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Oldest frame apartment left on Olive Street

Description: The Olive Inn Hotel and Apartments sign painted on the side of the building.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 6/10/66
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
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Plugged Hill Street tunnel exit at Sunset Boulevard

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Sealed Hill Street tunnel's north side entrance just south of Sunset Boulevard. Political posters and circus advertisements plastered over faded Mount Lowe painted sign. At right, Croyden Apartments Hotel, 620 Sunset Boulevard.

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Old Hill Street tunnel exit and Mount Lowe sign

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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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Apartments on Olive Street

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Fermanal Apartments, 238 South Olive Street. Demolition debris at left: wood, water heater, panels. Middle car is a 1955 Buick Century. Los Angeles City Hall's tower can be seen in the distant background.

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Sunset Boulevard and Hill Street

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Croyden Apartments Hotel, 620 Sunset Boulevard, at the intersection of Hill Street. Side of building has separate ads for a funeral home and chocolate along with a Morton Salt billboard. Faded Mount Lowe sign on wall to the left. Background building is the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters at 450 North Grand Avenue.

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Olive Court house

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Side view of house on Olive Court, which was a one way street accessible from Olive Street between 1st and 2nd Streets. Partially visible taller building at far right edge is the Moore Cliff. The Melrose Hotel in the left background on South Grand Avenue.

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Oldest frame apartment left on Olive Street

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