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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I've been trying to find out if this Christian Science reading room still stands. I find the odd shaped entrance quite interesting.


side-note: Why does the Second Church of Christ Scientist in the background appear to be half-drawn? Was it shrouded in smog?

It's still there on Hoover Street, although it's now the Art of Living Center. The sidewalk is now a lot closer, which appears to be the result of Hoover being widened in the 1970s (based on studying the images on Historic Aerials).


GSV

This view from across the street is the closest I could get to the original image. It was taken about five years earlier, and I noticed a different sign above the window which was too blurry to make out.


GSV

That meant that I had to curse and switch to the new Google Maps again to use the historic Street View function. There was a "For Sale" sign outside in February 2009, and the sign over the window looks very like the "Christian Science Reading Room" sign from e_r's picture.


GSV

The view from the old Christian Science Reading Room isn't bad either. These houses, which GW posted in 2010, are directly across the street. The full post can be found here.

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

And, farther south:

LAPL http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics24/00061551.jpg
The Alfred J. Salisbury house at 2703 S. Hoover.

Google Street View

Across 27th Street from the Salisbury house is the Cockins house by the same architects (Bradbeer and Ferris), at 2653 S. Hoover:
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Google Street View

Another view of the Salisbury house taken circa 1978. I wonder how long the owners allowed "Historic House Tours"?


LAPL

And a front view of the Cockins house circa 1966.


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