Photos: Vintage Hollywood

Robert Foulkes, location manager for, “La La Land,” stands in front of the “You Are the Star” mural on Wilcox Avenue near Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Dec. 23, 2016 5:37 PM PT

Thanks to gentrification, producers struggle to film vintage L.A.

Crowd in bleachers greet film stars with cheers and applause as they arrive at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for the annual Oscar event.

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Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles in 1978.

(William S. Murphy / Los Angeles Times)

The changed look of Grand Central Market on Broadway in 2014.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Grand Central Market in 1987 is crowded with shoppers on a Saturday afternoon.

(Robert Gabriel / Los Angeles Times)

The lunchtime crowd at Grand Central Market in 2014, where new vendors offer more upscale offerings.

(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Riders pay only a penny to ride Angel’s Flight on it’s 111th anniversery in 2012. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

The marquee for a theater on Broadway is updated for a showing of the Alfred Hitchcock movie “Psycho,” which was released in 1960.

(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)

People enjoy a sunny day on the Hermosa Beach Pier on Christmas Day in 2013.

(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The Sixth Street Bridge, a 3,500-foot concrete span that connects the downtown L.A. Arts District to Boyle Heights, glows like a beacon on the last day it was open to traffic and pedestrians before its closure in January 2015.

(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)