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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Rockhaven Sanitarium Seeks Its Rehabilitation
The gate at Rockhaven, by Mary Mallory Hiding in plain sight and sitting in a state of arrested decay at 2713 Honolulu Ave. in Montrose, the historic Rockhaven Sanitarium stands as the only living...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Esther Ralston and Hollyridge Drive
The Esther Ralston home on Hollyridge Drive, via Hollywood Vagabond. California saw a renaissance of Spanish Revival architecture in the wake of World War I, as it both saluted the life and culture of...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 4418 Vineland Ave., Yesterday and Today,...
4418 Vineland Ave. in an undated photo, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Two years can bring changes in life, whether to a person or building, and not always for the better. I wrote about the history of...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Ravenswood Apartments Attract the Stylish
Mae West in her boudoir at the Ravenswood, Life magazine, Feb. 19, 1940. Note: This is an encore presentation of a post from 2014. Built during the early years of the Great Depression, the luxurious...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: North Hollywood Department Stores Appeal to...
Rathbuns enlarges its Baby Shop for new generation of Baby Boomers, Van Nuys News, March 8 1951. As a city or community grows more prosperous, so does its retail establishments. Simple businesses...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hollywood National Bank Watches History Go By
Carol Hughes as photographed by Schuyler Crail, with Hollywood and Cahuenga in the background, courtesy of Mary Mallory. One of the most important and busiest intersections in Hollywood has always...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Richfield Building Jazzes Up Los Angeles’...
The Richfield Building in an undated postcard. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. After years of deprivation, darkness and worry during World War I and its aftermath, America was ready to look...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Nirvana Apartments
Note: This is an encore post from 2012. A few months ago, a friend and I were walking up Orange Drive from the El Capitan Theatre to the Hollywood Heritage Museum and noticed a striking Japanese...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — The Gibbons-Del Rio House: Like Stepping...
The Cedric Gibbons home, via Google Street View. Note: This is an encore post from 2014. Celebrity has often been the cachet for creating style, fashion and cultural trends, especially with the advent...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 6600 Hollywood Blvd. Then and Now
Armstrong’s Cafe at 6600 Hollywood Blvd., courtesy of the California State Library. The evolution of one address can reveal the revitalization and resurgence of a growing neighborhood or the mass...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hollywood Sign Built and Illuminated...
The Hollywoodland Sign, in a photo published in the Los Angeles Evening Herald, Dec. 8, 1923. Originally constructed as a publicity gimmick and branding symbol to help generate sales for a real estate...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: S.H. Woodruff and the Electrical Adobe House
A drawing of the electrical adobe home, Journal of Electricity, Jan. 15, 1921. Real estate brokers often look for a unique hook or gimmick on which to sell their developments. Any special amenity or...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Cecil B. DeMille – Big Man on Campus
Cecil B. DeMille meets students who will attend DeMille Junior High School, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Sept. 9, 1956. Schools are often named after historic or famous figures that offer inspiration,...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Edward A.D. Christopher Home Witnesses History
The Edward A.D. Christopher home, photograph by Mary Mallory. With the speed of change in technology, transportation, and society, it’s often amazing that something historic survives. The Edward A....
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Hollywoodland’s Kanst Art Gallery
Note: This is an encore post from 2013. The Hollywoodland housing development possessed many unique features when it opened in 1923. The neighborhood was the first themed housing development built on...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 940 N. Highland Ave. Salutes Animals
940 N. Highland Ave. via Google Street View. Long a striking icon on Highland Avenue, 940 N. Highland Avenue’s attractive facade highlights the building’s original use as a dog and cat hospital....
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hillview Apartment Building Graces...
A postcard of the Hillview Apartment Building, from the California State Library. Long an elegant sight on Hollywood Boulevard, the Hillview Apartment Building’s (now the Hollywood Hudson Apartments)...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Buster Keaton’s ‘The Italian Villa’
Note: This is an encore post from 2012. Buster Keaton seemed to have it all in the mid-1920s. His career was riding high, as the public loved his film comedies, making him one of America’s top film...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Grauman’s Chinese Theatre Turns 90
The opening of “King of Kings at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Photo courtesy of Bruce Torrence. Still ready for its close-up, the TCL Chinese Theatre, originally Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, turns 90 on...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Equitable Building Double Art Deco Pleasure...
Superimposed photograph showing the Bank of Hollywood building as it will appear with the completion of the 12-story annex, photo courtesy of Mary Mallory. One of Hollywood’s first height limit...
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