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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge
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I'm quite happy to see this here, and recent mention here, somewhere, of the Gas & Electric Bldg, since they are part of the unsung legacy of Bunker Hill.
huntington
Everybody loves the Edison Bldg but who remembers its contemporary annex at 432 S Hope,
also by Allison & Allison? That a major Art Deco work of theirs was allowed to be demolished is kind of shocking.
huntington
huntington
Station 42 at 428 S Hope was an early-20s branch powerhouse for Los Angeles Gas & Electric, purchased by the Bureau of Power and Light in 1937, and later as a distributing station for the DWP a lot of its load was taken over by the 1957 construction of the underground station at Temple between Broadway and Hill.
dwp
We know it existed at
least through 1977, as it was at the end of that year the papers noted its leaky roof resulted in a sixteen-minute blackout downtown.
GSV
Station 42 is now about where "Hope Place" starts. The only recognizable imagery is the library peeking through foliage in both shots.