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Los Angeles in 1910, crowded as the streets were. Nothing in this picture remains.

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  1. SQUIRT_TRUTHER says

    LA will never live down tearing out the streetcar network.

  2. JitGoinHam says

    >Nothing in this picture remains…

    ‘Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,

    The lone and level sands stretch far away.

  3. PsychePsyche says

    This looks like South Spring and 6th Street in Downtown LA; the security building on the far left and the 10 story building on the back right are still standing.

  4. Just2checkitout says

    This is 6th & Spring St looking NE. The two large buildings on the farthest left (Security Building) and right (Santa Fe Building) sides of the picture are still there.

    The Security Building was the former headquarters office building of Security First National Bank, completed in 1906. The building was the tallest building in the city for four years when completed.

    The Santa Fe Building building was commissioned in 1907 by William G. Kerckhoff, one of the most important industrialists and financiers in California. Architectural firm Morgan and Walls, an essential contributor of the architectural landscape of Los Angeles, designed the original 8 story building. In 1916, two floors were added; and in 1933, the Santa Fe Railroad purchased the building and occupied 7 floors, for over 50 years.

    Both buildings have been converted to residential.

  5. Traubl says

    Before the automobile industry completely fucked things up.

  6. ViciousNakedMoleRat says

    What was the occasion for the crazy line in front of the bank? Looks like orderly black Friday.

  7. GregIsUgly says

    The hats… all the hats

  8. Acornpoo says

    All the nicely dressed dudes have been replaced with shorts and flip flops

  9. SlagathorTheProctor says

    2017 view

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