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Old Posted Aug 22, 2012, 2:33 AM
ProphetM ProphetM is offline
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post
This 1940s viewpoint of City Hall confuses me a bit.


unknown/perhaps ebay

I can't quite place this vantage point. The fence post-like stanchions are unfamiliar to me.

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Compare to this picture from your opening post of this thread:



I bet it was taken from right next to those stanchions. So, it's Bunker Hill just north of 1st St., standing just west of the Hill St. tunnels. In the night shot above, you can catch just a tiny piece of the railing over the tunnel entrance at bottom center.

Thus, the point of view is from the top left corner of this photo, left of the house:

KCET - Lost Tunnels of Downtown L.A.
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