{"id":17893,"date":"2019-04-07T09:17:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T16:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=17893"},"modified":"2019-04-07T09:17:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T16:17:48","slug":"looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-hill-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1905-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/04\/07\/looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-hill-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1905-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking west from the corner of 5th and Hill Streets, downtown Los Angeles, 1905"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/04\/07\/looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-hill-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1905-2\/looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-hill-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1905\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1905.jpg?fit=512%2C400&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"512,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Looking west from the corner of 5th and Hill Streets, downtown Los Angeles, 1905\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1905.jpg?fit=300%2C234&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1905.jpg?fit=512%2C400&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17894\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1905.jpg?resize=512%2C400&ssl=1\" alt=\"Looking west from the corner of 5th and Hill Streets, downtown Los Angeles, 1905\" width=\"512\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1905.jpg?w=512&ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1905.jpg?resize=300%2C234&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>This part of downtown Los Angeles looks so different in this 1905 photo that it\u2019s hard to even recognize it. The photographer was standing at the corner of 5th and Hill Streets. Those trees on the left line the perimeter of Pershing Square (known as Central Park back then) and on the right, the building with the awnings is the 5-story California Club, which was a private social club that started in 1888 making it the second-oldest club in Southern California. It also gave rise to the adage: \u201cThere is an old adage that goes “The people who <em>run<\/em> Los Angeles belong to The Jonathan Club; the people who <em>own<\/em> Los Angeles belong to The California Club.\u201d \u2013 which sounds awfully elitist if you ask me. But maybe that\u2019s because I\u2019m never likely to become a member.<\/h3>\n<h3>A clearer view of the California Club building at around the same time:<\/h3>\n<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17895\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/04\/07\/looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-hill-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1905-2\/california-club-building-located-on-the-northwest-corner-of-fifth-and-hill-streets-downtown-los-angeles-circa-1905\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/California-Club-Building-located-on-the-northwest-corner-of-Fifth-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1905.jpg?fit=1009%2C809&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1009,809\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"California Club Building located on the northwest corner of Fifth and Hill Streets, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1905\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/California-Club-Building-located-on-the-northwest-corner-of-Fifth-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1905.jpg?fit=300%2C241&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/California-Club-Building-located-on-the-northwest-corner-of-Fifth-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1905.jpg?fit=640%2C513&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17895\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/California-Club-Building-located-on-the-northwest-corner-of-Fifth-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1905.jpg?resize=640%2C513&ssl=1\" alt=\"California Club Building located on the northwest corner of Fifth and Hill Streets, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1905\" width=\"640\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/California-Club-Building-located-on-the-northwest-corner-of-Fifth-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1905.jpg?w=1009&ssl=1 1009w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/California-Club-Building-located-on-the-northwest-corner-of-Fifth-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1905.jpg?resize=300%2C241&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/California-Club-Building-located-on-the-northwest-corner-of-Fifth-and-Hill-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1905.jpg?resize=768%2C616&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>The same view in January 2017, which means that the building that replaced the California Club now houses a Starbucks.<\/h3>\n<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17896\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/04\/07\/looking-west-from-the-corner-of-5th-and-hill-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1905-2\/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-8-59-28-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-8.59.28-AM.png?fit=1600%2C998&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,998\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2019-04-07 at 8.59.28 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-8.59.28-AM.png?fit=300%2C187&ssl=1\" 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