rock band, "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown", appearing at the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday, November 29? November 29th was on a Friday in 1968. Arthur Brown was a good band and a one hit wonder, they created a huge hit called "Fire"...

[@sjames9005]

What! no tents? no homeless vagrants? what kind of place was that?

[@Charles-hy6gp]

Tents and homeless increased over the 80s, everything was fine about middle class until War on Drugs and Reaganomics took over all those homeless were in the mental hospitals in the 60s, but then started to increased when mental hospital shut down

[@bee111g5]

@@Charles-hy6gpnot the 80’s.

[@JudoLover71]

It was so clean back then!

[@calvinguile1315]

Was that The Whiskey where Cream was playing in the 2nd picture?

[@generationx9294]

Thanks, George .. great video! I believe the Rexall Drug Store around 2:05 is the one Debra Tate mentioned that her sister Sharon would take her to to grab deli sandwiches from. She said they'd jump in Sharon's car barefoot, and drive down the hill to Rexall Drugs on the corner to grab some sandwiches.. 💜 RIP to our angel Sharon.. anyway, nice video -- thanks!👌✌

[@generationx9294]

Nice story as well, Freddie! 👌...thanks for sharing! 🙌😉

[@RedBud315]

Growing up the 60's through the 80's in L.A. it is definitely sad to see that every time I visit now something else has been torn down and replaced by something ugly. The Hollywood area had so many bungalow style buildings with courtyards that have been replaced by huge apartment buildings with no style.

[@nickrobinson7283]

Moved from L.A. to Upstate NY about 40 yrs. ago. Kind of miss my old stomping grounds.

[@jeffmorse645]

When it was still an American city and one of the best places in the country to live.

[@alexp3752]

Back then you didn't even have to lock your car, or even your house if you were close by. That's how safe it was. Introduce the Watts Riots, and the whole city changed within a matter of months, never to return.

[@peterg463]

My two friends and I worked our way around America between June and October 1965. We delivered cars initially from Philadelphia to Los Angeles (along Route 66) then from LA to Miami and finally back to New York, by which time one of our number had married in order to escape call up to Vietnam. In Philly we worked at Horn and Hardart, in LA, I worked at Zachary All on Wiltshire Boulevard (4 Blocks West of LaBrea. We travelled out from the UK on the Queen Mary and back on the Queen Elizabeth. Each way cost about £80, which would have been the same as a flight on Pan-Am. Happy, happy days with no responsibilities, with a world and America in a better state than now. The memories that you present are very welcome. At that time an Englishman's voice was always popular, with the request "say something". Our best car to LA was a Ford Thunderbird. Mostly, about LA, I remember the smog.

[@VWNate1]

7.14.16 THANK YOU for this! I moved to Los Angeles in the Fall of 1970 and remember it being like this , still a good place to live and die . -Nate

[@QPe323]

lived in Los Angeles all my life and and enjoy the scenery. Still marvel at the city

[@knitterscheidt]

The Animals at the Whiskey A Go Go, if I could only travel back in time

[@peacepair2]

I was there! Nothing like Eric!

[@dphotos007]

I was in grade school living in the Valley in the 60's and the Dodgers were everything to me. They showed the exterior of the Brady Bunch house located in Studio City.

[@dphotos007]

First Amendment Our family moved to Northridge in 1963 when I was 6.

[@judithscobee8102]

I know all these places! Lived in L.A. for 55 years!

[@surearrow]

>>-----------------------------> Wow! White players on a basketball team! I remember that!

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

Lol-you sound just like my dad..

[@kerryincolumbus]

LOL!!! My dad too!

[@larrystaley21]

Jerry West and Elgin Baylor era.

[@jafo766]

Not a good time to be WHITE anymore....

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@larrystaley21 The 60s was the heartbreak decade for us old Lakers fans.

[@RandyR]

Thanks been to most of the places.

[@glennmorris1807]

Thank you for taking me there- I can dream about it now.

[@murlecampbell8360]

2:15 to 2:18 I believe is the "Brady Bunch" house.

[@nuwavedave]

Yes, it is: 11222 Dilling St, North Hollywood

[@bryanpalmer9660]

To quote one musician from the 60s " the vibes in LA were incredible-and I wanted some of it!"

