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Originally Posted by oldstuff
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
^^^LOL. Sometimes I can be pretty slow.
I have those pics, but I never put two and two together that the pics are of the SAME tunnel until your explanation
"Here's the east end of the same tunnel."
No wonder I'm always confused by the tunnel pics. I never considered the other side of the hill. Duh!
below: A photo of the 3rd Street tunnel, west entrance.
usc digital archive
below: The only description on this photo was Hope Street, Bunker Hill.
Cal State Library
above: Can you imagine the sordid 'going-ons' inside the Hotel Elmar.
This is a good example of a photograph with 'noir' qualities.....
The transient SRO hotel...the lone man....the empty streets and overcast sky. |
"On Bunker Hill" says that the Hotel Elmar was located at 235 S. Hope. This would make it approximately where the Disney Hall is now (or the REDCAT) part of the building which faces Hope. While it is somewhat updated the retaining wall is still there and Hope is split as it goes through that area. |
I believe the second pic is from above the 3rd Street tunnel entrance of the first pic. So the Hotel Elmar site would be approximately the north half of that cooling/ventilation building that sits just outside the tunnel. They extended the tunnel a bit, so I expect that the road coming down the hill towards camera would now be the site of the southbound lanes of Hope St. between Kosciuszko Way & 3rd, and/or the sidewalk area.