Sorry for the photo dump but I'm a bit swamped at the moment so its hard to keep up with all the interesting stuff you all are digging up! Here are some panoramas looking north towards downtown. These provide glimpses of the area is now known as "South Park." The area south of downtown seem to have always been transitional in nature, with residences rubbing up against industry and the tail end of Broadway (with the Mayan and the Belasco representing that thoroughfare's furthest reach). There are a number of hotels (Morrison, Bristol, Casa Loma, Figueroa, Young Apts.) and attendant entertainment like theaters and dance halls. But still, the areas character remains heterogeneous and elusive. Which is probably why I'm so fascinated by it.
From the USC Digital Archives - Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles, looking east with the 8th Street and Olive Street intersection in view, ca.1910-1913
From the USC Digital Archives - "View looking north on Spring Street or Main Street from an industrial district toward downtown Los Angeles" (View north from Mode O'Day Building from Washington between Broadway and Hill)
From the USC Digital Archives - Looking north towards downtown from Jefferson and S. Grand
From the USC Digital Archives - Panoramic view of Los Angeles looking west from the Howard Huntington Building (1060 S. Broadway @ Eleventh Street), November 21, 1931
From the USC Digital Archives - Panoramic view of Downtown Los Angeles from 9th St. showing Broadway, Spring St. & Main St. intersecting 9th St., 1917
And speaking of the Morrison Hotel...
