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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
re: original Los Angeles Terminal Market Drawing
"I have the original drawing by S.B.Z Del. It's 52"×26½" (pretty big) on paper.
Found in one of the original buildings of Los Angeles Terminal Market before being demolished.
The drawing is dated 4-6-27. It was locked behind glass (dual locks) covered in dust. Couldn't make out what it was from the outside.
I had it framed immediately."
Wow! what a find GW's friend. I'd love to come across a treasure like this. -glad you framed it for posterity.
A question: (of course)
What is the overly extravagant building (circled below)...a figment of the artist's imagination? 
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It's obviously a large hotel or apartment building. There's nothing like that in the area, right? |
Many thanks to HossC for straightening out confusion about the two wholesale markets...
As for the circled building--presumably it was an early representation of this building, the Central Manufacturing District Terminal...
as seen
in this 2012 post by
FW.
A line drawing of the tower appeared in the LAT on Feb 13, 1983; an ad for the executive facilities in the CMDT appeared in the paper on Sept 25, 1936--more on that in FW's post.
More on the district in
HossC's 2014 post