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Help identify iconic LA building
« on: October 19, 2015, 07:43:29 PM »
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http://lariverrailroads.com/downtownindustry/sp_switcher.jpg

Can you find a better photo of the sign?

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Re: Help identify iconic LA building
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2015, 08:20:06 PM »
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Looks like something prolific SP-in-LA author Bob Smaus has written about at some stage

http://www.bobsgardenpath.com/Articles.html
http://www.bobsgardenpath.com/trains_2.html
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Re: Help identify iconic LA building
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2015, 08:31:19 PM »
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It's the Hass-Baruch building located on Alameda Street .

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Re: Help identify iconic LA building
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2015, 08:40:45 PM »
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It was around 200 Alhambra, los angeles 90012

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Re: Help identify iconic LA building
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2015, 09:39:31 PM »
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Re: Help identify iconic LA building
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2015, 09:40:51 PM »
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This doesn't have the sign but some pics of the building.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/echo_29/sets/72157600264793965/with/514768030/

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Re: Help identify iconic LA building
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2015, 10:19:39 PM »
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I remember it before the riots, but not in the early 2000's...

You might be able to use this as a starting point for a kitbash

https://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3232