Note the attempt to obliterate the Los Angeles Times ad on the side of the Hellman Building, which was occupied by The Herald at the time this photograph was taken. By 1957, the Hellman was owned by the Los Angeles Times, who demolished it in March 1959. In the 1980s, this corner held the Times Mirror garage. Isaias W. Hellman founded the Hellman Building; architects were Morgan & Walls. This event marked the laying of cornerstone for the Chamber of Commerce building. A large group of men dressed in uniform stand amid an enormous crowd, just outside the Hellman Building, located on the northeast corner at Broadway and 2nd Streets.
Isaias W. Hellman Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald (Firm) Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Cornerstone laying--California--Los Angeles Newspaper buildings--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Spectators--California--Los Angeles Uniforms--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Hellman, Isaias W.--(Isaias William),--1842-1920 Morgan, Walls & Clements
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