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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I thought it might be fun to try and figure out where the photographer was situated when he took these slides. (from what roof-top)
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I think that the pictures were taken from further back than it initially appears. Here's an aerial view from 1980 which shows a parking lot opposite the Brownstone Hotel, then a low commercial building, then another parking lot. The 1972 image also shows the corner opposite the Harold Hotel as a parking lot. There's a much larger building near the "S" of my "S San Pedro Street" label which could've been the photographer's location. Most of the buildings in that area were something to do with clothing manufacturing at the time, although I haven't identified exactly who owned this one. It was demolished between 1980 and 1994, and is now part of the site for the Union Rescue Mission at 545 S San Pedro Street. One of the buildings in the foreground of the second 1970s picture was probably the San Julian Hotel at 526 San Julian Street.
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