[@alexp3752]

In the 1960's when I grew up in LA, it was truly a wondrous place. The streets were clean, the people were clean, neat, respectful and courteous. That was the age of Classic Television, and many of the celebs at the time were local residents. They weren't overpaid then so egos were not nearly so prevalent. My dad was a doctor and he had a few stars as patients. A few years earlier, some actually took the bus to his office. After the Watts Riots the tenor of the city had changed. One of dad's friends was William (Bill) Parker, chief of LAPD. We lived in View Park near Baldwin Hills. Dad made up his mind that LA was no longer a place to rear his family, and remain safe. We moved to OC in 1965, and never looked back. Sadly, those great times in LA will never come again. The same is true of NYC, Chicago and San Francisco as well. The leftist politicians catering to splinter groups destroyed them all! The once highly cohesive, black family was ruined by the so-called Great Society of the LBJ era, never to return. Black folks, especially middle aged and the elderly were highly respected in the community. Their families were once rock solid! What happened? Politicians ruined LA, California and America by catering to the lowest common denominator instead of pursuing excellence and embracing our traditional American values. I love those memories as those are the only remnants I have of that grand era, outside these fantastic videos. Thank you.

[@edwardhalpin7503]

Thank you for staying sane and being willing/courageous enough to talk about This

[@BegoneJonah]

"...the people were clean, neat, respectful and courteous." Uhhhh... Hollywood Blvd. was my backyard. I remember a lot of drug-addled weirdoes.

[@undrwatropium3724]

If people would stop giving their money to the church and started social programs instead we'd be a lot better off.

[@BegoneJonah]

@@undrwatropium3724 As the very earliest evidence of man on earth shows archaeologists, a need for religion is hardwired into us, and that is often reflected by church donations. Start a social program of your own and do not begrudge people their piety.

[@gonzoexpress9885]

Nice comments on your LA upbringing - what an amazing epoch and what a tragic decline.

[@loganshotrod4x464]

Man, all those old cars were cool compared to the electric shaver looking cars we’re driving around in today.

[@renemejia1181]

Thanks for the memory's

[@WellbredNfedKembleTV]

Was the split-level house one used for exteriors in The Brady Bunch? xoxo :)

[@BaileySEA]

that last photo on Sunset was not the 1960's

[@Bruce12867]

@@Rick-S-6063 That Bob Seger billboard scerams 1975's "Beautiful Loser".

[@jeantetreault132]

Just love Grace Slick and the sound of Jefferson Airplane. It goes well with the video. It gives it a little nice tempo as well. Thank you Johnny Montreal, Canada. 👋👌👍🙏🌈🌎❤️🌹

[@60sbaby456]

Thought it was them, song title?

[@silviajames7150]

I lived on Berendo Street & Olympic. Those were the best years of my life.

[@jeffmorse645]

Curious and looked at that intersection on Google Streetview. Homeless tents on the sidewalks. How things have changed... for the worse.

[@Planatification]

@@jeffmorse645 Indeed, tents

[@Porsche996driver]

Ah the 1960s. These were called pictures. And people used a small box camera and captured them on a roll of film, and printed on a glossy paper material. These are in color!!

[@jafo766]

Tell JU$TIN BIEBER the kids back home need a BMX PARK...dont be HIMEY EH !

[@oldiesgeek454]

And they had the film developed at "Photo Mat"... Or was it spelled "Fotomat"?... Hell I can't remember a damn thing anymore. 😊

[@oldiesgeek454]

@senex That must've been a fun job... Unless you suffered from claustrophobia. 😉

[@vernwallen4246]

I lived in E- L.A back in 60-61when it was a really nice place too live.Does anyone remember the "shaggers"?They were motorcyclist that carried blueprints etc.etc too various businesses!!I remember driving from Alhambra to long Beach,lots of wide-open spaces.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

That was a job by itself?

[@thurayya8905]

Los Angeles today is so overgrown and dense. Parts of it look almost futuristic. I miss the energy and vitality of the city, but am happy to now live in northern California. But I will always remember the LA of the late sixties and seventies as home.

[@carloscarpinteyro332]

A very nice compilation George, like you others. Nice period music too!!! Billboard with Arthur Brown at 1:50-1:53. He is still around, and has done recent performances with Alice Cooper.

[@fatdice911]

Carlos Carpinteyro Didn't he do that crazy song about "I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE"? I remember when that was popular. I could see him doing shows with Alice Cooper.

[@carloscarpinteyro332]

Yes he did, that's him.

[@hudentdw2]

what a great soundtrack from The Art Of Lovin' well fitting for such a great era..good job!

