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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
From the Times, July 26, 1936:
These shots don't offer much in the way of clues, but there is that back wall...
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I agree that this, by the sidewalk on the north side of 62nd Street, is probably an LA County Courthouse remnant:
I think we lost some of the original sandstone at the park in a 1959 renovation:
July 12, 1959
Los Angeles Times @ LAPL
This is the area of the ampitheater up behind the benches; these don't especially look like old courthouse stones to me:
However, above the ampitheater is the foundation of an older wall, plus a small remaining wall segment at right:
That segment could be a courthouse remnant:
And what's this by the maintenance shed?
And this?
And these?
Across the street at the Senior Center are the two retaining walls that
er pointed out. Whether this wall has been here since 1936 or was moved here in 1959 or some other time remains to be investigated:
A closeup:
This is the shorter wall along the sidewalk on the south side of 62nd Street:
All Flyingwedge photos
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Other pieces of the old LA County Courthouse went to the Otis Art Institute:
June 16, 1937
LA Times @ LAPL
More was used as a base for the George Washington statue on the old courthouse site:
October 18, 1937
LA Times @ LAPL
This is the best photo I could find, which unfortunately only shows a tiny bit of the base. The kids are laying a wreath at Washington's statue next to the Hall of Records on February 22, 1965:
LAPL --
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00115/00115478.jpg
Now the statue is in Grand Park in downtown LA, although apparently with a different base:
LA County Arts Commission --
http://www.lacountyarts.org/civicart...tdetails/id/62