The negative sleeve states that this is the intersection of Second Street and Broadway, but it appears to be the intersection of Second Street and Hill Street.
Three men with a shovel on the closed street of Washington Blvd. A car is seen coming and another one leaves. The signs say "street closed City of L.A. ENGR. BR.--D.P.W. [Department of Public Works]
Photo appears with the article "To open bore by next April: Second-Street Tunnel Work Progressing Rapidly; Pouring of Cement for Tube Already Under Way; Most Modern Machinery Will Be Installed Soon. It Will be a Hole Through Hill by Spring," Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 1921: II1.
The empty lot that once house the old County Courthouse, left, across from the Hall of Justice, right, which was built in 1922. The vertical street in the photograph is Temple, cut by Broadway in the center.
A photograph of the building’s interior taken on the same day appears with the article, “Owl Opens Remodeled Drug Store,” Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 1935: A7.
The back of the Los Angeles Times third building, which ceased operation in 1934. A row of cars are parked along the sidewalk and several ads are posted on the wall, including one for the Los Angeles Times Bible Game held in 1934.
The back of the Los Angeles Times third building, which ceased operation in 1934. A row of cars are parked along the sidewalk and several ads are posted on the wall, including one for the Los Angeles Times Bible Game held in 1934.