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Originally Posted by HossC
It's there, but partly hidden by the Law Building. Here's a slightly different angle from 1961, which is a few years after the photo above. I've linked (L-R) the Law Building, the Hall of Records, the State Building and City Hall to an adjusted detail of the original image.
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Yes, there it is. I thought that might be it. The old H of Rs defined the pre-1970s era for me, along with the Richfield & gasometers. I don't miss the gasometers or Brew 102 that much, but I do miss the Bastille-castle-like old Hall of Records (almost as much as the Richfield tower). But the odd angle because of the old street layout got in the way of the civic mall plans, and maybe it was not up to seismic codes, so it had to go I suppose. Still, I miss it. At least we still have the Daily Planet, I mean City Hall.