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Looking east from Grand Avenue at 4th Street, 1953
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Same from bridge on Grand Avenue, 1959
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The Fremont Hotel has been removed for the widening of Fourth Street as part of the Fourth Street Cut project.
Book 3, pg. 20 / Neg. 12919
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Looking East on 2nd Street, between Grand and Olive, 1953
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The Koster House, on the north side of Second Street, 515 W Second. The mansard-roofed Argyle Hotel, right, sits at Second and Olive. Other lost structures include the Hall of Records, California State Building, and the gasometers at Commercial and Center streets.
Book 3, pg. 32 / Neg. 7102
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From West 3rd, on Olive looking South, 1957
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Partial view of the Casa Alta at right, then from right, the Ems Apartment Hotel at 321 South Olive, the Olive Inn and the Central Garage on the corner of Fourth Street.
Book 3, pg. 28 / Neg. 12693
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Looking west by south at 4th and Olive
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Former site of the Fremont Hotel at 401 South Olive, which has been removed in preparation for the Fourth Street Cut; what remains is the retaining wall below.
Neg. 12720
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South on Grand Avenue from 3rd Street
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At right, the southwest corner of Third and Grand: 301, 305, and 311 South Grand. The Alta Cresta, Kenneth, and Capitol hotels are at 319, 325, and 333. The Fourth and Grand Service Garage is seen near the end of the block. The image dates from 1959; the construction on Grand is the erection of the 13-story addition (architect: Welton Becket) to the Standard Federal Bank at Wilshire.
Book 1, pg. 31 / Neg. 12634
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From Apartment building on S. Olive Avenue showing, at right, original Hill on 1st Street
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Looking down Olive to the intersection at Second, shot from the Cumberland Hotel. At corner, the backside of the Claridge Hotel. The Mansard roof structure at Second and Olive is the Hotel Argyle (architect: Robert Brown Young, 1887). See also Photobook Volume 3, pages 38 and 39.
Book 1, pg. 58 / Neg. 7903