here's a photo, i know i have never seen before...........................
looking north on hill towards the tunnels while they and the hill are being demolished 1955. that's the broadway hotel beyond the pile of remnants of the hill on the right'
Source:
LAPL
i can't beleive they allowed traffic to continue use of the west tunnel, this far into the demolition process.
here is the same view the year before, just prior to commencement of the destruction
Source:
LAPL