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If you look closely (see below), the "New Hotel Central" can be seen across the street.
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Soooo. . .I thought perhaps (I'm probably wrong) the New Hotel Central was located across from Central Station. That might explain the quasi-park-like area where the woman is sitting on the bench.
The thing that interests me the most is the ornate, square column that has a sign attached to it. I can't even imagine what the sign might say.
THIS JUST IN:
I found
two Hotel Centrals in the 1921 Los Angeles Directory.
LAPL
........................................................214 Commercial
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....310 Clay
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