Los Angeles 1970 - 1978

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  • Los Angeles North Hollywood, Hollywood, Downtown L.A., LAX
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    Music By Donald Byrd & the Black Byrds - Places and Spaces

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  • @cooper482011
    @cooper482011 7 ปีที่แล้ว +465

    I was a little boy in the 1970s and a teenager in the 1980s. L.A. native and proud of it.

    • @seanlewis1148
      @seanlewis1148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Michael ADOS No other place like it. I'm from Compton....Rosecrans and Central Ave.

    • @paolo-n2000
      @paolo-n2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Me too! Great place to grow up! Definitely less people living in LA back then...

    • @bihmthethird
      @bihmthethird 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      #hubcity4life

    • @seanlewis1148
      @seanlewis1148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      drright10 Get the fuck off the stage!!!! YO act is straight boo boo dookie!!!!

    • @beachboi6196
      @beachboi6196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@seanlewis1148 Brody got ya all I'm from deygo I feel same way

  • @alexandermarquis6197
    @alexandermarquis6197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    The city looked so much more cleaner back then. I love it thanx. My mom moved us here in Aug of 77. Me and my sister were 8 and 9 back then. Tears are falling , I don't know why.

    • @deebee9751
      @deebee9751 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I so miss this era. It was the most relaxed and happy environment back then when I was a teen. Now its a hostile environment with kids stuck on there phones and missing out on there teen years. I'm glad there wasn't cell phones or I would of never seen the whole California. Thanks for uploading this awesome video. Watching it just puts me back in time once again. :)

    • @user-or6yn8pm3c
      @user-or6yn8pm3c ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Half the population plus California used to be mostly white back then. Lots of people now from Mexico, Middle East, and Asia combined with a population that doubled.

    • @nothing_controversial
      @nothing_controversial ปีที่แล้ว +3

      77 was the first time I went to LA. I was 12. Had to check out The Bonaventure building from my favorite Sci fi show at the time Fantastic Journey 😎

    • @srvntlilly
      @srvntlilly ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I feel the same. For me, it's nostalgia for what was, and deep sadness for what it's become.😢

    • @user-or6yn8pm3c
      @user-or6yn8pm3c ปีที่แล้ว

      @tracetracy743 Go away groomer.

  • @christian1127
    @christian1127 7 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    I'm so happy to have grown up in this time. I sure miss it.

    • @lynettewatson6338
      @lynettewatson6338 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too

    • @joshuahjfarquharm.3269
      @joshuahjfarquharm.3269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There was still hope then....even when it was hot it was somehow cooler.

    • @karonsanchez3551
      @karonsanchez3551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I loved the 70s. Had my kids, they were little. Had fun at the Zoo, Dodger stadium, Central Market, aah the Beaches! Such good times. Not anymore.

    • @lamadyarah8787
      @lamadyarah8787 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now you have NBA Youngboy and Tikashi 69. Life looks like it sure was boring without these two guys.

    • @m_d_l_a3208
      @m_d_l_a3208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lucky👍

  • @albear972
    @albear972 9 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    One of my most favorite old LA videos. The music is so fitting. I must have watched it over 100 times already. Thanks for putting it up.

    • @harrisr.7979
      @harrisr.7979 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Couldn't agree more!

    • @albear972
      @albear972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That Bank of America data center building at 0:16 is gone already. 1978-2017

    • @eladsinger9215
      @eladsinger9215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And no matter how often I see it, the lump in the throat always comes back for some reason

    • @truelies3690
      @truelies3690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@eladsinger9215 Don't beat yourself up. Nostalgia of an era long gone does that to you. Just remembering where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, the family home you grew up with, your loved ones that were alive then and gone now or a while back does that and more to you. It's called memories of your life that have passed and will never be back. That's what we all have in common.

    • @amari1625
      @amari1625 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too❤🎉

  • @Anthem-nd8sh
    @Anthem-nd8sh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    As a teenager in the 70's I just love watching these clips. Takes me back. One thing I always notice in all of them, no matter from what part of teh world, is the cool cars we had back then! Mustangs, Camaros, Dusters, Chevelles, Barracudas, etc.. To find one now in good shape will cost one an arm and a leg..yet they were everywhere back then.

    • @PumaPete
      @PumaPete ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And they were cheap! 69 camaros for $1500 bucks! Now a trashed one is $15,000

    • @robertw.7698
      @robertw.7698 ปีที่แล้ว

      Much simpler times

    • @drpoundsign
      @drpoundsign ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PumaPete ...not Too Green.

    • @dannyhood4007
      @dannyhood4007 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ‘Chips’ ‘electric women dyna girl’ lmao!

    • @shahidpasha4074
      @shahidpasha4074 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      u can find them in cuba now, they preserve and still on the roads.

  • @joerodriguez8272
    @joerodriguez8272 7 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Born and raised in Boyle Heights and Bell Gardens. I love LA.

    • @karinec.2131
      @karinec.2131 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Pico Union/Westlake Ktown in da building!!!

