The Metropolitan Building on the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa late 1950s
Being on the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Broadway, the Metropolitan Building had a primo position two blocks from the Biltmore Hotel and Pershing Square. So I’m guessing that Owl Drug Co store was a busy place all day, every day. Upstairs, the Dodge Clothing store offered men’s suits, jackets, and tuxedos from $12.75 to $17.75, so they probably did a brisk trade, too. Judging from the bus fueled by the overhead power lines on the right, this photo probably dates to the mid-to-late 1950s.
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Streamlined trolleycar. Electric buses used twin poles. 🙂