{"id":21846,"date":"2021-03-06T07:25:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T15:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=21846"},"modified":"2021-03-06T07:25:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T15:25:23","slug":"looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-main-and-temple-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1920-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2021\/03\/06\/looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-main-and-temple-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1920-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking at the southwest corner of Main and Temple Streets, downtown Los Angeles, 1920"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2021\/03\/06\/looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-main-and-temple-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1920-2\/looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-main-and-temple-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1920\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-Main-and-Temple-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1920.png?fit=1538%2C1224&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1538,1224\" 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 at the southwest corner of Main and Temple Streets, downtown Los Angeles, 1920\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-Main-and-Temple-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1920.png?fit=300%2C239&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-Main-and-Temple-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1920.png?fit=640%2C509&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21847\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-Main-and-Temple-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1920.png?resize=640%2C509&ssl=1\" alt=\"Looking at the southwest corner of Main and Temple Streets, downtown Los Angeles, 1920\" width=\"640\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-Main-and-Temple-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1920.png?resize=1024%2C815&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-Main-and-Temple-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1920.png?resize=300%2C239&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-Main-and-Temple-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1920.png?resize=768%2C611&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-Main-and-Temple-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1920.png?resize=1536%2C1222&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-Main-and-Temple-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1920.png?w=1538&ssl=1 1538w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-Main-and-Temple-Streets-downtown-Los-Angeles-1920.png?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>When a building like the Los Angeles City Hall becomes an iconic part of a city\u2019s skyline, it can be easy to forget what came before it. This building, which stood on the southwest corner of Main and Temple Streets in downtown Los Angeles, was demolished in the mid 1920s to make way for the gleaming white skyscraper we all know. I love how the biggest sign on the building says \u201cPainless Dentistry.\u201d This photo was taken in 1920, so I\u2019m not sure how painless it really was\u2014unless he knocked you out first with a baseball bat.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id\" dir=\"auto\">Roughly the same angle looking up at LA City Hall, February 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21848\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2021\/03\/06\/looking-at-the-southwest-corner-of-main-and-temple-streets-downtown-los-angeles-1920-2\/feb-2020-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/feb-2020.png?fit=1216%2C886&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1216,886\" 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=\"feb 2020\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/feb-2020.png?fit=300%2C219&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/feb-2020.png?fit=640%2C466&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21848\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/feb-2020.png?resize=640%2C466&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/feb-2020.png?resize=1024%2C746&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/feb-2020.png?resize=300%2C219&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/feb-2020.png?resize=768%2C560&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/feb-2020.png?w=1216&ssl=1 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a building like the Los Angeles City Hall becomes an iconic part of a city\u2019s skyline, it can be easy to forget what came before it. 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