Sunset Blvd 1950s vs 2020s_Hollywood, Wonderful California 'Historic' drive Nostalgic_Vintage_Retro 

I have always missed the world before I existed

50s California must have been glorious.

It looked much better in the 1950s, of course, better cars, better signage, less visual clutter, more dignified pedestrians. We haven't improved.

After moving to Los Angeles in February 1963, I took a job at an oil company in downtown Los Angeles. The city looked pretty much the same in 1963 as it does in this video. It was a very exciting place for a girl from San Bernardino County, which is east of L.A. Couldn't afford a car, so I rode all over L.A. on the excellent bus system. I often visited stores along Sunset Boulevard. One summer I rode a bus for about an hour and a half from downtown to Santa Monica every weekend to go to the beach. It was a wonderful time to be alive.

I went to CA (1961) as a 13 yr old from Montana--it was my first big trip and when we got to LA it was like being in heaven. MT was cold but LA was like a perfect summer--life was so different and comfortable. We visited friends and they had four Honda 50s--I had never seen one but the kids were allowed to drive em whenever they wanted--so we went to the beach every day for hours. When we were hungry we got hot dogs at the beach. In those days you could build a bonfire in the sand and make food--everyone was generous to teens at the beach--there was music everywhere, folk music and surf guitar, it was so damned cool! Everyone wore cutoffs, the girls wore bikini tops, we had sandals made from car tire treads. There was only one rule--get back to the house when the street lights came on. I had my first love then--it was the perfect existence in my memory.

As a person that lives in LA, this was a joy to watch. Such a different time.

The image quality of the 1952 footage is excellent.

Take me back to the 1950s for the better people.

Excellent let's go back,, was born in 50,, father bought a new 54 Ford,, green... His brother had a 54 Chevy.,

feel more peace watching the 50s.

1950s were a beautiful time

Even the palm trees looked better in the old days. Thicker, Fuller, better in the old days. Now even palm trees look like they’ve been smoking crack…..aah the old days

It's mind boggling how it's still the same planet but completely different worlds.

The cars were real beauties back then!!

Looks so much cleaner in the 1950s, better then I reckon, less fear, crime and more fun back then

Beauty & civility gone. What a shame.

Wow ..old look 1000 times more classy. New look like some getho

Had alot more big Beautiful tree's back in the 50's too bad they aren't still around.

I'm 65 years old, and just old enough to remember an uncluttered, and clean Los Angeles. We'll never be able to recapture that time, Los Angeles is a bonafide world city now and that status comes with as much bad as it does good. But sometimes, SOMETIMES on a slow weekend afternoon, I can still feel that L.A. vibe of being a laid back, quirky but tranquil town it once was.

Even to someone watching from over 5000 miles away in the UK, there are so many historical landmarks contained in this video that are just so wonderful to see such as Ciros Nightclub and Schwabbs Drugstore. Absolutely fabulous video😀

Wow I drive thru there almost everyday how so much has changed! I like looking at the palm trees from the 50s to see them so tall now so fascinating! I really love the old light lamp/posts wish they never changed them!

It shows how much things changed over time. Even the Rockford Files TV Show intro is now considered "Vintage" even though it happened a quarter of the century later. There were not tents in that intro, but there was trash strewn near the parked Police Car. The steady quality of life decline has made many to desire to reverse time to the 1950s.

What I love about the before is the openess and it was less claustrophobic

The palm trees sure were beautiful and lush back in the 50s

I have driven up and down that stretch of Sunset probably a thousand times over the 20 years I worked in that area. So cool to see what was there before at so many different locations. Well done, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

my grandpa built 2 of the buildings in this video. so proud.

can't believe Ralph's is still going unbelievable and in the same place stunning footage 😃👍👍👍

A better time a better place.

The cars back then were more stylish.

Outstanding, looking at the past and future at the same time! Keep showing more of this!!

Its fascinating to see some buildings that look old-fashioned in 2020s weren't even built yet in 1952. You see architectural styles of the late 50s and 60s and 70s, and think they are so long ago...

I remember standing up in the back seat of my dad's Chrysler staring out the back window. There were no seat belts then. Whenever people visited, my dad would drive them down Sunset & Hollywood Blvds. I remember Curry's Ice Cream Shops, Thrifimart & Safeway Stores. Traffic lights had Stop & Go Flags until the mid '50's. Traffic wasn't so bad then & there was no ac in cars. John Belushi died of an accidental OD at the Chateau Marmont in '82. Time brings about change. Thanks for sharing.

