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I bought a delightful book today: Hollywood Then & Now . Not to be confused with Hollywood Now & Then.
No joke. They are different books by different authors. I am a sucker for books on old Hollywood and own both now.
Anyway.....I learned something from this new one.
In the 1920's there were a complex of villas built on Sunset Blvd. Some of the biggest stars lived there at one time or another. Names like Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra, Errol Flynn, Clara Bow, David Niven, the Marx brothers and even Humphrey Bogart! The place was called "The Garden of Allah".
?¢‚Ǩ?ìBig Yellow Taxi,?¢‚Ǩ? a great song by Joni Mitchell was about the tearing down of that lovely place.
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot!"
In 1950's the Garden was sold to Lytton Savings and Loan, which tore it down and a bank....and a parking lot . It is now a strip mall.:cry:
I know know what Joni went. It is a crying shame to tear down a piece of history.....for a parking lot and a strip mall. Lord knows we need more of them.
I will never hear that song in the same way again.
No joke. They are different books by different authors. I am a sucker for books on old Hollywood and own both now.
Anyway.....I learned something from this new one.
In the 1920's there were a complex of villas built on Sunset Blvd. Some of the biggest stars lived there at one time or another. Names like Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra, Errol Flynn, Clara Bow, David Niven, the Marx brothers and even Humphrey Bogart! The place was called "The Garden of Allah".
?¢‚Ǩ?ìBig Yellow Taxi,?¢‚Ǩ? a great song by Joni Mitchell was about the tearing down of that lovely place.
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot!"
In 1950's the Garden was sold to Lytton Savings and Loan, which tore it down and a bank....and a parking lot . It is now a strip mall.:cry:
I know know what Joni went. It is a crying shame to tear down a piece of history.....for a parking lot and a strip mall. Lord knows we need more of them.
I will never hear that song in the same way again.