Speaking of the 1909 map, did Hope Street ever run straight up the southern slope of Bunker Hill from 5th, as it seems to show?
Every time I think I have a grip on my hometown, another version comes forward to stymie me.
http://www.bigmapblog.com/2011/birds...f-los-angeles/
1871 (Pershing Square marked "26"):
http://www.bigmapblog.com/2011/los-a...eared-in-1871/
1886:
waterandpower.org
Early 1880's:
ucla faculty association