Who went back in time to get this video? Awesome

Im a nostalgic person, and love the days of old. I hate seeing buildings of grander no longer there, especially in LA LA LAND, but everything serves its purpose. Lets dont fool ourselves though, as innocent as this video appears, the woes of today, were there too back then.

These video's really put the decline of America into perspective, thanks

All the businesses were family owned. Just a nicer slower paced place.

Woodie at 0:46, convertible Sportsman woodie at 0:59, tin woodie at 3:09, tin woodie at 4:05, Ford/Mercury woodie at 4:38, tin woodie at 6:37, Ford woodie at 7:41, black painted woodie at 12:06, tin woodie at 13:14 & 13:26. Most woodies I've seen on any vintage drive. Love the old signs, so much more character.

I wonder how many of these cars are left? The city of 70 years ago is beautiful. I want to go to this era. american dream

nicely done montage, I appreciate the past much better and great music, please continue!

One of the best restorations I have seen on RU-vid. Love the timeslips also very well done and easy to compare.

Good soundtrack. Really appreciate the fact that you used actual music. Not that usual computer generated royalty free playlist.

I love these before and after videos. And I'm loving this music!

At least Hollywood back then looked more authentic!😮

I saw about 30 cars i'd like to own with the "vintage" seciion - That beautiful Buick convertible for one - lol - great job - thank you!

1950's when cars have style

I watch a lot of these for car spotting this is the best I've seen. Appears to be from 1952. Thanks.

It is fantastic. Amazing. It is very interesting to see it is STILL Ralph's at 7min 19 after 72 years...

Singin' in the Rain & The Pride of St. Louis are playing at The Oriental Theatre at 7:54 ~ would make this after ealy May of 1952 if the pictures were on their first run.

Awe thanks for this awesome blast from the kick ass past. I WAS definitely born to late. Those awe my days!!!

Amazing what 50 years of diversity will get ya. Enjoy.

Wow that raplhs is still around 🥰

THANK'S FOR VIDEO. VERY IS BEAUTIFUL. GREAT YAR'S. I'M FROM GARIBALDI RS BRAZIL.

Love the soundtrack 2:50. Boogie down Sunset Blvd 2022!

The best before and after video ever watched. Thanks for posting. Liked and subscribed.

GREAT VIDEO !!! IN MY LA. CA. WHERE I LIVE .. THE TRAFFIC THEN WAS'NT CRAZY NOW IT IS.... MY SON MAX 7YR.S OLD LOVES THIS VIDEO AND WHERE WE LIVE AND THE MUSIC!!!!>>>>>..I LOVE THE CARS ,, I ONLY DRIVE OLD CARS ,, 1958 DODGE CUSTOM ROYALE SWEEP WINGS,,,.. AND A 1978 BUICK SKYLARK,,.. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THEM,,.......WHAT A CHANGE OLD BUILDINGS GONE NEW CRAPPY ONE ARE HERE,,...THIS LOOKS SO REAL 3-D.. MY SON SAYS WHERE ARE THESE CARS NOW I SAID MOST ARE ALL GONE CRUSHED ..ALOT OF THESE HOUSES ON THE SIDES ARE GONE AND PEOPLE DO PASS EACH OTHER AND DONT USE SIGNIALS L OR R .. GREAT VIDEO WE ENJOYED IT MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ........ NO 1958 DODGE..

Like the music from the Good Old Days!

4:00. I love the arm signal.

Very cool. My time on Sunset was in the sixties. We spent the night hitchhiking up and down the Blvd or standing on the island at Crescent Heights selling the LA Free Press to passerbys. I got a nickel for every copy that I sold. I'd take my earrings around the corner to Harry's Open Pit Bbq for fries and a Coke. Life was good!

So cool. The then-and-now makes it that much more fun to watch. My mom used to have a coffee shop on Sunset next to The Old Spaghetti Factory so Hollywood was my old stomping grounds.

Very well done, it was a nicer city with lower buildings and at that time the US car manufacturers dare to use design and colour for a more beautiful auto world🤩

Marvelous work

I imagine how beautiful it was around the time of sunset...

