well......going in, we knew that certainly not all of these north bunker hill images were going to be a joy to view
419/421 2nd street being demolished......................
sigh
the argyle is visible to the left at the corner of olive and 2nd. (
note the discolored square on the right, east side of the building)
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LAPL
back in better times just a few years before.......(
note the golden gloves and brew 102 billboards)
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onbunkerhill.org via cushman collection
sigh. obviously the argyle is not long for the world when this was taken
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LAPL
this one however, i love! it's across 2nd on the south side of the street. it's 508 2nd street. this has got to be the only photograph in the world that was taken oh so close to 512 2nd street, (
it's actually poking into the frame on the right side of the photo), yet focuses on the building next door! as nathan had commented on the george mann photographs at
on bunker hill, everyone photographs 512!...no one however photographed 508 so prominently....(
at least that i know of) .
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LAPL
and another gem.......the Firmanal Apartments at 238 s. olive. the blackstone apartments are on the right. you can see a bit of the lovejoy apartments off in the distance to the left. this photograph was taken from in front of the astoria................(
nobody ever shot the west side of olive between 2nd and third....what with the astoria, hillcrest and angels flight all on the east side of the street!)
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LAPL
another rarely seen view on the east side of olive between 2nd and 3rd, the may apartments at 209 s. olive....(
actually, until these new images showed up on LAPL. one rarely had to use the street direction of "n" and "s" when posting about bunker hill......everything was pretty much "S").......the mission apartments which were at the corner of 2nd and olive is visible at the right. the frontenac apartments, located at 212-218 S. grand avenue is visible on the left.
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LAPL
whew! i'm exhausted