I know that progress marches ever forward, and populations grow, and cities need to expand upward as well as outward, but wouldn’t it be nice if some of the more charming buildings could have been saved? The beautiful ivy-covered building on the far right served as the old Los Angeles Courthouse, which stood at the intersection of Temple St and Broadway. This photo is circa 1930, so with the new City Hall which opened in 1928 and which we can see in the background existed together for at least a couple of years. Thank heavens for photos, right?
And this is how that intersection looked in June 2022:
The lovely ivy covered building is actually the old court house. The old city hall building was further south between 2nd and 3rd.
Found one on Water & Power of aerial image looking up Temple over third Times building with Hall of Records and County Court in place. Gives a great view of both Broadway Tunnel & Sunset Tunnel #2 not visible in any other shots…so, yes, Thank Heavens, Eastman-Kodak, and Graphlex for both photography and the people who went out of their way to leave us these records.
Meant..looking up Broadway toward Temple.