I knew from the lamp posts cause' they're olympic specials??!!??
S EJ! you're amazing!
amazing catch due to the oly's!
a few skid row images from pre-skid days. these are all focused around the intersection of towne and 5th
looking northwest from towne and 5th 1890. is that the bradbury mansion up at court and hill in the center of the photograph? the other two large structures would be the courthouse and the newly completed Los Angeles School building
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looking southwest at the intersection of towne and 5th 1890
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Looking south on towne from 5th street 1891
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Looking east on 5th from towne towards the arcade depot 1890
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Looking west on 5th from towne 1891
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the same view looking west on 5th from towne post skid set-in 1986
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a 1926 aerial from grand and 5th looking east over the skid row area
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