Below: A view over Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park) in the 1930s.
The tower on the right is Bullocks Wilshire Department Store.
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Originally Wilshire Blvd. ended at Westlake Park
(it was Orange on the opposite/east side).
1908 map
Wilshire Blvd. was extended in 1934 to pass through the park.
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....someone left the cake out in the rain.