Olive Street used to jog at Pico, then it ended one block farther south at 14th Street:
1921 Baist Map at
Historic Mapworks
In 1930 Olive was extended south to 23rd St. (now Olive looks
this). Below, we are looking north on Olive from just south of
15th Street. The commercial building at left with the splotchy white rectangle on the wall is 239-41 W. 15th St. Above that
rectangle, and below the HYDRIL roof sign in the distance is the ill-fated
Ponet Square Apartments with its concave east side:
uclalat_1429_b3715_G2997 at UCLA
The two commercial structures above at left are still standing. That's 239-41 W. 15th Street (b. 1928) again with its slanted roofline:
Jan 2017 GSV
Farther up the block is 1351 S. Olive (b. 1927?), in 1930 the home of the Los Angeles Addressing & Mailing Company:
Close-up of uclalat_1429_b3715_G2997
Here's 1351 S. Olive in Jan 2017, with the same lettering still visible:
GSV
Across Pico, up at 1220 S. Olive we have the Iris Apartments (b. 1929?):
Close-up of uclalat_1429_b3715_G2997
Iris Apartments, March 2015:
GSV
Iris Apartments, August 2012 (that tree is always in the way):
GSV
The
January 2017 GSV shows us that the Iris has a new neighbor.