Just Above Sunset
Volume 5, Number 10
March 11, 2007
Street Scenes

Hollywood Boulevard - a sense of the place -

 The world as seen from Just Above Sunset -

"Notes on how things seem from out here in Hollywood..."
Hollywood Boulevard - a sense of the place -
Hollywood Boulevard - a sense of the place -
Hollywood Boulevard - a sense of the place -

S. H. Kress Department Store
6608 Hollywood Boulevard -
Edward F. Sibbert, architect - 1935

Designed and built as a part of the S. H. Kress retail chain, that didn't work out. In 1947 Frederick Mellinger moved his Frederick's of Fifth Avenue from New York here. This became the headquarters for Frederick's of Hollywood - lingerie and such. Mellinger restored the Art Deco architecture, and gave us the first push-up bra, and the first front-snap bra, and all the rest. Frederick's of Hollywood has since moved to newer digs across the street and a few blocks west. The building is dark now, very dark, and empty. Edward Hopper would like the place now.

S. H. Kress Department Store - 6608 Hollywood Boulevard - Edward F. Sibbert, architect - 1935
S. H. Kress Department Store - 6608 Hollywood Boulevard - Edward F. Sibbert, architect - 1935
Hollywood Boulevard - a sense of the place -
Hollywood Boulevard - a sense of the place -

If you use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me.

These were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0

The original large-format raw files are available upon request.
[Street Scenes]

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2007, 10:30 pm Pacific Time

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