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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
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Gaylord's original stretch of Wilshire, west from Westlake Park. From right are the Otis, Earl, and Henderson houses.
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And to the east of the park, two houses (including the Shatto residence at right, also seen below) on Orange Street, which became Wilshire in the '20s.
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The Shatto house, 1213 Orange/Wilshire. George Shatto once owned Catalina.
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Yes, that makes perfect sense now. It was Wilshire immediately west of Westlake Park that I heard was the original wide boulevard. I guess I just assumed the rest of it was built that way, too, and maybe it was to the west, but to the east - yeah, that had to be brutally widened in places...
Those mansions on Orange were extraordinary! I can't recall seeing anything like those pictures before. Thank you for posting them.
-Scott