    • @dburch7894
      @dburch7894 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Montebello

    • @805NAVE
      @805NAVE 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Woodland Hills here. Loved driving to my grandparents house in Beverly Hills back in the day. Topanga canyon to pch, then up Olympic

    • @yoli5779
      @yoli5779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I lived in BG for a bit! (: Good times.

    • @aldofhister6859
      @aldofhister6859 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are you on a Mexican or Latino ?

  • @pharoah1200
    @pharoah1200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    Watch it and weep because this is a L.A. that will never ever be seen again. Sad😢

    • @bongbongtravels6108
      @bongbongtravels6108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You're broke! You couldn't afford it. So you move to Rural Arkansas. What's the problem?

    • @igotthesauce1870
      @igotthesauce1870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Joe Jordan destroyed culture? Ha! Nice one. Why don’t you tell that to all the natives that lived in la before the Americans came they’ll tell you all about destroyed culture.

    • @igotthesauce1870
      @igotthesauce1870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Joe Jordan educate yourself

    • @TrukNLife316
      @TrukNLife316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bong Bong a tiny little house of 2 rooms 1 bath is worth half a million in LA lol my pops house in Pomona 30 mins away from downtown LA is 3 room 1.5 baths and with almost half a million lol crazy. When he bought it it was a little over or less under 100k in late 80’s

    • @planetablog5504
      @planetablog5504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Once upon a time when English was spoken in California..... not anymore.... so sad

  • @5150Rockstar
    @5150Rockstar 9 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    I love that all the phone numbers don't have area codes. Cause it was all 213...

    • @karinec.2131
      @karinec.2131 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm still 213!!!!

    • @gnarbyq4667
      @gnarbyq4667 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      213, then 310, then 562 for me.. thank you for the upload. It was beautiful

    • @NoirL.A.
      @NoirL.A. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      oh yes i too remember when all L.A. county had but one area code.

    • @towcars5550
      @towcars5550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Im 323 homie

    • @elzymoreno6598
      @elzymoreno6598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I put 213 in my license plates 👌🏼🙂

  • @NatJac-gg3mv
    @NatJac-gg3mv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Good music. Just listening to it give you hope.

  • @paulcatania1315
    @paulcatania1315 10 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I remember driving to our gigs in 1975 (4 nights a week) in a black '71 Barracuda ragtop listening to the radio with "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship and "Love Will Keep Us Together" by The Captain & Tennille in constant rotation.

    • @cflo1386
      @cflo1386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Surprised you didn't mention the Carpenters.

    • @Ezoangelofdeath
      @Ezoangelofdeath 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      sure you didnt listen to Bread as well?

    • @tammybrown4901
      @tammybrown4901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aww yes

    • @polarbear353
      @polarbear353 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jefferson Starship, my all time favorite group.

  • @Danny-bd1ch
    @Danny-bd1ch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Just watch the Rockford Files, to get a good look at LA in the 70's.

    • @waverider227
      @waverider227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Or any episode of CHiPS

    • @jeanettehammond8460
      @jeanettehammond8460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Or watch Dragnet if you want to see old LA...besides loving the show I love the scenes of LA back then!

    • @abelmontalvo4052
      @abelmontalvo4052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Just watch Night Stalker,to get a good look at Chicago in the 70's

    • @Spanky1
      @Spanky1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Seraph909. Lol...so true.... I also always think about sway bars when watching car chases in 70's movies and TV shows.

    • @dmotta2811
      @dmotta2811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Or Adam 12

  • @rooseveltdavis9559
    @rooseveltdavis9559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Man, oh man I love this . I'm from the legendary 1970s. I was only a baby,but I remember the breathtaking atmosphere of this wonderful decade. Riding in my father's Cadillac hearing 8-track tapes and having fun. I miss those days like crazy. Man,I wanna go back.

    • @tammybrown4901
      @tammybrown4901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree I so wish I could to.

    • @suzanne1430
      @suzanne1430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tammybrown4901 listen to the song by Eddie Money....I want to go back. 💔💔🎀

    • @joejordan1259
      @joejordan1259 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      People romanticize this time in history but do any of you remember the smog going outdoors and choking to death yes to seventies was a better time to live than now no comparison but the seventies had a lot of problems in Los Angeles also.

    • @bobbyc1701
      @bobbyc1701 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joejordan1259 Yep I agree and the LAPD were beating up black and brown people too and the mainstream media didnt care about that happening either.

    • @mgmmgm1599
      @mgmmgm1599 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@suzanne1430
      Yes,
      I think so.

  • @RedroomStudios
    @RedroomStudios 10 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    as someone who grew up in the 60's - 70's I watch this kind of video and just long to be back in that time... in many ways life was more innocent and full of wonder then. maybe because I was a kid with a fresh mind. we all get cynical as we get older.

    • @LisaLisaLisa1
      @LisaLisaLisa1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      So true

    • @nativetexanful
      @nativetexanful 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I grew up in those days too, and it sure was a better time.

