Hill Street runs at the top of the map. The California Hotel and the Union League Club are at the corner of Second Street, left. The Police Station, Jail and inferior court are east of Hill Street on First Street (right). You may need to scroll the map to see it all.
The Mason Opera House, which takes a sizeable interior portion of the block, is entered through Broadway at the bottom of the map. Visitors pass through a foyer into the auditorium, and are seated facing south toward the stage.
The Mason Opera House
Go here for a story on its gala opening and a note about its decline and fall.
A busy corner on a nice day
The photo shows on its right the northeast corner of the block (that is, south and west of the First and Broadway intersection).
The tallest structure on that side of the block is the G. H. Frost Building.
On the opposite (east) side of Broadway, you can see the City Hall (with the pointed roof) on the next block, between Second and Third.
The photographer is using a telephoto lens, so the distances are foreshortened.
The same corner . . .
. . . with a better view of the block.
<--Today’s Los Angeles Times building
(completed in 1935) will be situated one block this way. <--
The police station
A crowd has gathered to mourn the shooting of ex-Police Chief Walter C. Auble.
(Go here for the story.}
The station is just up First Street (the shadowed street leading to the right, above.)
