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Originally Posted by Beaudry
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.
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.
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Here's a screengrab from 'CHiPs' that I posted recently. The episode, which aired in 1979, shows the Edison Annex and Station 42 still standing.
MGM TV/Rosner TV
Both buildings also seem to be present in this aerial shot from 1980 which I posted last year (the red box surrounds the Engstrum).
Historic Aerials