Posted Dec 25, 2010, 7:54 AM
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Originally Posted by LASpaceCadet
OK, let me start by saying that this picture has vexed my OCD addled brain for over a year:
Source: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets.../AAA-EN-106-31
It is captioned, "View looking north on Boylston between First and Temple, Los Angeles, 1937" and includes a Hotel Phiben. However, none of the pieces seemed to fit. I finally had a breakthrough when my google search turned up a "Hotel Philbin" at 1015 W 4th Street that was torn down in 1958 for a freeway.
I then rediscovered this pic from an old post that confirmed that the mislabeled pic is actually a view looking west from 4th & Hope on Bunker Hill.
This forgotten corner of old LA was eventually obliterated by the Harbor Freeway and the 4th Street viaduct. |
Great sleuthing! This is exactly the kind of thing that makes this thread so addictive!
-Scott
Last edited by Los Angeles Past; Jun 12, 2012 at 7:59 PM.
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