Images of an older Downtown

Motivated by yesterday's fun video of Broadway shot in the 1980s, Los Angeles photographer Robert Pacheco sent along his photo essay of Downtown in the 1970s. In his black-and-white images, Broadway looks more like an aging eastern city, or perhaps a street scene in Latin America. Pacheco also was the photographer chosen in 2001 to document Miracle Mile for the Central Library's Neighborhood Projects series. Those pics, also B&W, can be viewed here.

Photo: Robert Pacheco