{"id":24038,"date":"2022-01-27T07:32:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T15:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=24038"},"modified":"2022-01-27T12:13:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T20:13:10","slug":"the-los-angeles-times-building-at-dusk-first-street-at-spring-street-downtown-los-angeles-1972-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/01\/27\/the-los-angeles-times-building-at-dusk-first-street-at-spring-street-downtown-los-angeles-1972-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Times building at dusk, First Street at Spring Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/01\/27\/the-los-angeles-times-building-at-dusk-first-street-at-spring-street-downtown-los-angeles-1972-2\/the-los-angeles-times-building-at-dusk-first-street-at-spring-street-downtown-los-angeles-1972\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Los-Angeles-Times-building-at-dusk-First-Street-at-Spring-Street-downtown-Los-Angeles-1972.png?fit=1306%2C728&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1306,728\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Los Angeles Times building at dusk, First Street at Spring Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1972\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Los-Angeles-Times-building-at-dusk-First-Street-at-Spring-Street-downtown-Los-Angeles-1972.png?fit=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Los-Angeles-Times-building-at-dusk-First-Street-at-Spring-Street-downtown-Los-Angeles-1972.png?fit=640%2C357&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24044\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Los-Angeles-Times-building-at-dusk-First-Street-at-Spring-Street-downtown-Los-Angeles-1972.png?resize=640%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Los Angeles Times building at dusk, First Street at Spring Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1972\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Los-Angeles-Times-building-at-dusk-First-Street-at-Spring-Street-downtown-Los-Angeles-1972.png?resize=1024%2C571&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Los-Angeles-Times-building-at-dusk-First-Street-at-Spring-Street-downtown-Los-Angeles-1972.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Los-Angeles-Times-building-at-dusk-First-Street-at-Spring-Street-downtown-Los-Angeles-1972.png?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Los-Angeles-Times-building-at-dusk-First-Street-at-Spring-Street-downtown-Los-Angeles-1972.png?w=1306&amp;ssl=1 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>I don\u2019t know when this photo of the Los Angeles Times building at the corner of 1st and Spring Streets in downtown Los Angeles was taken, but it\u2019s gloriously atmospheric, isn\u2019t it? The Times building opened in 1935, and that tower to the right is the AT+T Switching Center, which went up in 1961, so we can say for sure it\u2019s at least the 1960s. Kitty corner from the Times is L.A. City Hall and I\u2019m assuming this photo was taken from there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>** UPDATE ** &#8211; The photo was taken 1972.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">This is the Los Angeles Times building in June 2021:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/01\/27\/the-los-angeles-times-building-at-dusk-first-street-at-spring-street-downtown-los-angeles-1972-2\/jun-2021\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jun-2021.png?fit=1074%2C904&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1074,904\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jun-2021.png?fit=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jun-2021.png?fit=640%2C539&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24040\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jun-2021.png?resize=640%2C539&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jun-2021.png?resize=1024%2C862&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jun-2021.png?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jun-2021.png?resize=768%2C646&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jun-2021.png?w=1074&amp;ssl=1 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know when this photo of the Los Angeles Times building at the corner of 1st and Spring Streets in downtown Los Angeles was taken, but it\u2019s gloriously atmospheric, isn\u2019t it? The Times building opened in 1935, and that &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/01\/27\/the-los-angeles-times-building-at-dusk-first-street-at-spring-street-downtown-los-angeles-1972-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-24038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-downtown-los-angeles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5XK3w-6fI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24038"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24045,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24038\/revisions\/24045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}