LA 1946

[Greg Myers]

http://visboo.com/1946-la.html

[Ace-Garageguy]

I wanna go, I wanna go, I wanna go....

[slusher]

Very nice picture. A more simple time.

[Zeekodadi]

look how simple everything looks. Love it

[sportandmiah]

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[peekay]

If you like that shot you'll love this thread:

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/313632/21

[Ace-Garageguy]

If you like that shot you'll love this thread:

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/313632/21

Man that's wonderful stuff. 218 web pages full. Lots of great diorama material too.

[RancheroSteve]

http://visboo.com/1946-la.html

Looks like that's taken on Westwood Boulevard, looking north across Wilshire into Westwood Village. Needless to say, it looks a little different these days, but still it's recognizable from this photo.

[JM485]

I wish I was alive at the time.

[zenrat]

Don't the cars all sit high with stock, un-sagged suspension.

Anyone close enough to get us the equivalent shot today?

I bet the sky isn't as clear or the buildings as clean.

[RancheroSteve]

I can't address the air quality in 1946 (I wasn't born yet), but I've lived in Los Angeles since 1973 and the air is the cleanest it's ever been. Just a bit more crowded, though

This intersection is about ten miles west of me and I don't have much reason to get over there very often, but do a Google Maps Street View of "Wilshire and Westwood Los Angeles" to see it now.

[charlie8575]

Beautiful original Kodachrome or Veri-Chrome. For color saturation and appearance, very little, digital or film, comes truly close.

Great picture.

Charlie Larkin

[zenrat]

Thanks Steve. I can't find the exact spot (are the green or gold domes still there?) but it's more built up now and yes, the sky does look pretty clear.

I used (10 years ago) to work on the 10th floor of an office building in central London which was the level at which the exhaust fumes (diesel buses & taxis) stopped. There was a definite demarkation line between filth and clear air.

Edited July 28, 2013 by zenrat