[@xp50player]

Thumbnail is late 1971 or newer. Lincoln Mark IV and Pinto wagon were new for ‘72. Challenger looks like a ‘71 in Willow Green.

[@watchmanonthewall14]

Where are the hundreds of homeless, pissing and shitting and doing drugs and stabbings and tents. Where are they, in this video?

[@bamiee1337]

Love the cars damn! the 60s was a great era!

[@dat42960]

1:48 A little help That place with the fancy entrance in the picture I vaguely remember it was on La Cienega close to Pink's hotdogs, and was a place to be seen at in the 60's. Anybody can tell me I vaguely remember a place with a Whales open mouth as a entrance to it close by as well, anybody ring a bell ?

[@skydiverclassc2031]

La Cienaga and Melrose, maybe? The long distance scenery lines up a little with Google Maps, but the buildings are all different.

[@nealsausen4651]

That was a very popular seafood restaurant on La Cienega’s restaurant Row I forget the actual name of the restaurant however I believe it was called “THE FISH SHANTY” And I’ve driven by there a million times! Yeah I know the place, it was a seafood restaurant I think the whale was blue and you walk him through his mouth, To gain entrance into the restaurant lobby.! But I know the one you’re talking about! I grew up in the area of Pico / Fairfax And I later moved to the San Fernando Valley In 1969 And lived in the same house until 2016 then I had to move to Akron Ohio where I am now! Boy what memories! Yeah it’s the fish shanty you’re thinking of. I think my parents might’ve eaten in this place a couple of times I never did myself it was just one of those places you drove by 1 million times can you just kind Of saw it out of your peripheral vision but didn’t pay much attention to it except the well head entrance was pretty cool!

[@nealsausen4651]

It was called the “THE FISH SHANY”!

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Do you have any photos of Ships Coffee Shops? How bout Al Wexler's Post Photo in No. Hollywood? Love these images and the music... best music of the century was early 60s through mid 70s.

[@kendee2749]

I particularly remember Tiny Naylor's......

[@BaileySEA]

Well, that last photo was taken in the 1970's, not the 1960's.

[@scottlouissmith2382]

The good old days! Alot better than today!!!!!

[@Handiman544]

Life before SUVs. Cars had personality and style back then.

[@bencovington1121]

I remember the Dodgers playing in the coliseum. Duke Snider, Wally Moon, Carl Furillo, Sandy Koufax. We moved from west Texas to Westchester in 1959. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I went to high school with one of the same Mouseketeers I’d watched on TV! I haven’t been back. I’m glad because that is how I want to remember it

[@THX-kw2jh]

Lets Make California Golden Again! Lets Make Los Angeles Golden Again!

[@vladimirprovotorov580]

Thank you for video ! Very interesting !

[@folkmusicgirl]

Do you by any chance have any photos/images of a place called "The Blue Grotto" which was a coffeehouse located on Fairfax Ave (about 1 block south of Santa Monica Blvd) and on the east side of the street (in the 1960's) It was a hang-out for young people mostly who hung out there at night time. and ran by a guy named Foster. There was another coffeehouse on the west side of the street and a little further south called "The Garrett" but I am looking for photos of the" Blue Grotto" if you might be able to find any. Thanks.

[@glenhansen7303]

+folkmusicgirl First time rousted by the police was at the Blue Grotto. Also used to go to a place up on Cahuenga...those were the days.

[@billzigrang7005]

I believe The Garrett was owned/managed by the featured singer Terea Lee, her wife and her mother

[@ROCKY-pu1zt]

Thanks for a great video, I LOVE LA

[@YA-qj8fx]

The LA of the past exists only in photos and memories. LA is now an outdoor asylum/ sewer.

[@rogbrown1965]

Still great but not what it was. What is.rog.

[@ROCKY-pu1zt]

@@rogbrown1965 Sir, I'm a true Londoner, but LA, that's where I'm moving to

[@guillermorivas7819]

Always strikes me as funny when people recollect America's Golden Age -- i.e., 1930s-1960s. Liberals focus on the economics of the 1930s-1960s with strong unions and full-employment promoted by the Federal government. On the flip side, the Republicans focus on the social mores of the 1930s-1965 with the strong family unit, lower prices for goods, and less competition abroad. Both perspectives will agree that back then there was a stronger sense of community which doesn't exist nowadays. What diminished the aforementioned qualities of America's Golden Age were the following: extreme individuality of I'll dress/do as I want, selfishness with money, globalization which undermined unions, spouse going to work to make up loss income, credit card indebtedness, endless wars with no victory, and drugs to cope with life's troubles. As a Hispanic person, I like to dress nice on the weekends or when I go out with friends/girls. It's the proper thing to do....maybe it's my culture? Probably. Even where I work in Alhambra there's a business casual dress code that is enforced. I have noticed time after time again that Asian people (especially the girls) are the most well-groomed and well-dressed people in Southern California. They also tend to drive nice "luxury" cars.