    • @sixsixxsixxxx
      @sixsixxsixxxx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nativetexanful bull

    • @nativetexanful
      @nativetexanful 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Robert, I should know, I was there.

    • @sixsixxsixxxx
      @sixsixxsixxxx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      nativetexanful so was I - grew up in 70's...you know the time your parents thought sucked compared to lets say the 1940s - 50's...which was the era your grandparents thought sucked compared to the good ol days of the 20's - 30's...which your great grandparents thought sucked compared to the good ol days of the turn of the century...

  • @smilingontime
    @smilingontime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Seeing this through the eyes of my beloved mama... This is the los angeles she saw while pregnant with me...
    Thank you kindly for this vid... I love los angeles. ...born and raised and still floating around the city...

  • @RandyDrayton
    @RandyDrayton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wow, Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds as the background? Great choice to go with the incredible visuals. LA still feels the same. At least for these particular areas. Really nice biking down the beaches from Santa Monica, through the Venice Beach Canals, further south and time it so you're arriving back at Santa Monica for sunset. Priceless. So much to do. Just don't walk around downtown by the Broad museum on a Sunday. LA is like a ghost-town then lol

  • @paulcooper3463
    @paulcooper3463 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I want to crawl through the screen and be there great vid.

  • @nicoleyee524
    @nicoleyee524 6 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    Wait, no smart phones anywhere. Those were the days! When people actually existed without being controlled by a 3" x 5" screen.

    • @weirdguy4948
      @weirdguy4948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Nicole Yee you sound like an old fool

    • @MrKoti99
      @MrKoti99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Technology is advancing old man get used to it.

    • @jillybean3688
      @jillybean3688 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amen to that!

    • @weirdguy4948
      @weirdguy4948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      TheBigPayBack how so? How about we all go back to the medieval ages? Sigh, those good old days

    • @jillybean3688
      @jillybean3688 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@weirdguy4948 yep, whatever you say.

  • @mr.nobody6829
    @mr.nobody6829 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's really relaxing watching old footage like this.

  • @ronaldbowman6059
    @ronaldbowman6059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the days of old Los Angeles. How nostalgic when we look back at what seemingly was everyday life. How I would like to go back to the simpler times of that day.

  • @mconcaz
    @mconcaz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I was a kid in the 1970's because i was born in 1971 and i recall that you could still see a lot of cars from the 1950's and from 1960's. I also recall that my dad had a 1967 chevy impala in 1977.
    Growing up at that time was fantastic.

    • @tomslick1650
      @tomslick1650 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mauro contreras i was born in 76, yet i still remember seeing plenty of old detroit iron.

    • @Milkmans_Son
      @Milkmans_Son 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      mauro contreras Funny how time skews and distorts as it goes by. Your dad's Impala was only 10 years old in '77, so driving it then was like driving a 2005 model today. Not that out of the ordinary, and even less so when you consider the new-car options he had available during that time span... not exactly the auto industry's finest hour.
      We're getting old, bud.

    • @marcdevibray8242
      @marcdevibray8242 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chevrolet Impala, what a beautiful car!

    • @laumarlopez8417
      @laumarlopez8417 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was born in 1973 and I remember we didn't need setbelts. My brothers and me would sit still in those type of cars.

    • @topchingon
      @topchingon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Born in 72 and remember riding on the back a friends pick up which would be illegal today. They still do it down here in San Antonio and nobody gets a ticket🤣 . Funny, but San Antonio reminds me alot about my childhood growing up in LA ( korean town)

  • @chiefpygmy
    @chiefpygmy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    i was a teen in the valley in the early 70's. awesome vid makes me sigh.

  • @davidzagrodny9486
    @davidzagrodny9486 7 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Air quality was actually worse. Most everything else was better.

    • @hubertmatos5920
      @hubertmatos5920 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Perhaps??? But downtown L.A was 100 times better...

    • @malcorub
      @malcorub 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      LA is safer today than the 80s and 90s ...a lot less gang violence. Not sure about when compared to the 70s.

    • @soul2soul429
      @soul2soul429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hubertmatos5920 I 💗 L.A. I💗 Downtown L.A Im curious to know what where your favorite spots and what years did you enjoy in Downtown L.A.

    • @surielparra4102
      @surielparra4102 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      savage 069 ..what’s wrong with Latin people ?

    • @rayespinoza9509
      @rayespinoza9509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@surielparra4102 you tell em!

  • @savvastzionis9112
    @savvastzionis9112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I searched for old LA .. and discovered Donald Byrd. Fantastic!

  • @OmarVale
    @OmarVale 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What A Gem! The music is perfect for the footage. Places and Spaces by Donald Byrd

  • @demaster619
    @demaster619 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Damn Places and Spaces by the Donald Byrds!!

    • @Jgeneraledger23
      @Jgeneraledger23 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh, wow was that who was singing this? he was with The Black Byrds and sings another one of my favorite L.A. tunes.

