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Looking at the Los Angeles Times building at First and Spring Sts from the grounds of LA City Hall, downtown Los Angeles, on May 4, 1939
When this photo was taken on May 4, 1939, the Los Angeles Times building at the corner of First and Spring in downtown Los Angeles had been open for four years. The Art Deco building had quickly become an iconic … Continue reading
A man stands at the intersection of E. 42nd St and Long Beach Ave with the then-new Los Angeles City Hall in the background, 1929
The caption for this photo said that this chap is standing the intersection of E. 42nd St and Long Beach Ave when this photo was taken in 1929. I’m not convinced because that corner is quite a distance from downtown … Continue reading
Looking down on Broadway from 3rd St, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1895
A couple of days ago, I posted a circa 1906 photo looking north up a bustling Broadway. This one is much the same view, but from Third St and taken from what looks like the rooftop of one of the … Continue reading
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Looking north up a bustling Broadway from around Fifth Street, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1906
Some vintage photos are teeming with so much activity that you can just about hear the commotion. We’re looking north up a bustling Broadway from around Fifth Street in downtown LA. One of the banners stretched across the street reads: … Continue reading
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Aerial photograph of downtown Los Angeles, 1937
Back when this aerial photograph was taken in 1937, the tallest building in Los Angeles was, by law, City Hall, which had opened in 1928. It’s the tall, white building in the top right corner. No wonder it became an … Continue reading
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Looking northwest from Temple St between Broadway and Spring St, downtown Los Angeles, 1892
No matter how many photos I see of downtown Los Angeles in the 1890s, I will always be amazed at how spread out and low-key and quiet it was before the discovery of oil and the development of the movies. … Continue reading
The steel frame of the new Los Angeles City Hall nears completion in downtown Los Angeles, 1927
Angelenos could finally see what shape their new City Hall would take when its steel frame neared completion as it had in this 1927 photo. I wonder if they knew it would become an icon of the city. That building … Continue reading
A Santa Fe Railway Super Chief locomotive crashes into a wall on Aliso St, downtown Los Angeles, January 25, 1948
My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I was sent this photo a few weeks ago. No information came with it so I had to go digging. Apparently, this Santa Fe Railway Super Chief locomotive had been uncoupled … Continue reading
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Aerial photo of Los Angeles City Hall enshrouded in smog, downtown Los Angeles, circa November, 1954
The smog in this photo is so thick and so gritty that I can almost taste it, 68 years later. This photo was taken circa November 1954 on a day that was particularly heavy that pretty much the only building … Continue reading
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An ivy-covered Los Angeles County Courthouse glimpsed at the corner of Temple St and Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1930
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 … Continue reading