8/13/09

LAS PALMAS AVE- THEN & NOW

as you all know, ANTEBELLUM gallery is located @ 1643 n las palmas ave, in the heart of hollywood. i was able to find some archival photos of las palmas & hollywood blvd from back in the day- courtesy- the go-go's notebook.
back in the late 60's & early 70's, las palmas ave was the epicenter of gay theater, sex clubs & street hustling.

THE INFAMOUS GOLD CUP- on las palmas ave & hollywood blvd. back in the 70s, the gold cup was the place to pick up white-trash male hookers and take them for a spin in your 67 cougar. the place was always packed with all shades of gay for pay boys. i remember the food being soooo bad, it was impossible to actually eat there. even the coffee tasted like a brown crayon dipped in luke warm water.

INTERIOR OF THE GOLD CUP circa 1970

LAS PALMAS AVE- facing north- circa 1967. during the late 60s & early 70s, las palmas ave was a mecca for gay cruising & street trade. pictured here- baroque books, now antebellum gallery! and the las palmas theatre- now that tacky club E, where they filmed that tired film- knocked up with that spoiled actress katherine heigl.

LAS PALMAS AVE - facing north- 2008- see how banal las palmas has become? the one saving grace, that island of fetish- antebellum gallery!

HOLLYWOOD & LAS PALMAS- CIRCA 1970

HOLLYWOOD & LAS PALMAS- 2009

6666 HOLLYWOOD BLVD

FORMER LOCATION OF PEACHES RECORDS, NOW THE SURPLUS STORE

THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE- CIRCA 1960

THE LAS PALMAS NEWSSTAND- CIRCA 1962, (RIP- 1928- 2008)

HOLLYWOOD & LAS PALMAS AVE- FACING NORTH- CIRCA 1947

HOLLYWOOD & LAS PALMAS AVE- FACING NORTH- 2009

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