I apologize in advance for posting these images which will require you to scroll to the right forever...........they are just so spectacular to view i had to post them.
they are all from the Library of Congress Panoramic Photograph collection
From Third and Olive Streets, Dec. 3rd, 1909 - This image is taken from the roof of the Kellogg, 317 S. Olive, (next to the Ems),which would later be known as the Palace, then finally the Casa Alta
Looking northwest from Second and Spring Streets, Feb. 23rd, 1909
Los Angeles business district as viewed from the Richfield Tower 1929
Civic Center March 11, 1946