Where were the offices of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER before they moved to 6715 Sunset Blvd in 1936?
That seems to have been where they had their start back in 1929, but it seems possible that there was an interim office between then and their move to 6715 Sunset Blvd in 1936. However, I can’t find any confirmation of that at the moment. Here’s what I have found: Less than a year after Wilkerson arrived in Los Angeles — and less than a year after the great stock market crash of October 1929 — the first issue of The Reporter was pieced together in a three-room office at 1606 N. Highland Ave., between Sunset and Hollywood boulevards. By 1936, The Reporter had moved to posh new offices at 6715 Sunset Blvd. Initially, the building housed a men’s haberdashery and barber shop on the ground floor, but they never took off as businesses. The barber chairs were soon moved out, and the newspaper’s operations got more breathing room in a space designed for a decidedly different type of work. The paper prospered as the industry grew, particularly with the blossoming of network radio and the grow
