A traffic cop stands on a soap box and directs traffic between Second and Spring Street. On the left is the first floor detail of the Bryson-Bonebrake Block, (northwest corner). The block was commissioned by John Bryson, Sr., Los Angeles mayor, and George H. Bonebrake, banker. The building was six stories plus a basement and contained a lodgeroom on the sixth floor. There was a court in the center of the building. The architects were Joseph Carter Newsom and Samuel Newsom and the building was completed ca. 1888.
Streets--California--Los Angeles Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Newsom, Joseph C Newsom, Samuel Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Second Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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