[Flyingwedge]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Thanks so much Flyingwedge. Your post was a master class in sleuthing. (especially about the 1888 fire and how a portion of the bldg. survived)

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Thanks so much e_r. Sometimes the puzzle pieces all fit together.

Thanks too to t2 for locating a photo of the old LAIRR Depot with the correctly shaped doors:

Originally Posted by tovangar2

http://books.google.com/books?id=4w8...20tree&f=false

I could only find photos of the depot when the doors looked like this:



"Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Depot, San Pedro Street near Wolfskill Lane" (1877) @ CA St. Library


Have you ever wondered what the view was in 1877 from the north window of the depot's south tower? Perhaps not.

In any event, you'd look north up San Pedro St. To the left of the red dot you'd see the San Pedro Street palms; under
the green dot is the cupolaed Woodworth home (by Kysor and Mathews); on the far hilltop, next to the yellow dot . . .
I'm not sure what that is (Mary Banning house? Horticultural Pavilion?), but under the yellow dot is the tower of the
Temple Clocktower Court House. Can anyone pick out any other landmarks?:



487219 @ Huntington Digital Library


This may have been taken from the same window as the previous photo; this looks a bit more to the west, and the house
cut off at the right edge below is the same one cut off at the left edge above. The obvious landmark is St. Vibiana's, just
below 2nd Street. To the left of St. Vibiana's, there's a fence enclosing some hillside property below a house; those are
the home and yard of Mrs. Shepherd, on the north side of 1st, between Hill and Olive:



“View from the Santa Monica Depot, Los Angeles” (1877) @ CA St. Library