  • @toddbob55
    @toddbob55 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Drivers were patient and happy - Things sure are different in 2020 and NOT for the better.

    • @carlosmejia5824
      @carlosmejia5824 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      People were less stress, less selfish and more happy

  • @Lillielotus444
    @Lillielotus444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I know I wasn’t there but this gives me dreamy, nostalgic feelings. And imaging my dad’s reality when he was my age during his most beloved decade of the 70sss...

    • @Lillielotus444
      @Lillielotus444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In Los Angeles of course. Our home!

  • @paulcooper5748
    @paulcooper5748 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I want to crawl through the screen and be there.

  • @chorlauheung4920
    @chorlauheung4920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love and miss seeing all those vintage cars! Can recall seeing the RTD buses throughout L.A.

    • @srvntlilly
      @srvntlilly ปีที่แล้ว

      My ex drove for RTD back then. My kids and I would ride all over the city and suburbs with him.

  • @candorguy
    @candorguy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Detroit iron rolling hard. Those were the days.

  • @valerieproctor7366
    @valerieproctor7366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We often visit Hollywood and my sister had a cool apartment out there, in weekends she used to take me and my other sisters to the Chinese theater and see the movie stars foot prints and movies. It was amazing momories

  • @joereyna3992
    @joereyna3992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Greyhound station was where my aunt used to pick me up to go to her place in Santa Monica. I was a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton in 1971 - 1973.

    • @bannedheretic2971
      @bannedheretic2971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I bet you have a lot of great stories

    • @josephstalin760
      @josephstalin760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I stay in oceanside

    • @joejordan1259
      @joejordan1259 ปีที่แล้ว

      I went through that bus station in 1974 to go to US Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego It's not there anymore.

  • @SharkRecordFilms
    @SharkRecordFilms 9 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    couldn't find a single car that wasn't beautiful

    • @carlm8821
      @carlm8821 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Shark Record Films Yup, agreed...even the well worn, well used beaters!

    • @garyfuiten5126
      @garyfuiten5126 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And they were taking turns merging on to the Freeway......what's that all about? 😨

    • @ctoombs7825
      @ctoombs7825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Pure American steel made cars.

    • @ms.sonshine8878
      @ms.sonshine8878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Datsun B210. 😖

    • @poodog5131
      @poodog5131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gary Fuiten not stupid like u

  • @tonygourley4896
    @tonygourley4896 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I grew up in L.A. ( 1966-1984 ) it was the coolest place to grow up in. This old film is great stuff. I can still remember KTTV channel 11, Cal Worthington Dodge & Ford, Randy's donuts, 93.KHJ am, KLOS fm, Boys market, Carnation ice cream, Pup 'n Taco, Douglas char-burgers, Dodger stadium, KROQ fm, Bob's big boy, San Gabriel mountains Angeles National Forrest, Der Weinerschnitzel, L.A.Forum, Winchell's donut house, Farmer John meats, Formost milk, Pizza Man he delivers, KMET fm, Eyewitness News channel 7 w/ Stu Nayham, In and Out burger, Zody's, Long Beach Arena, Pete Ellis Dodge long beach fwy firestone exit South Gate, Earl Shibe will paint your car any car for 39.99, El Taco, Shakey's pizza, McCoy's market, Thrifty drug & discount store, Orange Julius, it's endless. Great stuff, great city ! Bob.G

  • @valerieproctor7366
    @valerieproctor7366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My family moved here from New Orleans in summer 1974 to join my big sis who moved here in 72 we moved to West LA it was beautiful, weather, places and spaces, we loved it. I was 11 my baby sister was 7 my two other sisters 13 and 18 we had amazing times here and we never looked backed.

  • @sweetoneloves6811
    @sweetoneloves6811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My family moved to Los Angeles from Michigan 1971 omg I remember all these areas very clearly Craiglaca1. THANK YOU. During this Quarantine you eased my mind, the brown derby my family would always eat there. I have to tell my friends in Los Angeles to look at this video. and the music is great. .

  • @dirtymikeandtheboyz2570
    @dirtymikeandtheboyz2570 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Did someone just travel back in time and recorded this for us.. so awesome... I was born in 83 but brings me flashbacks to what I remember LA looking like before... My Dad's old rides, going to the Sears tower on Soto and Olympic... Being in DTLA... Awesome... Thanks!

  • @uswfes42
    @uswfes42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow. This brings back memories. I was born and raised in watts in the 70's. I brought back so many childhood memories. I reside in Oklahoma City now. Thanks for sharing.

    • @soul2soul429
      @soul2soul429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...nice to know, what do you remember of L.A.? what made you leave CA? do you miss L.A.? "Is Oklahoma better, is it what you expected? "Are people nice and friendly?

