Speaking of the Broadway Tunnel, here's a 'Then' and 'Then' of the north portal.
Adobe left high and dry by the regrading/tunnel lowering. Source says ca 1920:
seaver center
"Sunset at Broadway. Downtown Los Angeles. June 4th, 1948.":
first posted by MichaelRyerson
A 2009 'Then and Now' from
sopas ej here. 2009(also includes the adobe)
A 2011 'Then and Now' from
gsjansen here (same 'Then').
Wow, exactly how long did that little adobe last?:
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Broadway Tunnel 1926
ebay
There appears to be a small building or two behind the John T. Dye billboards (notice the smoking flue).
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1934.
Maybe this answers when the adobe was lost. I can't tell for sure:
first posted by MichaelRyerson
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Originally Posted by rick m
Carillo's home on Chatsworth St. in Granada Hills was THE place to go for a swim for a quarter- about '61 to '63 - He lived a city block west of our R.C.church - That's probably where my dad heard about this option- Carillo and he yakked a lot whilst we kids ran around the place keeping cool in the summer-- Some time later he passed on..
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What? He was running a rec center at his house? I love that.
Leo Carrillo obit from LAT