I think they have it OK on the map there, Tov.
Appears Francisco had something of a slope south of Seventh, so you get one of those "4 stories in front/6 in the back" set-ups we are familiar with.
Not unlike - but cannot hold a candle to - The Sawyer. (Was looking for a pic of the REAR of the Sawyer....what was it......8 stories for sure.....maybe 9) And a very nondescript 3 stories in front.
Here we go. The Sawyer, in rear, with the Richfield tower seemingly sprouting from its roof. And down Hope....look who's poking its head out.....but the LA Library....
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Originally Posted by tovangar2
It was there for sure in 1909 near that group of 8 or 9 churches that had migrated to this area from Pershing Square and environs:
http://www.bigmapblog.com/2011/birds...f-los-angeles/
The hotel supposedly built in 1880 was only four stories. The one in the photos may have been a replacement on the same, or a nearby, site. There was a fashion for the classical just after the turn of the twentieth century: Angel's Flight Station House, The Pacific Mutual Building and (stretching it a bit) Central Station.
But anyway, I thought the Alexandria stole every other hotel's thunder when it was built in 1905. |