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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Excellent photographs Horthos!!
I am still baffled by how a multi-story building was constructed in downtown Los Angeles without internal staircases
(I realize it was conceived as an 'annex', but it still seems ridiculously short-sighted).
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It also seems like it would have been against building codes, even then. Also--is the buildings department not aware of the condition of the building? It looks like was there was some seismic retrofitting at some point--the steel plates--but the masonry is in very bad shape. BTW--re those square plates on brick buildings--what is the other end of the rod attached to? Presumably the steel framework? The other day I was noticing them on Jerry Seinfeld's building at 129 West 81st...actually 757 S. New Hampshire in L.A.:
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