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Post #334 for the LA Noire Freeroam Explorer Project — posting locations replicated by Team Bondi for LA Noire (currently touring the downtown area) that are not considered landmarks (either official or historic) but do have real-world equivalents.

City Towel Supply Building

421 East 6th Street

This industrial loft was constructed in 1923 for the City Towel Supply Corporation, which was one of Los Angeles’ largest laundry services, laundering towels and linens in large quantities for commercial and industrial clients.

More info:

Real-World Businesses and Points of Interest on the LA Noire Fandom Wikia site
Interactive LA Noire Touring Map on the LA Noire Fandom Wikia site

(1-2) Stefffens House Fire: 326 South Kenmore Avenue

(3-4) Sawyer House Fire: 4414 Rosewood Avenue

(5-6) Gulliver's Travel Agency: 5222 Santa Monica Blvd

(7-8) Suburban Redevelopment: 478 North Oxford Avenue

(9-10) Fire Station: 4260 Melrose Avenue

(11-12) InstaHeat Factory: corner of Harvard and Berverly

(13-14) Reginald Varley's Worksite: Mariposa Avenue between 1st and Council

(15-16) Matthew Ryan's Worksite: Normandie Avenue and 1st

(17-18) Walter Clemens' Worksite: Catalina St between 1st and 3rd

(19-20) Wilshire Police Station: 3rd Street and Vermont

Post #333 for the LA Noire Freeroam Explorer Project — posting locations replicated by Team Bondi for LA Noire (currently touring the downtown area) that are not considered landmarks (either official or historic) but do have real-world equivalents.

Citizens’ National Bank Building

301–311 Main Street

The Citizens’ Securities Company, owner of the Citizens’ National Bank Building commissioned architect Harrison Albright to design this five-floor bank building. It was completed in 1906, using reinforced concrete for its structural members, and laid out in an E shape to maximize window offices.

More info:

Real-World Businesses and Points of Interest on the LA Noire Fandom Wikia site
Interactive LA Noire Touring Map on the LA Noire Fandom Wikia site

It scratches an itch when it's perfect but I feel like I want to do the mission all over again when for example, the coins read "MASANG KAYMETALS" or "MASANGKAYMET ALS"

What other weird things you can find in all the %70 of game map that's just unused negative space..

One more location that should properly be in the Landmarks category, but it’s a recent discovery (or a belated acknowledgment about its classification, anyway). So here’s post #332 for the LA Noire Freeroam Explorer Project — posting (for now, anyway) recognized landmarks replicated by Team Bondi for LA Noire (currently touring the downtown area) that are not included in the LA Noire “Official” Landmarks list.

Edison Building Annex

432 South Hope Street

Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #347

Designed by Allison & Allison, the Edison Building Annex was built in 1931 as part of the Southern California Edison Company's headquarters complex and was connected to the main building by an elevated pedestrian bridge.

More info:

Historic/Additional Landmarks on the LA Noire Fandom Wikia Site
Interactive LA Noire Touring Map on the LA Noire Fandom Wikia site

I kid you not this guy is an asshole every time you interact with him

Okay, I lied. Looks like we have to get another couple of landmarks out of the way before getting back to our regularly scheduled programming. Thanks to u/Pootis_gaming_moment, we have the (substantially) altered location of a Bunker Hill landmark. So indulge me for post #331 for the LA Noire Freeroam Explorer Project — posting recognized landmarks that are (at least reasonably) recreated in LA Noire but are not included in the LA Noire “Official” Landmarks list. (After this, I've got one more recently discovered landmark, then it'll be back to the non-landmarks in alphabetical order. I hope…)

The Castle

448 North Figueroa (in-game), 325 South Bunker Hill Avenue (actual)

Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #27

Built in 1882 (and expanded around 1888) by real estate developer Reuben M. Baker, the Queen Anne-style residence affectionately known as “The Castle” — converted into a multi-unit dwelling in the early 20th century — was long considered one of the most distinct homes in the Bunker Hill neighborhood.

More info:

Historic/Additional Landmarks on the LA Noire Fandom Wikia Site
Interactive LA Noire Touring Map on the LA Noire Fandom Wikia site