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View of Broadway from high up the United Artists Building, 933 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, 1937
Here’s a view of downtown LA’s Broadway that we don’t often see. The photographer would have been leaning out of the window of around the 10th floor of the United Artists building at 933 S. Broadway, and pointed his camera … Continue reading
Night shot of the entrance to Wonderland, 315 S. Main St, downtown Los Angeles, 1912
I love this wonderfully atmospheric nighttime shot from 1912 of the entrance to a place called Wonderland, at 315 S. Main in downtown Los Angeles. Opening on February 4, 1908, it was a combination moving picture theater, music hall, waxworks, … Continue reading
The crazy busy intersection of Broadway and 7th St, downtown Los Angeles, 1916
I read somewhere that in 1924, the downtown L.A. intersection of 7th St and Broadway was the busiest in the world with 504,000 people crossing those streets each day. I knew it was a busy intersection, but “busiest in the … Continue reading
Looking north up Broadway from 10th Street, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1926
On May 18, 2022, I posted a night photo of looking north up Broadway from 10th St, downtown LA in 1929. This circa 1926 photo is much the same view but taken during the day. Western Costume is there, but … Continue reading
Looking north on Broadway from 12th St, downtown Los Angeles, 1938
There were a lot of insults you could hurl at William Randolph Hearst, but you can’t fault his love of architecture. We’re looking north up Broadway from 12th St in downtown Los Angeles, and building on the left was the … Continue reading
Looking north up Broadway where to a parade is celebrating the dedication of the new City Hall, downtown Los Angeles, April 26, 1928
It’s not often we get to see L.A.’s Broadway from this angle. The photographer was standing on the Chamber of Commerce building, which was next to the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper building. (That’s the “NER” sign we can see on … Continue reading
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Looking north up Broadway from 10th Street (now Olympic Blvd), downtown Los Angeles, December 1929
In this festive scene taken in downtown Los Angeles, we’re looking north up Broadway from 10th Street, which was later renamed Olympic Blvd in honor of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic games. The photo is dated 1929, and from the … Continue reading
Christmas shoppers crowd Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, December 1937
Los Angeles’s post-WWII decentralization gave Angelenos countless areas to shop without having to traipse into downtown L.A. where all the big (and tons of smaller) stores were. But during before then, downtown was lively bustling place, as this photo shows. … Continue reading
A streetcar stops at in front of the State Theatre at Broadway and 7th Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1942
Here’s a slice of Los Angeles life from in 1942: A streetcar stops in front of the State Theatre at Broadway and 7th Street in downtown L.A. The only protection those streetcar riders have from the traffic is that raised … Continue reading
Color photo of the Tea Room at Bullocks department store, 7th Street, downtown Los Angeles
Ah, the gentility of a bygone era when going shopping included pausing for an elegant afternoon tea. This photo (which is probably a hand-tinted postcard) is of the Tea Room at the Bullocks department store in downtown Los Angeles at … Continue reading
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