^^^GaylordWilshire, JohnnySocko & Sopas-ej
All your comments have made the photos that much more interesting to me.
sopas-ej, your explanation of the first photo (below) was great.
I didn't realize the building at the bottom was the one we had discussed earlier in the thread.
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I remembered the earlier post because you mentioned it was the building with the long gone Broadway tunnel behind it.
lapl posted earlier by sopas-ej
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It's cool that the building had a giant sign for the Paris Inn, which GaylordWilshire had pointed out.
Below is a re-post of the illustration that started our conversation about the building in the first place.