    • @2Pkb25
      @2Pkb25 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WATTS IN THE 70'S !!!!
      SANFORD AND SON ERA LOL
      AND OF COURSE THE ERA OF THE CRIPS

    • @509Heavydrop
      @509Heavydrop 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They moved to Tornado Alley ! from earthquakes to Dustbowl 😝

    • @nativetexanful
      @nativetexanful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Leaving LA was a very wise choice. You wouldn't want to live there now.

    • @uswfes42
      @uswfes42 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nativetexanful yes it was..👍🏾

  • @bobwatson1162
    @bobwatson1162 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The video had me hooked when I heard Donald Byrd's places an spaces I've been.. it's around this time late 60s early 70s when a lot of people were moving to California...

    • @valerieproctor7366
      @valerieproctor7366 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like my family we moved here in LA in 1974, and never looked back.

  • @katiemanning3761
    @katiemanning3761 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ahhhh, some Donald Byrd as background music. Places and Spaces, nice cut! Thanks for the time travel event.😊

  • @supabadforever9532
    @supabadforever9532 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm so enjoying this. thanks

  • @thrrsn350
    @thrrsn350 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Interesting to see (starting @ 3:48) the large amount of mid-late 1950's cars on the road. Even if this is the 1970 section of the film, 10-15 year old cars, at that time, were like driving 20+ year old cars today, in part due to lack of metal technology (more frequent maintenance, engines lasting 100,000 miles then is equal to 200+ today) and the perception of them being older (auto generations changed yearly then vs. every few years today). Certainly not bashing old cars in any way, just observing the changes of the times. Fascinating film and thanks for posting!

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      recession, higher interest rates on car loans, etc.

    • @fedupinl.a.7810
      @fedupinl.a.7810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Back when American companies wanted to build a product that would last vs. now make it as cheaply as possible so they have to buy a new one next year. More profit. I lived in l.a. from 79-2012. I had to get out that state & its politicians have ruined it. 3rd world now.

  • @harrisr.7979
    @harrisr.7979 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a shame the audio track was muted. "Places and Spaces" fit this 70's era video perfectly.
    Great video though, really enjoy this a lot. Simpler time, after the turbulent 60's.

  • @darnellwebb7609
    @darnellwebb7609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    That's site on 6th and Broadway brings back memories I used to walk by it every day going to Clifton's on 7th and Broadway memories

    • @yesto784
      @yesto784 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Darnell Webb Clinton’s is very different now. The same but different.

    • @yesto784
      @yesto784 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Darnell Webb Clinton’s is very different now.

    • @AC-lv1eq
      @AC-lv1eq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was a short-order cook their back in 78 one of my very first jobs

    • @MrBelmont79
      @MrBelmont79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My mom would take us once a week and I was nuts for the banana cake. I miss it so.

    • @berzerker1100
      @berzerker1100 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Valerie Hall are you talking about good old George Putnam the Repoter ? 😀🇺🇸

  • @anitabonghit9415
    @anitabonghit9415 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    i was here as a kid it was a great great era to go through

  • @michaelkamensky6230
    @michaelkamensky6230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mid-50s SoCal native here. The long tracking shot on a bus going west from Hwd & Western that starts at 2:30 is absolutely fantastic. This music choice was *perfect* too.

  • @kathyzeider4168
    @kathyzeider4168 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Born in San Diego in 58 and parents moved to LA when I was 5! Was a teenager in the early ‘70’s showed this video to my brother and the memories just flowed! Still miss it all this time even tho haven’t been back since 2005 when my father passed!!

    • @comicsfix8460
      @comicsfix8460 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      DO YOU REMEMBER THE CAMEO, ROXIE AND ARCADE THEATRES?

  • @charlesn787
    @charlesn787 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I walked from Wilshire to Sunset on Vermont as a kid with friends and have no problems. I missed the 70's.

    • @509Heavydrop
      @509Heavydrop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Virgil Junior High

    • @charlesn787
      @charlesn787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@509Heavydrop Berendo Junior High

    • @509Heavydrop
      @509Heavydrop 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@charlesn787 I went there also, Berendo JHS, I used to live on 9th Street between Vermont & Westmoreland 60s & 70s moved from there in 1972 so many changes ! Now 9th St. Is James woods blvd,

    • @charlesn787
      @charlesn787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@509Heavydrop I miss Berendo the most. Some of the best years of my life. The 70's and 80's are the best, uncrowded streets, streets are actually safe to walk.

    • @charlesn787
      @charlesn787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@509Heavydrop I lived on Berendo st and 9th

  • @Zen-Tao
    @Zen-Tao 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was glad to run across this. My parents lived on El Centro in the 70's. Then they moved to Willoughby, where we stayed for 40 years.

  • @russh7914
    @russh7914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    This was a time when they made real cars, the kind that would last.

    • @stonergamerdavis7720
      @stonergamerdavis7720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bro my uncle buick from back day got hit by new car funny thing is t
      My uncle car didn't have dent in it but new car did

    • @sailorforlifebestti3366
      @sailorforlifebestti3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      that’s some bulshit if I[ve ever heard one ;)

    • @jasonscott9645
      @jasonscott9645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They also polluted the shit out of the air

    • @gregorypeterman6216
      @gregorypeterman6216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Every car you see here has gone to the crusher, this was back when you couldn't get a Honda that last forever.

