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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

The Hotel Normandie during a VERY rainy day in 1922.

http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=22745

It looks like the Hotel Normandie has resolved its plumbing issues and restoration is going full steam, with eta "Fall 2012."







Notice the Chapman Markets, the subject of a few recent posts.









Evidently, pedestal mounted advertising was very popular in the '20s! (Could the Knight be pointing toward "Dick" Whittington's eye-in-the-sky or future Drones? )


Circa '31
All photos courtesy of https://www.facebook.com/HotelNormandieLA

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Surrounding area ca. '56, with of course the Ambassador and "GWs" namesake. Looking N x NW.

Wilshire and Normandie Ave looking E ca. '47


Wilshire Blvd. looking E from Normandie Ave, ca. '59 (?)


Wilshire "at" Normandie ca. 56 (?)


Construction near Tishman Complex on Wilshire (near Normandie Ave.) ca. '55


and another

Photos from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu