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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Excellent post tovanger2 the Bisbee Inn building and the Higgins Building.
I tweaked the photo below in order to see that unique sign over the entrance a bit better.
*originally posted by Flyingwedge
It looks like the Bisbee Inn sign was backlit stained glass.
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I visited the St. George not too long ago on one of the last times I was downtown. I went all around it, behind the building (of course. Not recommended. Things may be seen that can’t be unseen) then infiltrated it through the back door left open by a worker carrying a mattress out to be disposed of (don’t even want to know why they were getting rid of it). The ground level anyway is totally modernized and un-noirish. It looks like the windows are original on the upper floors so maybe more of interest there but I couldn’t find service stairs and couldn’t get to the elevator without being seen by the desk clerks. They were completely freaked out by my being there. Maybe at the end of a long day visiting downtown buildings in the heat I do look like a crazed crack addict, but it seemed an extreme over reaction. And I’d already removed my newly-acquired Joel McCrea Ranch baseball cap so not to resemble a female uni-bomber. I thought they were going to call the police so I left.
that open door? I went in it.
original double hung windows
The street lobby is the only thing I saw downstairs that had any charm.
I'd photographed the west side earlier in the morning on my way to infiltrate the Rosslyn. That corner of 3rd and Main is so altered it’s hard to reconcile that it’s the same place.
how you'd have seen it from Angel's Flight after the 3rd St. jog cut. photo originally from this site I'm sure.
The Hotel Grey had to go for the 3rd St. jog removal. c.1905. usc.
the alley was still nice & noirish.
the windows behind the building. It looks like a service stairwell but if so I couldn't see how to get to it from inside.
Looking east from the alley (Werdin Pl).