When compared to London’s iconic double-decker buses, the ones that used to ferry Angelenos around the streets of L.A. seem tiny and rather quaint. But of course, an open-air second story would never work in Britain’s weather, would it? In this photo we’re seeing riders—interestingly, they’re all women in hats (off to do some shopping, maybe?)—alighting from a bus at the corner of Olive and 7^th Streets in the heart of downtown, not far from Pershing Square. I love the semaphore traffic signal and I’m rather partial to that straw boater on the head of that passerby on the right.