The
1910 United States Post Office and Federal Building at Temple Square (right) is still my overall favorite edifice in historical Los Angeles.
This particular image of it has been in the USC archives for a long time, but for as long as I've been checking this resource, the full image has been "404 Not Found" when I tried to view it. The link has recently been restored, but the image itself remains photo-reversed, so here it finally is as it should be seen!
USC Digital Library
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...hs-m30607.html
Notice anything missing? I do! As I am a biologist by trade, I'm curious about the obvious lack of urban avian fauna here - i.e. pigeons! They seem to be lacking in every historic photo of Los Angeles's public buildings that I've ever seen. I'm thinking they must have been actively poisoned in times past. That's the only explanation I can come up with for their conspicuous absence...
-Scott