    • @ElevenKings
      @ElevenKings 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The kind of cars that did 5 mpg

  • @gaysour
    @gaysour 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    the fact that since I’ve lived in LA all my life and I’ve literally passed Temple and Beaudry gives me like weird nostalgia vibes looking at what it used to look like and what it looks like now

  • @bella_bella85
    @bella_bella85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Literally would give anything to jump into this video... I was born in 85 and as long as I can remember I always felt like I belonged in this time period... It’s like my soul is longing for this time of simplicity and love. I’m 34 and I literally watch all the old programs on tv and as a child wore bell bottoms because at the young age of 11-12 I knew I just didn’t fit or belong in this time period... Thanks for sharing

    • @tammybrown4901
      @tammybrown4901 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I understand that for me the 60s I was a teen in the 70 early 80s. But the 60s always have called me

    • @sockjean2967
      @sockjean2967 ปีที่แล้ว

      It still looks like this today other than like three or four buildings added

  • @igfromthe323
    @igfromthe323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Damn I'm an MTA driver and I do line 217 passing through hollywood and vine its crowded as hell now!

    • @509Heavydrop
      @509Heavydrop 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Transfer over to Division 21

    • @berzerker1100
      @berzerker1100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Goldline Rail is okay ! Division 21 MTA all the way ! Div.7 is too far Mucho Traffico 😖

  • @TheCm900
    @TheCm900 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The last part of the video starting from 3:49 shows the driver going south on El Centro Avenue from Santa Monica blvd. As he continues going south down El Centro Av the camera turns right onto Willoughby Av and goes west. The second to last intersection that is shown at 5:54 right before the video ends is Willoughby and Vine St. Today there is a 7-11 on the NE corner, a CVS pharmacy on the SW corner and a car wash on the NW corner of that intersection and Vine Street Elementary School is just up north of that final intersection right next to where the car wash is today. Not much has changed in that particular section of Hollywood but It is interesting to see what that neighborhood looked like more than 40 years ago.

  • @anthonycameron2067
    @anthonycameron2067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the Donald Byrd soundtrack

  • @55Ariz
    @55Ariz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    thanks for posting! Wow- yeah that was my decade in every way! Was the last days in L.A. before it got too overcrowded. You could still get around pretty easily. The Valley was still pretty nice. I had a really nice 1964 Dodge Dart. Great little car. Still smoked cigs. then Vantage Menthol. 60 cents a pack! Was taking home 85.50 a week. Was pretty good money!

  • @cameron93387
    @cameron93387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There was actually a Chinese restaurant called Men hung Low!!
    in those days and nobody thought anything of it!
    I LOVE LA❤️❤️🥇🇺🇸☮️

  • @dr.nigsopmcchortlefag9544
    @dr.nigsopmcchortlefag9544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love the black byrds. I saw them live back in the 70s in NY.

  • @quicksilver3x3
    @quicksilver3x3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great one! I was 13 to 21 in those years and lived in Montebello. What a decade to grow up in. Nice music to set the mood too, thanks.

  • @truthsword8562
    @truthsword8562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I might be on this video,back then loved going to the movies

  • @razareg4866
    @razareg4866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The 1970s: the last great decade

    • @80sDECADEshouldNEVERLEFT
      @80sDECADEshouldNEVERLEFT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      1980s too

    • @TruckerLerone
      @TruckerLerone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      1990s

    • @MrsTrustygirl79
      @MrsTrustygirl79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was born in 79 so I can't really speak for the 70's but the 80's was a pretty awesome time.

    • @soniasg8639
      @soniasg8639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@80sDECADEshouldNEVERLEFT Good actors back then too, Charles Bronson...

    • @lastdays3148
      @lastdays3148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Razareg, True! Thriving Business, Malls, lower cost of living, Factory jobs still hanging on for awhile in the USA, Music, Movies, Sitcom Shows, Variety Shows, Family togetherness for the majority of us, Food was healthier and people exercised daily, Farms, Unique Wardrobe Fashion Attire, Fashion Shows, Unique Hairstyles, Musical Bands and Solo Musicians with their Hits after Hits. Television 📺 were worth watching daily. Yes, we had some negative moments during the 1970s. Liked any other Decade. However the 1970s were truly the last greatest Decade✨

  • @crystaldepp1984
    @crystaldepp1984 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love these vintage videos 🌴❤️

  • @michaelb.3438
    @michaelb.3438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Donald Byrd & the Black Byrds - Places and Spaces got the cd in my car bring a lot of memories

  • @DavidSmith-is4ph
    @DavidSmith-is4ph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Born in 68, this was the L.A. of my youth. I almost get choked up watching this.

