Beverly Hills, CA
23 Feb 2022
SurvivingChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), so can be assumed to be surviving at least as far as that date
as of Feb 2022
Pic credit: Glen Norman
An increasingly rare sight in 2022, this run of dayburning OV20s are located on Santa Monica between Wilshire and Century Park E. The view is looking SW, Century City is on the left.
23 Feb 2022
SurvivingChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), so can be assumed to be surviving at least as far as that date
as of Feb 2022
Pic credit: Glen Norman
The city has more or less finished replacing all the old mercury stuff within its limits, but one or two small pockets like this remain. In some locations like Wilshire, there have been two lighting refreshes since the pictures further down this page were taken. Once to replace the mercury OV20s with metal halide, and then to replace the metal halide with LED.
30 Apr 2017
Above pics taken April 2017.
A more recent look at this bit of Santa Monica shows streetscaping works taking place (LH pic, looking south at Camden) and the inevitable lighting replacement that happens at the same time. Better news looking north though (RH pic, at Doheny) with the string of series wired OV20s still in action...but for how much longer?
A more recent look at this bit of Santa Monica shows streetscaping works taking place (LH pic, looking south at Camden) and the inevitable lighting replacement that happens at the same time. Better news looking north though (RH pic, at Doheny) with the string of series wired OV20s still in action...but for how much longer?
30 Apr 2017
18 Jul 2007
RemovedChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), removal happened as late as that date or before
as of at least 2013
Lots of cool old lights still in this city, starting on San Vicente just south of Wilshire, a GE Form 400. There are a few of these dotted around...
17 Jul 2007
...but by far the most common old light around, is the OV-20. There are loads of these left, these two pics taken on Wilshire, the stretch between San Vicente and Santa Monica is almost totally clear mercury lamped OV-20s...a great sight at night.
18 Jul 2007
07 Sep 2011
Update August 2011: Glen Norman reports the replacement
programme on Wilshire is now finished, all the OV-20s and old poles
have been replaced.
This pic above taken Sep 2011, and shows the
replacement pole, decorative kit to match what was there before, and
luminaire. The light source is 3500K (ish) metal halide, and has a much
warmer look at night than the old mercury fixtures.
18 Jul 2007
A very rare sight- this is on Rexford (or was it Crescent?) between Wilshire and S Santa Monica, a row of Westinghouse OV-10 fixtures. I've not seen these anywhere else...
18 Jul 2007
18 Jul 2007
Seen in a parking lot of a building at the intersection of S Santa Monica and Crescent, is this pair of Form 101FR fixtures- the same as the twin arm ones further east on Wilshire, and also the set on Sepulveda north of LAX.
18 Jul 2007
10 Jul 2008
This pic taken July 2008.
This is heading SW on Santa Monica Blvd near Beverly Gardens Park and a run of later cast style OV-20s. Driving round this year it was good to see most of the old lights in Beverly Hills survive intact.
This is heading SW on Santa Monica Blvd near Beverly Gardens Park and a run of later cast style OV-20s. Driving round this year it was good to see most of the old lights in Beverly Hills survive intact.
18 Jul 2007
They are on arms with lowering mechanisms. Not sure of the lamps, we didn't see them lit.