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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I don't believe this photograph has been posted yet / I could be wrong.
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This is a view up Broadway from 2nd Street with the Los Angeles Times Building and the Hall of Records in the distance.
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Believe it or not, this is the first time I have noticed the name of the streets attached part way up the corner lighting fixtures. |
Great photo. You can really see the detail on the lamp posts, too. They were referred to as the "Broadway Rose," because of the rose patterns. When you walk down Broadway today, you can see the rose pattern at the bases of the lamp posts, but not on the posts themselves, being that they're newer. The Broadway Rose posts were installed in 1920; I'm not sure when they were removed.
Undated photo, from the book, "Streetlights-- Urban Details, Los Angeles."
9th and Broadway. You can see the detail of the Broadway Rose lamp post. Notice the street signs; from a later era than the ones in the photo you posted,
ethereal. I like your other post too with the old houses.