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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tHIN...eature=related


A remnant in plain sight? "Mysterious stairs" behind McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak (ok, 444 S. Flower) in this youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tHIN...eature=related


Are these stairs a remnant of old Bunker Hill? It looks it on film, but I can't really tell if the concrete is definitely older than the newer construction. Anyone have any ideas of where they may have once led? (Btw--there are no clues on the big 1931 map of downtown....)

My partner and I stumbled upon this a few years ago, and we debated about it, wondering how old it was, if it even is old. I figured that Bunker Hill has been so decimated that it couldn't possibly be old; if it is old, it's like 1970s old, I figure. My guess is that it's probably a landscaping feature that was abandoned, or something. But of course I could be wrong. The "L.A. Law" building dates from the late 70s, while the other building (Stuart Ketchum YMCA) next to it dates from about 1983.

BTW whenever I walk on one of those pedestrian bridges to the Bonaventure Hotel, the theme song from "It's a Living" starts going through my head.