In this circa 1952 shot, life is going on, raw and real along East Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles. The 200 block isn’t a great part of town nowadays and wasn’t that great in the early 50s, either. Along that one block we’ve got a rifle range, a religious mission, a music company, Evans cafeteria and no less than three pawn shops. If the photographer had taken this shot at night, it could almost have been the set for a film noir.
In this circa 1952 shot, life is going on, raw and real along East Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles. The 200 block isn’t a great part of town nowadays and wasn’t that great in the early 50s, either. Along that one block we’ve got a rifle range, a religious mission, a music company, Evans cafeteria and no less than three pawn shops. If the photographer had taken this shot at night, it could almost have been the set for a film noir.
that is the 200 block of South Main, not East 5th.
Hi Marco, do you mean the 2019 photo?
Hi Martin
Hope all is well. There were actually 2 Evans Cafeteria locations.
The 1952 top picture is the 215 S Main Street location. The second 2019 photo is of the 243 E 5th St location. Both locations sold Coopers Do-nuts.
Thanks, Keith.