And from the “You Don’t See Many of These Things Anymore” file comes this photo of a newsstand. But not just any newsstand — the longest I’ve ever seen, and the only one to have its own neon sign. The sign appears to read “Home Town Papers,” but aside from every newspaper imaginable, it always appears to be selling every magazine in existence, as well as pocket books, which were paperbacks small enough to be carried in a pocket The caption to this photo simply said that it was taken in 1960 in downtown LA but not where. One of the comments suggested it was taken on Sixth St between Hill and Broadway, but there appears to be no sidewalk, so who knows. Wherever it was, it looks like it had something for everyone.
Looks like this could be the alley between Hill and Olive, running parallel and just south of 6th. Photo would have been from the Hill Street side, facing west. Some of the building and street details seem to match up.
Also, I believe “Home Town Papers” may have been signage for the Universal News Agency. See https://www.instagram.com/beforethe101/p/DCnKPhCyWPH/
Interesting link, thanks!
Found some evidence that this could be the right spot.
Walter Spile (the man behind the Universal News Agency) is connected with a 613 S. Hill street address per a newspaper (the Spokane Spokesman-Review) listing from 1935.
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/567599802/