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Old Posted Mar 9, 2013, 7:58 AM
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Awesome 1946 map by planner Henry Wall and associated story at Los Angeles Magazine.


Thanks so much for the map. This is the way I always think about LA. Topography first.

It reminded me of this great shot of the Station Fire, 2009:


http://rcstopandask.blogspot.com/

From this height humans don't seem to have had much of an impact. 250 years of development appear to have vanished or never have happened.



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Thx for the post -great example of late 1950s architecture. Does anyone know whether this banking hall survived in any shape or form or has the building since been refitted or demolished?
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I'm pretty sure there's nothing left of the old interior except some ceiling height.

Start here (next to last paragraph):
http://blogdowntown.com/2009/11/4865...er-of-a-ground

la.curbed.com has a mass of posts on the SB Tower. They're here:
http://la.curbed.com/tags/600-spring

600 Spring is a Claud Beelman building BTW.



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The view west over Court Hill:

All shots from September 23, 1949 and are over at USC

detail

Thanks! I was amazed to see that the Bixby house was still there in '49.


cal state lib (detail)

It's heartbreaking that this house wasn't moved and saved. Anyone who's read Sarah Bixby Smith's "Adobe Days" (1931) knows this house. It would have been a great resource. My kids still love her book and so do I. It really would have meant a lot to have been able to walk through those rooms.

The Bixby house made it into this postcard:

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Is this a public restroom? (notice the man going down the stairs)


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LOL, I always wondered what that was:

http://silentlocations.wordpress.com...n-los-angeles/
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