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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I could be wrong, but I don't believe this intriguing photograph has been posted on NLA. ( partially because it's mislabeled in the USC archive)
"View of Sunset Boulevard from the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building, [s.d.]"
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/21455/rec/3
"At center, a large street spans from left to right, annexed by smaller streets or alleys in the foreground, at perpendicular angles.
Farther in the distance, the tallest building in the view can be seen, topped by a small rotunda.; Legible signs from left to right include:
"Beverly Hotel", "S.G. Steppers", "Prince Albert", "Safeway Tire Stores", "Caterpillar Tires", "Elzee Motor Co. Used Cars", "Iris Apartments",
"California Fireproof Storage Company", and "Moss Photographer"."
We see two buildings, the Beverly Hotel & the Iris Apartments, that were included in Flyingwedge's recent Olive Street post.
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You'll be pleased to know that the caption for the picture above has now been corrected, and I also forwarded some extra information. What surprised me during my research was how many buildings (in addition at the Beverly and Iris) were still standing.
Detail of picture above
The California Fireproof Storage Co's Warehouse No 2 was at 1320 Margo Street. Here it is today, although, sadly, there are no ghost signs.
GSV
Also in the detail picture above, Century Cords at 306 W Pico Boulevard and Modern Auto Supply Co at 308 W Pico Boulevard. This advert for the former can be found in
Motion Picture News (Sep - Oct 1926).
archive.org
The building with the "Moss Photographer" sign is still standing (we've seen it before,
here), but the ones to its left, including the one which housed Century Cords, were taken out when S Olive Street was realigned.
GSV
By contrast, the 200 block of W Pico appears to be relatively intact, although it's hard to get a good picture with all the trees.
GSV
The businesses on this block in the USC image are: the G S Donaldson Investment Co at 200 W Pico Boulevard; S G Stephens (also corrected in the USC description) at 206 W Pico Boulevard; and the Safeway Tire Co at 214 W Pico Boulevard. I couldn't read the bright neon sign at what is now 222 W Pico, but it was almost certainly connected to the auto trade.