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Originally Posted by HossC
I assumed that we'd probably seen the Pickwick Apartments at 833 South Grand Avenue, but a search didn't return anything. The 1908 CD lists the Butterfield & Kilbourne Hotel Co (G T and Mrs C A Butterfleld, Mrs-Lucretia Kilbourne) at 833 S Grand Avenue, with the Pickwick Hotel & Apartments appearing in 1909. Here's the Pickwick on the 1910 Baist map.
www.historicmapworks.com
Looking at the building records, I found a new build date of 1905 ...
... and a demo permit from 1982.
Both from Online Building Records
The Pickwick appears to have been a bit camera-shy. This is the only picture I've found so far. It's dated circa 1905-07
Detail of picture in USC Digital Library |
New street lights, 1957
5 July 1957. Forty-year-old globe street light standard in 800 block South Grand Avenue looking toward Eighth Street; Five-Globe Llewellyn in front of new mercury vapor lamp on west side Grand Avenue looking toward 9th street". Great shot of the elegant Five-Globe Llewellyn facing a thankless future with the Pickwick and Stillwell hotels looking on. The Pickwick is long gone but the Stillwell soldiers on with, I believe, the same blade sign in place. Notice too the exposed bricks in the roadway.
USC digital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961