That's _Ralph's_ is still there!!!

Wow! This should be compulsory viewing for every city planner. How civilised it looked in the 1950s and how tawdry so much of it looks today. It's not completely beyond repair. If only the horrible billboards could be torn down, the signage improved, the street furniture made elegant and legislation brought in to control some of the hideously presented commercial buildings. LA needs someone with vision who understands the importance of aesthetics, sight lines, elegance and style.

Just saw the first convertible car go north!

The drivers were crazy back then too!

I live in Los Angeles and I have to say I love these type of videos. LA at it's glory days, the streets are clean, not much traffic and best of all NO TENTS!!! on the sidewalk or mentally ill cracked out people wondering in the middle of the street arguing with themselves.

I trip out how big the trees have gotten.

Super, super-cool cars beautifully built with stunning designs and colours. Love the Nylons sign. Sunset Boulevard is such a classic example of American 'smooth style' it's like watching an film clip of an American Film Noir or similar. Thank you for adding colour to the peoples clothes, buildings, cars and so forth it's amazing and fascinating to watch. ❤❤❤

Wow, fantastic

If I only had a time machine!

Well, at least the Packard auto dealership building survived on the left corner at 1:25 but not the car manufacturer. Hey, note that some of the traffic lights with the "STOP-GO" semaphores such as at 3:03. These were last used in the L.A. area in 1956. Thanks for sharing!

The Washingtonia Palms of the 1950s look so much nicer than the skinny palms that are there now. Why did they switch? Does anyone know?

The palm trees and billboards sure got taller. They should have preserved those cute little stop and go signs that popped up.

Everything is so clean and people are so dignified

Just imagine how people would view this video after 70 years from now under a different kind of youtube!

Intriguing video, and I enjoy the before/after shots. So many interesting points of interest, including a car dealership and gas station seemingly on every block 😄

I just stayed at the Mondrian which is where this clip ends on the right opposite the Comedy Store which used to be Ciros. Hard to believe that at the time of filming (1952) Ciros was the epicentre of the Hollywood glitterati. The glamour and style of that era is long gone.

Fantastic job letting people know what they are looking at!

THANK YOU FOR SHARING,

Nicely done. One suggestion is you replace the music with something more ethereal to evoke a sense of dreamy nostalgia.

Better times best times and where is my time machine

Gosh. It was so much nicer then.

Definitely true that back in those days, trees were naturally heathier.

Nice job. Thank you!

Nice Nice Nice

This is so cool. I live on Laurel Just a half a block from Sunset. It's a trip to see the corners of my street used to look like. I get my hair cut in the complex that replaced the one where Schwab's used to be. The liquor store on the left is now The Laugh Factory. Very cool. Thanks for posting!

One fantastic video. Makes me remember the Earth with 2 billion people, no Hyundais, no Kias, no imported rubbish of any kind. Back in my day... Yes, I am old, but I saw it before it all went to shit.

Just what I was wishing to see, and the algorithm came through for me. (time travel match-ups) 😉Great job !👍👍

I like to eat an In n out double double and walk off Sunset Blvd once a month. I saw the original footage few years ago I used to compare in my mind what you have done. Thanks..

What a gorgeous metallic pink color car! Outstanding!! Great videos! Thanks for sharing! 🥰💗

this is Awesome looks like things were a lot calmer and nicer years ago it went from nice cars to cheap overpriced so-called cars the trees even look healthier and nicer back then people I'm sure were nicer

6.10-6.15: Look at the palm trees! How beautiful they were in 50-s and look what we have now!! Same goes for 7.14--7.18 The green has gone!!!

Amazing beauty of Sunset Blvd Hollywood. Great street view. Tnx4sharing. Fully watched.

So cool to see the difference.

It was beautiful then,even now,maybe the cars are more cool 😎🌴

Great video...and thx for sharing. I like how you nailed the focal length in the before/after freeze frames...and came back with just enough time for us to take in the new scene before taking us back to the nostalgic cruise scene. Nicely done. The colorization was spot on, too...enough to feel nostalgic without being a distraction...prefect. Home run!

good very good

LOVE how slow everyone is driving as opposed to people nowadays going 70mph down sunset and screaming at people to move over LOL

The trees 😭😭 the palm trees have shrunken to skinny twigs! Oh no!! Are we shrinking too?