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  • Old Court House site wall and tunnel make way for a parking lot

    Old Court House site wall and tunnel make way for a parking lot

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    Crane with a dragline bucket demolishing the granite retaining wall and tunnel.

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  • Hill Street's old walls and the courthouse

    Hill Street's old walls and the courthouse

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    Old retaining walls and stairs that used to lead up to the Moore Cliff Hotel apartment building, 121 South Hill Street, on Bunker Hill. Los Angeles Superior Courthouse lies across the street at 1st Street. 1958 Plymouth Savoy taxi with the Yellow Cab Company nearing intersection has tail fins and yellow wheels.

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  • Old Court House site wall and tunnel coming down

    Old Court House site wall and tunnel coming down

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    Construction workers watch as crane with a dragline bucket demolishes the granite retaining wall and tunnel from the top down.

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  • El Moro Hotel and Moore Cliff Hotel about to go

    El Moro Hotel and Moore Cliff Hotel about to go

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    Gladden Hotel, 100 South Olive Street, at left. Crane is demolishing the El Moro Hotel, 109 South Hill Street, and Moore Cliff Hotel, 121 South Hill Street.

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  • Hill Street Tunnels north of 1st Street

    Hill Street Tunnels north of 1st Street

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    Retaining wall and stairs on left side of Hill Street Tunnels lead up to a vacant Bunker Hill. Circular "NO PARKING" sign hangs between the tunnels. 1952 Los Angeles Police Department Ford Mainline V8 Fordor and unmarked sedan parked nearby.

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  • Old Victorian on Temple Street

    Old Victorian on Temple Street

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    Second Empire style Victorian home with mansard roof and dormer windows. It occupied the south side of Temple Street at the north limit of Bunker Hill. Out front, 1954 Ford Mainline Tudor sedan.

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