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Olive Street slums near 2nd Street



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  • Olive Street between 3rd and 2nd Streets

    Olive Street between 3rd and 2nd Streets

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    From Olive Street, two stories of 224 South Olive Street at right can be seen, but five stories were visible from the rear.

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  • Bunker Hill from Clay Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets, looking west

    Bunker Hill from Clay Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets, looking west

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    Rear view of a Bunker Hill slum, 224 South Olive Street. From the Olive Street side, two stories could be seen, but five stories are visible in the rear.

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  • Olive Street between 2nd and 1st Streets

    Olive Street between 2nd and 1st Streets

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    Seymour Apartments, 502 West 1st Street, with courthouse construction behind it. Rooms to rent building, 115 South Olive Street, at far left already demolished.

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  • Clay Street view of Olive Street remnants between 2nd and 3rd

    Clay Street view of Olive Street remnants between 2nd and 3rd

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    Bunker Hill housing structures being demolished on Olive Street. Building to the left is nearly gone.

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  • 6th Street from Olive Street to Grand Avenue

    6th Street from Olive Street to Grand Avenue

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    View of the the neoclassical style Pacific Mutual Building at 523 West 6th Street. The Italian Renaissance Hotel Savoy sat across the street at the northwest corner of 6th Street and Grand Avenue.

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  • South Olive Street towards 4th Street

    South Olive Street towards 4th Street

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    Row of four Victorian structures at 322-334 South Olive Street. In the shadowed left background is the Broadway department store and the Black Building, 357-361 South Hill Street. Visible in the far background, Hotel Clark sign is at 426 Hill Street and the tower of the Title Guarantee Building at 411 5th Street. On the sidewalk next to the cleared area is a Danger Keep Out sign and a barricade with light. 1961 Plymouth Suburban station wagon coming up the hill.

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