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Old Posted Nov 7, 2020, 10:05 AM
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This next slide shows a man hanging laundry on a rooftop clothesline. No doubt a SRO. (or the roof of the mission?)

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I think there's a possibility we can figure out which rooftop this is if one of you fine sleuths recognize any of the buildings in the distance.
You're correct, e_r, the photographer was on the roof of 443 S Los Angeles Street - the Los Angeles Mission shown in your first picture. I've put a red "X" on the image below. There's more pictures of the LA Mission here.


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The brick building on the left is the old Excelsior Laundry at 422 S Los Angeles Street, seen here in 1933.


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The building on the right with the water tower (top-center of the Google image) is the old Westinghouse Building at 420 San Pedro Street, also seen here in 1933. My full post on the building is here.

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Now known as Little Tokyo Lofts, I can't find any previous mentions (I searched for the old and new names, and the address). In its early days it was the Westinghouse Building. The view below is from 1933.


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