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Originally Posted by BifRayRock
Regarding the telephone exchange building, I am no expert but this location seems to have been a dedicated telephone structure from its inception. The source for the pic below suggests the main building was constructed in the '20s.
 http://www.thecentraloffice.com/calif/LA/LAP/LAP.htm
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Another recently reposted photo from the '40s indicates the main building only had three stories then, if you count the rows of windows. The exterior color was darker too. So, whatever its original purpose, the building we know as the Pacific Telephone Exchange has been a work in progress.
1930
Digital USC
1932 Roof or a (short-lived) Richfield Station?)