[@joewinner4441]

Fantastic. TY

[@Jiltedin2007]

At a time when Los Angeles was at it’s Peak of Innocence. How I would love to step into one of those Photos and visit that era, and if I am lucky, I could possibly meet Joe Friday.

[@carloscarpinteyro332]

Believe it or not, Jack Webb aka Joe Friday would have a table reserved for him at the Cock 'N Bull Restaurant on the strip, he was such a regular there. Al Lewis aka "grandpa" from the Munsters reportably would meet with a bunch of homeless teenagers hanging out on the strip on Friday evening, and treat them to dinner, at his expense.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Carlos Carpinteyro Al Lewis was also “Leo Schnauzer” from Car 54 Where Are You, the only time he was in a show with “Herman Munster”(Fred Gwyne) besides The Munsters.

[@carloscarpinteyro332]

@@Jiltedin2007 Yes, that's right! They sure had "chemistry" working together, as actors, that's what makes a great show! Fred was funny playing the judge in "My cousin Vinny!"

[@Jiltedin2007]

Carlos Carpinteyro My Cousin Vinny, with “Daniel-San”(Ralph Macchio) and Joe Pesci.

[@carloscarpinteyro332]

@@Jiltedin2007 Another movie where you could sense the chemistry of the actors working together! Ralph Macchio is especially awesome (don't mean to diminish Pat Morita who was equally awesome), and talented as an actor. He was 24 years old when he did the first Karate Kid movie, but looking much younger. I can relate, I was a "late Bloomer" as well! That movie was filmed in the San Fernando Valley, where I grew up, so the situations portrayed in the movie were very believable.

[@franklincole6793]

Yup, just as I remember it in 1966-1967.

[@d-maxx4814]

Please God, reverse time & bring us back to those times !! :( Loved the Brady Bunch House !!

[@TheJerryw08]

George, are you also the one who did the video on the Tate home?

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

+jerry willingham Yes.

[@Mmewster]

loved that!! I grew up in LA county all parts, and yes I have fond memories of that era.

[@Mmewster]

LOVE THAT VIDEO, what song is that, I love it.

[@sfreddy]

Nostalgia is a powerful force. It was not that great of a time for many. I am old enough to remember those times. There were many unaddressed problems.

[@tdalaska]

Great video. Maybe upload the next on in HD?

[@dennythomas8887]

I saw most, if not all of the places shown from the back seat of my parents car during our "Sunday drives" back in the 60's

[@pk33617]

:28, is this along La Cienaga?

[@janetjamerson]

These videos are good back in the good ole days

[@peak0725]

I really wish time could go back.

[@MrOso36]

I see a lot of comments about how much cleaner L.A. wa back in the '60's. Yes, it was. I was lucky to have lived in L.A. in the fifties and sixties. Unfortunately though, I still live in L.A. To all the young people who never saw L.A. back then you missed paradise! Things changes when the liberal Democrats really fucked up government.

[@THEBYGONE]

And things change because people are horrid and have bad taste and have made everything insufferably ugly

[@bobadams3661]

Moved from Illinois to Van Nuys with parents in "53. I was 8. I believe I enjoyed the best of times in the "Valley". And surroundings. Street racing on the incomplete freeways, cruising Bob's and Van Nuys Blvd. Married, able to buy a Home near White Oak and Burbank for $21,000 in 1964, Don't know how young people can manage these days. (Escaped LA area in 1990).

[@MrOso36]

@@bobadams3661 I was born and raised in Van Nuys in the 1950's. My how it has changed. Since writing that comment I have moved from Tarzana. Looking back I don't know why I didn't move twenty years earlier. I too feel sad for kids today. They are so brainwashed into thinking that having all this technology (cell phones in particular) makes their life great. We know living in a city with low crime, knowing your neighbors, having good paying jobs in industries that actually made things, and not been constantly chastised by "woke" busy bodies trumps their digital lifestyle any day.

[@rickfitzgerald4426]

Great video. Who is the band playing?

[@rogbrown1965]

Jefferson airplane. Sounds like grace.