The picture below is part of a large photoset (20+ images), some of which we've seen before. I'm not sure what connects the subjects; the title of the set is
"Pacific Finance building, Southern California, 1926".
USC Digital Library
Here's 553 Cedar Avenue, Long Beach today. Unusually, this building has lost the trees which could've blocked our view. It's also lost its faux shutters, apartment doors that open a foot above street level and the geometric first floor windows (which first caught my eye). Security bars now cover the revised first floor openings. At least the tiling around the door survives.
GSV