L.A.’s notorious Cecil Hotel, captured at night by an unknown cameraman driving northeast on Main from 7th to collect process plates to be used for rear projection in an unknown studio film. I was shocked when I saw this go by, as I’ve never seen a shot of it with that sign lit up at night. Built in 1924, the Cecil was a thriving business in its first several years, with “popularly-priced” rooms back when 7th & Broadway, just two blocks away, was the busiest pedestrian intersection in the city.

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