Following
MichaelRyerson's very detailed and informative post about the 4th Street cut, here are a couple of extra images.
This one is simply titled
"4th Street cut." The camera was somewhere near to Grand Avenue, looking roughly west along 4th Street towards the Harbor Freeway. Just behind the "Smith's" sign on the white wall is the southern end of Bunker Hill Avenue, and the large building on the left is the Barbara Worth on Hope Street. The picture is dated 10/15/54.
Huntinton Digital Library
Fast forward to 3/1/70, and we have a picture showing the elevated part of 4th Street as seen from just south of the intersection of 5th and Flower Streets. The end of the Sunkist building is on the right.
Huntinton Digital Library
To bring things up to date, I've positioned the Googlemobile in the middle of Flower Street, just north of 5th Street, roughly where the blue truck is in the picture above. The Westin Bonaventure is now on the left, and the City National Plaza parking garage is on the right. Bunker Hills Tower/Towers and the Water and Power Building in the distance appear in both pictures.
GSV