  • @janettemcclelland2959
    @janettemcclelland2959 9 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I used to wait for the 207 Western bus in front of the El Taco. It was the start of the line...I lived at the end of the route on Imperial Hwy. Scary spot to wait for a bus,especially after the bars closed at 2 a.m.

    • @beth2398
      @beth2398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It used to be considered the worst part of Hollywood. I remember it from the early eighties. It is so much better now with a shopping center. Area definitely up graded since then.

    • @abrahamaguilar4960
      @abrahamaguilar4960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Were in western exactly

    • @abrahamaguilar4960
      @abrahamaguilar4960 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Catherine G what stores are in the shopping center now?

    • @janettemcclelland2959
      @janettemcclelland2959 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abrahamaguilar4960 Hollywood and Western.

    • @beerbellyjoker7532
      @beerbellyjoker7532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I bet You would be cool to drink with...

  • @radcam69
    @radcam69 10 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I lost it at Men Hong Low.

  • @unc1589
    @unc1589 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Donald Byrd places and spaces really works for this video

  • @condor7810
    @condor7810 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The song backing this video: "Places and Space I've Been" and the album it appeared on were recroded in Los Angeles in 1975 at The Sound Factory. By the late great Donald Byrd.

  • @tonyktown
    @tonyktown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm happy to have grown up and lived my young adult years during the crazy days of the 70's and 80's in Los Angeles, and at 63 years old, I'm still happy to be living here. As much as I love looking back through these wonderful images, I don't live my present life based on the past. L.A. ain't perfect...but...it's perfect for me. :-D

  • @robertyglesias9673
    @robertyglesias9673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I used to go to Dodgers and Lakers games on the bus and the tickets were very reasonable

  • @islandbee
    @islandbee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You chose a great song for this video. Places and Spaces by Donald Byrd and the Black Byrds

  • @mrtwint1
    @mrtwint1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Graduated h.s in 1972...living for the weekend ...going to various clubs to dance and meet ladies in LA was a blast..

  • @harrisr.7979
    @harrisr.7979 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Audio tracks is back!!!!!!!!! Thanks!

  • @username121709
    @username121709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm probably older than most of you. I was already a middle aged man in the '70s and as much as it seems like the past was a great place to live, the quality of life is much better today.

    • @terencesommer6307
      @terencesommer6307 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blab Blah you are joking yes?

    • @abruegger007
      @abruegger007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not for long it's not going to be.

    • @nativetexanful
      @nativetexanful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was born in the 60s, so I was a kid back in the 70s. I remember it well and life was definitely better back then. People were more polite and respectful of each other. People dressed better, too. The cost of living was far lower and there were more good-paying jobs. That's why there were hardly any homeless people in those days.
      Like I said, I was born in the 60s, but I wish I could have been born 20 or 30 years earlier so I could have enjoyed life in those better times.

  • @Chutney1luv
    @Chutney1luv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Reminds me of my childhood in the back seat of my dad's car enjoying the view; while visiting my Grandparents! What a fabulous trip down "Memory Lane" Some places are gone and a few places are still there! The cars were gorgeous! Also love the music chosen for this video! 💕 I love L.A.❤..City Of Angels..❤

    • @devintaylor8702
      @devintaylor8702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      IT WAS A MUCH BETTER TIME BACK THEN🙂👍

    • @truelies3690
      @truelies3690 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I lived it, saw it all. 1963 to 1977. Exactly as I remember it. A precious time capsule of a once was city. Not perfect by any means, but like a fantasy looking at it now. Different people different place different times different country different world. Never to return. Yes it was a magical time to be alive in Los Angeles California once upon a time. Glad I lived it.

  • @DeltaSniperZRR
    @DeltaSniperZRR 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    1:31 OMG I don't no where to look, so many amazing cars. Jaguar E-Type at 1:45, right side, second car.

    • @jimdayton8837
      @jimdayton8837 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love to pause the video and try to identify each car :)

    • @snoopu2601
      @snoopu2601 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mojo Risin back then we didn't think anything about it until we get to look back at it

    • @carlm8821
      @carlm8821 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      SNOOP U 2 Ain’t that the truth!

    • @v16bt
      @v16bt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is another E-Type @ 3:56

  • @hippiedoll7318
    @hippiedoll7318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I am so greatful to the people who recorded these videos back in the day. So that we could enjoy a look back into the past.
    I just wish there was a button to push or a link to click on that would transport me there!
    I dig seeing all those old cars!
    Nothing like the look-alike, cookie-cutter, eggs on wheels, cars of today, and the ugly, square-shaped, no character having houses that are being built now-a-days!

  • @workingboy91607
    @workingboy91607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This takes me back to my teenage years. Oh, those were the days! This footage makes me happy and wistful at the same time.

  • @samsevan
    @samsevan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That Donald Byrd Places and Spaces fitted just perfect with this video..I'm South Central LA Born and Raised..✌

  • @elpatroncalifas4320
    @elpatroncalifas4320 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lots of Impala's, loved growing up in that era.

