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L.A. Becomes N.Y. — Again
I wandered down to “New York Street” (Spring Street between 4th and 6th in downtown Los Angeles) last night and saw this Hollywood version of an NYPD patrol car. L.A. Becomes N.Y. Million Dollar...
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Found on EBay – Spring Street
A photo of Spring Street looking north from about 4th Street has been listed on EBay. Our landmark is the Steinway piano ad on the side the building. Bidding on this postcard starts at $5.49. Here’s a...
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Punk Rock Riot on Sunset Boulevard!
How about this retro artwork on the ad for “Nicholas Nickleby?” Sort of Peter Max via “Yellow Submarine.” Jan. 10, 1983: A riot breaks out among an estimated 2,000 punk rockers during a concert at...
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Los Angeles Stands in for London
Spring Street and 4th in downtown Los Angeles is one of the most popular film locations in the city. It recently stood in for New York, complete with an NYC bus and a subway entrance. Last night, we...
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Spring Street — 1907
If this image looking south on Spring Street on this 1907 postcard looks unfamiliar, there’s a reason. Most of the buildings are gone and Spring Street was straightened out to make way for City Hall....
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Cafe Bristol – Downtown Los Angeles
I came across another program from the Mason Opera House listed on EBay, this one from 1909. Here’s an ad for the Cafe Bristol, which was in the basement of the Hellman Building at 4th and Spring....
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Angels Flight — Another View
This postcard complements the Rediscovering Los Angeles post on Angels Flight. It’s postmarked 1904 and photo was taken from Spring Street looking toward the 3rd Street tunnel. Bidding starts at $5....
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L.A. Becomes N.Y.
Dear New Yorkers: You love to make fun of us, but here we are at Spring and 5th last night, watering down the street for yet another production set in your fair city but filmed in downtown Los...
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A Relic of the Past: Horse Flop Found in Downtown Los Angeles!
In the 21st century, one can still find horse flop on Spring Street near City Hall in downtown Los Angeles. So much for the predictions of yesteryear, in which we would be living in domed cities, get...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Barney Oldfield Sets Up Shop in Downtown...
A postcard showing the interior of Barney Oldfield’s saloon on South Spring Street, courtesy of Mary Mallory. ‘Mile a minute” Barney Oldfield, the first automobile racer to achieve that feat while...
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Spring Street revisited
Los Angeles Times file photo When this photo was taken, about 1883, Spring Street took an oblique angle at 1st. We're looking north, possibly from the Nadeau Hotel at what is now the site of The...
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Spring Street revisited
C. C. Pierce Photographer, 1572 W. Pico, Los Angeles This photograph of Spring Street, looking south from Temple, is slightly later than the one in the previous entry and was taken about 1896....
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Spring Street revisited
C.C. Pierce & Co. Photographers, Los Angeles, Cal. U.S.A. This picture was taken from Spring and 2nd streets about 1895, and shows the reverse angle of Spring and 1st, which we looked at...
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Lovers’ death pact at downtown hotel
The Hotel Ramona on Spring Street. I stumbled across this story while researching something else and it’s too good not to post. From The Times, Dec, 28, 1891. Email me
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Spring Street revisited
C.C. Pierce & Co. Photographers, Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A. An undated photograph of the Phillips Block, 1887-1912. After looking at the old photos of Spring Street over the last few days, I...
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Spring Street revisited
Above, the Nadeau Hotel (sometimes called the Hotel Nadeau) at Spring and 1st streets (now the site of The Times Building), in an undated drawing. An early ad for a business in the Nadeau, 1889....
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Spring Street revisited
Moss Photographer, 315 W. Pico St. WE stmore 2301, Los Angeles, Cal. Unfortunately, The Times’ Spring Street photo file has nothing that shows the transition at 1st Street in the critical period of...
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Spring Street revisited
Photograph by the Los Angeles Times This picture shows the later stages in the realignment of Spring Street. Demolition workers have sheared off the fronts of several buildings. One of the most...
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Oct. 15, 1907: Fire Threatens Orpheum
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Oct. 15, 1907 Los Angeles On a rainy night in Los Angeles, a fire broke out in the four-story brick office building at 235 S. Spring St. housing the Orpheum...
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Oct. 31, 1907: Streetcar Crash at Spring and 2nd Kills 1, Injures 7
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Oct. 31, 1907 Los Angeles John J. Mooney, 23, a Southern Pacific machinist who recently arrived from Butte, Mont., was aboard the West 2nd Street car on his way...
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