Although this circa 1960 photo has been colorized, so we don’t know for sure that those cars were actually those hues, it’s such a strikingly rendered image that I wanted to share it as I found it. The Farmer’s Market is at the northeast corner of Fairfax Ave and 3rd St, Los Angeles, and while the cars parked there no longer resemble these beauties, the tower is still there and looks practically the same.
This is how the Farmer’s Market tower looked in January 2021:
What’s even more amazing (aside from this dreamscape image} is that the market survived at all – Remember 40 +/- years back glossy publicity push for new market, like the now defunct Westside Pavillion; completly enclosed with attached 300 room hotel. TG for successful community pushback. Also read Caruso’s adjacent shopping center actually “revived” market in bringing in new customers. One of a few times a “win-win” on all counts.