I don't believe we've seen 'THE UPP' Apartments on NLA.
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After several searches, I found it listed in the 1909 City Directory.
Here is the complete photograph from an 8x10 glass plate. It's pretty amazing!
http://hdl.huntington.org/
Huntington Archives description.
"Los Angeles #1 Substation-View from a hill of both the
old and
new station buildings. 7/1/1912
http://hdl.huntington.org/
below: close-up showing the stairs. (notice the two men looking at two women on the opposite side of the steps)
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The 'old' station.
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The 'new' station. (with a couple workers)
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