Looking west over the palms and banana trees of Pershing Square to the Biltmore Hotel, which opened in 1923 

A view of City Hall and other buildings in downtown Los Angeles 

The Biltmore Hotel as seen from Pershing Square, with men sitting on the park benches, some of which are "reserved for women and children only" 

A commercial district in downtown Los Angeles 

Court house in downtown Los Angeles 

Court house in downtown Los Angeles 

Panoramic view of Los Angeles near downtown from a rooftop 

A crowded skating rink with a sign announcing a couples contest on Monday nights and races on Wednesday night 

A view of the Miracle Mile sign with the May Company in the background 

The Los Angeles Times building (202 West First Street) and surrounding buildings in downtown Los Angeles, CA 

A family walking down the streets of Chinatown 

A high-angle view of the May Company Building with people walking along the sidewalk on the corner of Eighth Street and Broadway 

A large group of men gathered in Westlake Park, with old men playing cards in the foreground 

Union Station as seen from its parking lot, with people walking to their cars 

In Downtown Los Angeles facing north on South Hill Street before West Fifth Street 

Small residential community of principally apartments overlooking downtown Los Angeles and the mountains in the distance 

Facing north on South Hill Street at West Fifth Street at Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles 

A panoramic view of the inside of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with a capacity crowd 

A high-angle view of the I-110 Freeway looking south just before the downtown exit with many tall buildings in the background 

Streetscape in downtown Los Angeles