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Old Posted Sep 22, 2012, 6:50 PM
BifRayRock BifRayRock is offline
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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire View Post


Eyes of a very nearsighted eagle:



Above is a fragment of http://jpg1.lapl.org/00093/00093844.jpg

Norton Ave is the angling cross street at left; 4055 Wilshire at the ne corner is still there as is 4041; it appears that the current 4045-49 and 4041 to its right were remodeled, with a little of the original still showing. And the building on the south side of Wilshire at the far right of the pic where the current 4032 Wilshire now stands... is this the unicorn?

PS Photo dated 1957 by LAPL
I can easily make out Perino's on the other side of the street (4100 block). In the un-enlarged image, I am not sure what I can see in your enlargement. Could be my eyesight or my monitor, or a combination of both.

Suffice it to say, my hunch was based on anecdotal evidence. The structure, I think you are focusing on, looks slightly larger than one might expect from the original source photograph, but it looks like it is a relatively modest two-story structure with a driveway to the west. The source also dates the image to '37, and who knows whether the building underwent alterations in the next 20 years?

Last edited by BifRayRock; Sep 22, 2012 at 7:10 PM.
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