Showing first unit of Fifth Street Department Store on 5th Street now under construction, Los Angeles, 1922

Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of first unit of Fifth Street Department Store on 5th Street now under construction, Los Angeles. The photograph was taken at the intersection of 5th Street and Hill Street, looking east. Note inconvenience to public due to improper sidewalk facilities. Also visible are: many pedestrians, automobiles, street cars, buildings, street light. Legible signs include: "323 H[otel]", "Boos B[ros.] Cafete[ria]", "Power off", ..."ser", "Clinton Construction Company of California", ..."Cafe", "L.A. Market no. 2, Purita"..., "Dentist, entrance [...] Hill St.", "Dentist, painless methods, lowest prices", "Dr. Beach, Dentist, [...] a specialty", "Title [...]pantel Bldg."[?]. Additional information: The recognizable buildings in the shot include (from left to right): Park Hotel (partially visible at left, on the north-east corner, 5th Street and Hill Street; it was built in 1889 as the Spinks Building, renamed the Roxburn in 1910, and the Park Hotel in 1921); Strong Building (adjoining the Park Hotel on the east); Boos Brothers Cafeteria; Alhambra Block (older two-story at the north-east corner of 5th Street and Broadway); Citizens National Bank Building (north-west corner of 5th Street and Spring Street); Metropolitan Building (1923-1961; north-west corner of 5th Street and Broadway); Hotel Willoughby (built in 1898, demolished in ca. 1982; south-east corner of 5th Street and Hill Street, at right).