This is an intriguing photograph. I had never heard of
Cherry Street.
http://www.lapl.org/
We're looking north on Cherry Street and the cars are turning onto Washington Blvd. at a
T Intersection.
1947 map
Looking at this, I am
amazed the freeway missed Chester Place (and St. James Park as well).
2011 map
below: The same view today. Looking north on Cherry Street from Washington Blvd.
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If you look closely, these are the same two buildings seen in the 1954 photograph.
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