  • @Vincent-fb1yj
    @Vincent-fb1yj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    At 2:17, check out the guy scoping out the lady in front of him from head to toe and then smile...lol

    • @SeisanStnc
      @SeisanStnc 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup, if that was today he would have just been staring at his phone. Smh

    • @dmotta2811
      @dmotta2811 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I rewatched it

  • @karenperlman5059
    @karenperlman5059 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    My beloved birthplace, and official center of the known universe. ;) Thanks so much for sharing!

    • @seanlewis1148
      @seanlewis1148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sticker Stamps by Suite 33 My birth place as well. Born 1972 San Pedro Peninsula Hospital.
      Raised all over L.A., the particular city I identify with:
      Compton

  • @broburch
    @broburch ปีที่แล้ว

    Awwwww places and spaces I’ve been !!!! I’m a 90’s baby and I play this song almost everyday because it put me a great mood.

  • @sublimelyhappy70
    @sublimelyhappy70 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Coolness. Thanks for posting this Craig.

  • @matrox
    @matrox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The 70s ain't got nuth'n on the 60s. Who here remembers the 60s no matter what state?✊😩

  • @Miller_Lite
    @Miller_Lite 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's amazing how the atmosphere, the culture look back on those days.

  • @FrancoDrago
    @FrancoDrago 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those Cars were so cool looking,i love to watch this kind of vintage videos thanks for uploading

  • @jeffreyverspaget4353
    @jeffreyverspaget4353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so beautiful to see it did me good I love this videos from that time I love California and the beautiful music in this video thanks gr Jeffrey 🍀🌞☕😘🌴

  • @Eidelmania
    @Eidelmania 6 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    L.A just keeps getting worse and worse. Too many people now!

    • @BeinformedBefree
      @BeinformedBefree 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @ Schwarzer LMAO!!! A hit dog will holler. The law is the law.

    • @charlied2585
      @charlied2585 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Lavtrabia Lawson You sound delusional and ignorant lmao where is all this coming from

    • @jorgeybarra3894
      @jorgeybarra3894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Lavtrabia Lawson please just go back to Europe to were ever your Grand parents came from.Gracias

    • @BeinformedBefree
      @BeinformedBefree 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why would you think that My Grand parents were from Europe.???

    • @ronwilliams717
      @ronwilliams717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes look at Hollywood there was never that many people there like it is today. I miss the peace and quiet!

  • @ninjaturtlemarkchulo7290
    @ninjaturtlemarkchulo7290 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I love the way the freeway looked. It looked like a low-rider car show...

  • @kz1000ps
    @kz1000ps 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful colors in this footage! So vivid and lifelike!

  • @jeroldredic8465
    @jeroldredic8465 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the vid born in 63 and now drive a 1965 mbz. I love the vintage cars in this vid and the music. Thanks for posting...

  • @CDTbossy
    @CDTbossy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What I really miss about classic good america from 1950 to late 70s is all the awesome nicelooking cars! If cars looked like that and had the nice v8 sound and feel today it would be paradise for me to drive cars like that every day... And if gas was free and limitless! crap, im dreaming again! Glad I have my good old 76 Cutlass I can take for a spin now and again, takes me back to a simpler time... even tough I was born in 92 haha. Thanks for putting these out they are great to see how things were, before the corporate instiution that america is today. What a time it must have been :)

    • @Princess07ish
      @Princess07ish 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Speaking of cars, I miss full service gas stations!!!

    • @oldtwinsna8347
      @oldtwinsna8347 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Move to Oregon and you'll get your fill.

    • @williamwilkins2279
      @williamwilkins2279 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sabel Tann: The closest thing I own to that is a 2014 Impala. I like to call it a "modern day classic".

  • @QuaaludeCharlie
    @QuaaludeCharlie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I will stand upon my head till my ears are turning red , Go See Cal :) QC

    • @nikkihines3652
      @nikkihines3652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Quaalude Charlie also Worthington Ford commercials 🤓

  • @JohnnyE71
    @JohnnyE71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So much has happened to the city and everyone since. As a 90s baby, this is just awesome to see.

  • @dupreebranch2850
    @dupreebranch2850 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice music Donald Bryd spaces and places !

  • @Dr.Pepper001
    @Dr.Pepper001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The 2 things I remember most about LA when I traveled there often in 1976 were... 1. The traffic jams, and 2. How the locals seemed to be obsessed with suing people at the drop of a hat.

    • @srvntlilly
      @srvntlilly ปีที่แล้ว

      The traffic jams, ah yes, the traffic jams, on those wonderful, hot, stuffy, smoggy July afternoons. How could one forget?

  • @maryyoung777
    @maryyoung777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I lived there then. I didn't know the cars were going to change so much as a side note. I love every car I see in this video.

  • @jimdayton8837
    @jimdayton8837 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video! I like the music too. Thanks for posting!

  • @Bassmaster_Ice318
    @Bassmaster_Ice318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That tune is jammin! First time I've heard it. And I was born in 1969. :)