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Old Posted Nov 23, 2011, 3:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 3940dxer View Post

(I wonder what hill that is in the background?)
Great post 3940dxer! Nadeau was a very interesting man.

per your question: I don't see a hill in the above photo....I believe it's a 3 or 4 story building (I could be wrong).

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below: The ram-shackled building along Calle de los Negros was eventually replaced by this rather impressive building.


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below: In the 1940s the 'calle de los negros' building sported a tacky new entrance
that was advertised as the "shortest route to Union Station".


LAPL


gsjansen covered these details much better than I have back in Jan. 2011.

Here is the link to his amazing post.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2519

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