I’m not sure if I’ll ever get out to Los Angeles again… I have visited twice, 28 years apart, in 1962 (when I was four and have little recollection) and again in 1990. I hear you get looked at quite suspiciously if you’re caught walking around, with a camera or without. LA has improved its public transportation (when you think LA public transit, you always thought of Dennis Hopper’s jury rigged bomb bus in Speed) but in the year since then, miles of Metro Rail track have been constructed. Till I do get out there, I depend on Street View…
…which revealed this ancient neon billboard on South Vermont off of West 90th. There are actually two signs, facing north and south. It was installed in 1932 and optimistically numbered the goods in a long-gone hardware store.
Check out the ForgottenBook, take a look at the gift shop, and as always, “comment…as you see fit.”
6/21/18