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Old Posted May 22, 2015, 6:52 PM
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Originally Posted by sopas ej View Post
That ice man, dayam.
My thoughts exactly.
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Before (1929) and After (1949) from the 1941 'Master Plan'.


http://www.metro.net/about/library/a...ation-studies/



http://www.metro.net/about/library/a...ation-studies/


detail 1929 / cartouche with 'Petroleum Securities Building' (but it's been removed in the 1941 photo...Why?)

http://www.metro.net/about/library/a...ation-studies/


view today

gsv


But it still says Petroleum Building above the main entrance on Olympic Boulevard. (as well as the build date, 1925)



detail




hmmmm...and is this an older building that was incorporated into the new tower?


gsv

It appears to be where the Belmont Apartments were located in both the 1929 and 1941 photographs, but I'm not sure.

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for search purposes;
Olympic Boulevard and Flower Street, 1929, 1941, Petroleum Building, Belmont Apartments
Master Plan of Highways, County of Los Angeles.


http://www.metro.net/about/library/a...ation-studies/

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