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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

This is the northeast corner of Wilshire and La Brea... I think the arrow is pointing in the right direction.

Absolutely correct. Occasionally, one gets pleasantly lost in the minutiae and forgets that the E Clem Wilson building is a relative newcomer to the neighborhood (1930).

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1928 - Northeast corner of Wilshire and La Brea
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Circle Theatre. It would seem that the right weather conditions (Santa Ana winds) and excessive use of the fireplace connected to the chimney at right, might result in a potential Herald Examiner headline.


Function of the divot in the street? Vent? Is the large building with the prominent fire escape the Pacific Telephone Exchange?



Name of the coffee shop - steak house next door to Harbold Bros shop?





1928 (Are there any better posts of the building/cafe that preceded Tilford's (at left)?)
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Tilford's
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What a difference in a few years. Divot is still there and the Pacific Telephone Exchange building (or what later became the PTEB) is still at three stories.
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