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Originally Posted by gsjansen
this one is for scott -
the photograph is dated 1926.
what is absolutely amazing, is that temple block is still standing this far into the superstructure erection. you can see exactly where spring street once cut through the city hall site.
for goodness sakes, they left the international bank (bank of italy) building, stand for so long at the north west corner of the site, you would think that they would have left a true historic treasure, such as temple block remain on the north east corner.......sheeeesh
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Wow, nice! Thanks! I have a version of this pic scanned from the old Security Trust and Savings Bank historical tome "La Reina - Los Angeles in Three Centuries," but that's a halftone reproduction and not nearly as sharp as this image. *snags it*
I agree - it was a real shame to've lost the Temple Block. It could have been put to good use as a living museum of Los Angeles history. But what did history mean to those who were in charge of L.A. back then? Nada, obviously. History was something to be eradicated, as the next 30+ years of downtown devastation proved...
-Scott