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Originally Posted by Scott Charles
Clip #6: I have no idea where this is. In the beginning of the clip, we cross over a train track - you can see the railroad signs on the left of the picture. Once the car turns left, you can see City Hall looming in the distance:
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Believe it or not, I think this clip starts in the same place as clip #4, but facing in the opposite direction. That would be about where the "M" of "Macy" is marked. The camera car then heads west and turns south onto Main.
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The view above is from November 29, 1933, and I initially discounted this as the correct location because there are buildings dead ahead as the car turns onto Main. Then I checked earlier images which showed the area before Macy was extended to Spring. I've marked the extension on the January 1, 1929 view below. It's a shame the picture doesn't extend slightly north.
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Here's a re-positioned detail of the USC image I posted earlier. I think the tower on the Baker Block (lower-right, below) is visible near the end of the video clip.
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For anyone who's interested, I posted later pictures of the building on the northeast corner of Macy and Main in
post #22221.