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Thursday, September 30, 2010 – Old Sycamore

Hollywood Professional Building at Sycamore and Hollywood Boulevard - Gothic Revival, John Lautner, completed in 1925

The September light was good – sorry. It's the Hollywood Professional Building at Sycamore and Hollywood Boulevard – Gothic Revival, John Lautner, completed in 1925. It once housed the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and later the Screen Actors Guild – Ronald Reagan’s office was here when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild. It's listed in the National Register of Historic Places. And it does catch your eye.

Hollywood Professional Building at Sycamore and Hollywood Boulevard - Gothic Revival, John Lautner, completed in 1925
Hollywood Professional Building at Sycamore and Hollywood Boulevard - Gothic Revival, John Lautner, completed in 1925
Hollywood Professional Building at Sycamore and Hollywood Boulevard - Gothic Revival, John Lautner, completed in 1925
Hollywood Professional Building at Sycamore and Hollywood Boulevard - Gothic Revival, John Lautner, completed in 1925

When Reagan looked out his office window he probably saw this fetching young woman across the street at the Christy Lee Apartments, but given who he was he probably paid more attention to the eagle above her head.

Frieze at the Christy Lee Apartments on Sycamore in Hollywood
Hollywood Professional Building at Sycamore and Hollywood Boulevard - Gothic Revival, John Lautner, completed in 1925

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Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto. The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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