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Originally Posted by BifRayRock
Northeast corner of Fifth and Broadway, ca. 1917. "Building coming down Mar 31st." "last Days"
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The shot above would actually be 1923--Weigel-Rixon didn't even open until 1921:
Los Angeles Times July 28, 1921
By 1923, the building was slated for replacement by the Chester Williams Building:
Los Angeles Times July 29, 1923
The Sun Drug Co signed a 99-year lease for the same corner spot, but by the time the building was completed in 1926, the Gensler-Lee Jewelry Co had moved in. On the second floor was Boyd's, a new men's store, an echo of Weigel-Rixon. According to the
Times of December 17, 1926, Boyd's was to have opened the next day and have...
It doesn't look nearly so impressive in this shot of the newly completed building...
Weigel-Rixon doesn't seem to have reopened elsewhere after it closed in 1923; the Chester Williams Building still stands.