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View of the nearly completed Los Angeles City Hall from nearby Weller Court, downtown LA, circa 1928
The new Los Angeles City Hall opened on April 26, 1928, and so from the last of the scaffolding we can see here, I’m guess this shot was taken in early 1928. I had no luck in finding the address of that Salvation Army building, so I don’t know what street the photographer was standing on, but it doesn’t exist anymore. There are no old, narrow streets like that near City Hall, which is a shame because these days, it would probably be filled with interesting cafes and funky art galleries
The Bradbury mansion at Court and Hill Streets, downtown Los Angeles, early circa 1920s
A few months ago, I posted a circa late 1800s photo of the grand (and lamentably long-gone) Bradbury mansion near the corner of Court and Hill Streets in downtown Los Angeles. This one was taken 30 years(ish) later, and we can see how all the greenery around it made it look like a much more established and lived-in place. Plus, the world now had automobiles for the people who lived in this incredible home to get around a rapidly growing Los Angeles.
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