This Julius Shulman photoset shows the Singer building in Pasadena. It's
"Job 543: Matcham and Heitschmidt, Singer Building (Pasadena, Calif.),1949".
From the window displays, I assume that Helen Smith sold women's clothing - the sign next to the door is too small to read.
That last image shows the view from Oakland Avenue, and also gives us a look at the back of the Sears building.
All from
Getty Research Institute
You'll find the Singer building at 520 E Colorado Boulevard. I'm not sure why Mr Shulman visited in 1949 - the building was completed in 1926, as you can see from the pictures I posted in
post #27607. The previous "now" picture I posted showed the hideous makeover on the neighboring Sears building. This time I'll concentrate on Singer building.
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The building with the twin radio towers in the final Shulman image is the old Star News building at 525 E Colorado Boulevard. It's received a couple of passing mentions on NLA, but I couldn't find any close pictures. It's still standing, minus the radio towers.
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