i am truly a sucker for people who drag photographic equipment up to dizzying heights to capture amazing images.
someone climbed to the top of the los angeles gas tanks to capture these images of the pre-union station site.
this 1933 image is looking west across the union station site which is bounded by aliso street on the south, alameda street on the west, macy street on the north, and lyon street on the east. the street on the left side of the photo is aliso street. chinatown is still intact in this image
Source: USC Digital Archive
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-14531?v=hr
the exact same view 2 years later in 1935. only the western section of chinatown remains, however, within the next year, this will be gone as well.
Source: USC Digital Archive
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-44127?v=hr
this 1935 image is looking north/westerly towards the intersection of macy and alameda. the main road which leads off into the distance at the upper left of the photograph is sunset boulevard
Source: USC Digital Archive
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-41358?v=hr
a similar 1936 image looking northwesterly at the intersection of macy and alameda.....bye bye chinatown
Source: USC Digital Archive
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...BUI-339~1?v=hr
i really like this 1927 image looking north from city hall, because the roof of the still standing Beaudry house is very visible lower left at the intersection of new high and republic street
Source: USC Digital Archive
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-44126?v=hr