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Originally Posted by Otis Criblecoblis
Scott, I love your post re Poundcake Hill, because my wife, as an LA County Deputy DA, has spent much of our marriage working on Poundcake Hill. I've even gotten her to call it that.
The funny thing about that dismal building is that, although it's not obvious in the photo, it is actually in a pit when you get to the Broadway side of it. Also, that retaining wall you see lining the sidewalks is made from stones taken from the wall situated in the same place in the old court house.
Her longtime judge in her previous calendar court was formerly a Deputy DA, and he spent his early years in the office working in the Old Hall of Records. He remembers that building fondly, and rues the day it was demolished.
So do I, for that matter.
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Thanks,
Otis!
So many beautiful buildings back then, and so few of them left. It's heartbreaking.
Very cool to know about the stones in the retaining wall - I actually wondered about that, as they look so similar to the old Court House.