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The Mayo Motel was at 840 N. Figueroa, now the corner of Figueroa Terrace and New
Depot Street. Great banner.
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Card dated 1954. Not sure how even numbers
came to be on the west side of Figueroa Terrace.
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The Mayo Motel was on the site of the apartment building at left (addressed for its main entrance around the corner
on New Depot Street). The house just to the Mayo's north appears to still be there:
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Dang those trees.
We're in the Teed Street neighborhood we looked into not too long ago. Here are some other
domestic remnants, some of which seem very old indeed--possibly even as old as the vanished
J.W. Robinson house:
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The house on the left is on New Depot; the one on the right, across from the Mayo site, practically hangs over the freeway.
Sorry to hear about your dad, e_r. Hope he'll get well soon.