A little part of my heart aches when I see some of the buildings Los Angeles has lost. This building served as Los Angeles City Hall and stood at 226 Broadway between 2nd and 3rd Streets from 1888 to 1928, when it was replaced by the iconic 28-story white building we have today. Yes, I know it wouldn’t have been earthquake resistant, and that chimney on the right could have done some real damage if it toppled to the street below, but still. It’s a shame we had to lose it. This photo is from 1889.

Tony V says: “The bricks taken from this city hall when it was demolished, were used to build Anthony Heinsbergen’s studio which still stands at 7415 Beverly Boulevard, down the street from El Coyote. Heinsbergen and his crew painted murals inside the current city hall, the Biltmore Hotel and most of the movie palaces on Broadway.”

This image from April 2019 shows us what 226 Broadway looks like nowadays: