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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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The building with the "Coffee" sign at the top of the steps is the Auto Club building, with the High School to its left.
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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson
The N. Hill Street Auto Club building was a much more modest structure albeit also camera-shy. Here's a shot of it looking up, at Fort Moore Hill, from Sunset Boulevard and N. Hill Street (north of Sunset)...
 Sunset Boulevard at Hill Street, 1925 |
The building on the right of
MichaelRyerson's picture above must be the Burkshire Hotel & Apartments ...
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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The Burkshire (earlier CDs also say Berkshire) appears on the 1921 Baist map. The Auto Club building is marked on map 3.
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The building in the background of
e_r's Burkshire detail appears to be this one near the north portal of Hill Street tunnel. I'm sure we've seen this 1961 photo before, but I could only find a similar image with the building just out-of-shot.
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