With the Paris Olympic Games currently running, I thought this was an appropriate time to post this shot of the intersection of 7th and S. Hill Sts, in downtown LA. This shot of the northeast corner was taken in 1932, when the Olympics had come to Los Angeles and the city was caught up in Olympic fever with the rings and flags of many different countries. In the background on the left we can see the top of the Eastern Columbia building, which was home to the Eastern Outfitting department store and only two years old at the time.

*** UPDATE *** – Adam S. says: “That’s not the Eastern Columbia Building. This is looking north on Hill from 7th. That’s the Sun Realty Building by the same architect though, Claud Beelman.”

Dave E. says: “The building on the corner is the Bullock’s Department Store decked out for the 1932 Olympics. Here is another view”

This is how that corner looked in January 2023. The building is still there, as is the Eastern Columbia, whose turquoise terracotta façade we can see peeking over the building in front of it.