EDDIE BRANDT'S HUGE COLLECTION OF VIDEOS AND FILMS IN THE NO HO

2010 THE YEAR OF VALLEY ADVENTURES
Flying Mouse mural at Eddie Brandt's in the NoHo - photo for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gerald Fecht 2010
A portion of the Eddie Brandt's video collection
Muralist has a kick at Eddie Brandt's Video in the NoHo.

I'm embarrassed to admit that until Dakin Matthews took me to Eddie Brand's Saturday Matinee Vidoe - Photos store, I knew little or nothing about this paradise for collectors and fans of film and Hollywood photography.
5006 Vineland Avenue - North Hollywood just south of Magnolia.

EXPLORING VALLEY HISTORY ON THE WALLS OF STORES, SHOPS AND CAFES

2010 THE YEAR OF VALLEY HISTORY
One of the things I like most about Art Jacobs' photographs of historic Northridge is the amount of Valley history that shows up on the wall of a muffler shop or a coffee shop. Someday an enterprising student or historian will tell the story of the Valley, just through such walls.
Here are two of my favorite places in the NoHo that have such treasures.Movie Fliers - Eddie Brandt's Video North Hollywood - Photo for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gerald Fecht 2010
Thanks to Dakin Matthews for showing me Eddie Brandt's wonderful video store on Vineland in North Hollywood. I never have seen so many titles in one place outside of Buckingham Palace.
Wall of North Hollywood's Movie and Recording Stars in Andrew's North Hollywood Diner

DAKIN MATTHEWS WORKING TO SAVE HISTORIC IDLE HOUR CAFE

Dakin Matthews - photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from the artist - 2010
Dakin Matthews is a San Fernando Valley film, television and theater actor who resides in North Hollywood and runs the much loved New Place Theater in the NoHo.
A working actor, Matthews has just returned from a world theatrical tour and continues his lifelong study of theater history. A visit to Wikipedia (Dakin Matthews), reveals a playwright, director, theatrical scholar and star making a living in the arts in the San Fernando Valley, the heart of the Creative Capital of the World.
Dakin Matthews in front of the endangered Idle Hour Cafe on Vineland in North Hollywood. (photo by Gerald Fecht for the Archives of the Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2010)
The roof leaks, the paint has pealed, and the redwood siding is showing the damage of years.... Yet, the cherished old Idle Hour (La Cana) cafe, is one of only 10 such thematic structures left in our city. Dakin Matthews believes that the building deserves to be rescued and returned to its original purpose, a grill and bar to serve as an anchor to the historic NoHo Arts District. We agree!

New Place Theatre 10950 Peach Grove North Hollywood
Parking on Vineland and behind the theatre - where Lankershim and Vineland meet. Look for the Idle Hour barrel - walk north past the wig store and Peach Grove is a little street there. (Why would a street in North Hollywood be called Peach Grove - simple, the cling peach was developed in the NoHo, and around 1895 North Hollywood was called "The Home of the Peach".