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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
There seems to be some confusion on the part of the Times about the Louise having become the Cortez... maybe. An address might sometimes change within a block, but it seems odd that 439 would have become 375 Columbia. But then the Louise seems to disappear from CDs after the Cortez made its appearance, and I haven't seen any pics of the Louise. HossC?
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I've been trying to figure out the inconsistency between the addresses. The 1932 CD lists the Hotel Louise at 439, while the 1936 has the Cortez at 375 (it actually lists three of its staff). I went back to the 1921 Baist map, compared it to a current map, and found that Columbia Avenue has consistently run between W 6th and W 2nd Streets, so there's no good reason for a renumbering. You'll see a few changes over the years, like some of Crown Hill Avenue becoming W 3rd Street and plowing straight on just north of the Mary Andrews Clark Residence (shown in purple at the left of the Baist map). NB. I've rotated the current map by about 30 degrees to match the orientation of the Baist map.
www.historicmapworks.com/Google Maps
The current 439 Columbia Avenue (according to Streetview) would be just south of W 4th Street, but I haven't found any trace of a building in that location until the one which appeared between 1952 and 1972. In the 1948 aerial below, the Cortez is the dark building roughly in the center.
Historic Aerials
I also came across a huge "Cityscape" on the USC site. I zoomed in, and lo and behold, there's the Cortez in the middle. The photo isn't dated, but the buildings look similar to the aerial above. It's certainly from before the Harbor Freeway was built.
Detail from photo at
USC Digital Library
I'll have to keep looking for pictures of the Louise
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