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The 1960s Bunker Hill redevelopment forced the removal of many Victorian-era homes. Preservationist saved two structures — the Castle and the Salt Box. A story in the May 18, 1964, Los Angeles ...
The last two Victorian homes on Bunker Hill, the Salt Box, left, and the Castle, await a move in 1968. (Boris Yaro / Los Angeles Times) FULL COVERAGE: Grand Avenue project » ...
Los Angeles has changed a lot since the 1940s, and few neighborhoods have changed as much as Bunker Hill.. Once an affluent community filled with some of California’s finest Victorian mansions ...
Bunker Hill, 1969. Los Angeles Public Library photo collection. Developers Kidder Peabody Realty and Prudential jointly purchased the 14 acres that would become Bunker Hill Towers for $3.8 million.
Los Angeles’s downtown has long been the purview of the homeless; these days, however, they vie with the skateboarders for numerical dominance of the Bunker Hill area. Head east, toward Skid Row ...