Thanks for the extra information,
Handsome Stranger. I look forward to seeing your pictures.
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Apologies to everyone who's still having trouble seeing my images. I sent Photobucket another email yesterday, but haven't had a reply yet.
KevinW posted a picture of the May Co parking lot in
post #9112, and I'm sure we've seen it in other posts too. These are Julius Shulman's photos from 1953. It's
"Job 1637: May Company, Parking Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1953".
Here's a close-up of the stairs in the foreground. The set includes three similar shots of this location - I've omitted the other two.
I think that this is the lowest tier near W 6th Street.
The car in the center bears a British-style license plate which says "JAGUAR". I assume it was there for some sort of promotional event. The car looks like a 1953 Jaguar Mark VII.
Finally, here's a view with the May Co store in the background. On the left is the newly completed Wilshire Medical Building. I posted construction pictures of that four days ago in
post #34075. Ogden Drive no longer exists between W 6th Street and Wilshire Boulevard. In the place of the northern end of the parking building, you'll now find the "Levitated Mass" sculpture.
All from
Getty Research Institute