City hall is nearing completion in this 1927 aerial
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The Bradbury mansion is visible in the lower left hand corner, it has yet to be turned into a parking lot for city hall.
Chinatown still exists, as this a good decade before the construction of union station.
the old times tower building, hall of records and old courthouse makes a nice tryptic
here is a view looking north up spring. in this shot, you can see the old times tower, and the old courthouse peering over the top of the hall of records
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