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Old Posted Apr 16, 2011, 1:28 PM
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Originally Posted by gsjansen View Post
this undated image captures the ultimate noirish los angeles mood


Source: Corbis Images

does anyone know where strip city was?
I'm amused by the "Gruen Watch Time" sign on a strip club....


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1304. Western


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A little context--the SE corner of Pico and Western


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The Commercial National Bank under construction, August 29, 1925


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I love the classical details of the old bank, and that while Strip City is now given over to
respectable furniture manufacturing, the bank is a liquor store....
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