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Pershing Square in the middle of downtown L.A. in 1930
Pershing Square in the middle of downtown L.A. in 1930, looking northwest toward the Pacific Mutual Building and the Biltmore Hotel. You can see what a shady oasis Pershing Square was back then. I’ve never seen it like this but … Continue reading
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Raised traffic outlook booth, downtown Los Angeles, 1937
Circa 1937 – In all my internetian wanderings through photos of L.A., I’ve never seen one of these raised booths before. It stood on Main St in downtown L.A. looking north from Ninth to where Spring and Main converge. These … Continue reading
Pershing Square fountain, downtown Los Angeles, 1939
Pershing Square, 1939, during the days when Pershing Square was a lovely and leafy place to rest your feet. And it looks like a lot of people did – and not just homeless people! Behind that palm tree in the … Continue reading
Biltmore Hotel overlooking Pershing Square, downtown Los Angeles, 1927
1927 – Looking west over the thick, lush groves of palms and banana trees of Pershing Square to the Biltmore Hotel, which opened in 1923 and became known as “The Host of the Coast” as it was the fanciest hotel … Continue reading
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