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Originally Posted by Tetsu
Everything about this is truly amazing. Even the 1906 build date. Always figured that house must have come from the 1880's or 90's. And I figured it was a single family home that was divided up later, interesting to know that it was constructed as "flats."
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215 N Hill was still looking pretty good in the early 50s (Mr Rood's rental and the rest of the block to the north had been gone since the late 40s). The "Criss Cross" house even looks like it's sporting some fresh paint (maybe that was done for the film). This is looking west at Court and Hill from City Hall:
ebay previously posted by e_r (detail)
Another angle ("Criss Cross", 1949):
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Looking NW over the intersection of Temple and a straightened-out Hill St. By 1955 everything was gone. Then they took the hill away. The LA City garage, and its open lot (plus much east of it), fell for the current Hall of Records (1961):
uscdl previously posted by HossC (detail)
PS
BTW, the apt building (in the image above) on Temple, west of Hill at No. 406, was called "The Majestic". It doesn't have much time left. Next door to the east, on the SW corner of Temple and Hill, was once a single-story commercial building, also designed, built and owned by Octavius Morgan:
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Anyway, there are two fun Silent Locations pages on these environs
here and
here.
Harold Lloyd in front of The Majestic apartments filming "Take a Chance" (1918):
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