Having been born that same year, 1955, in Sacramento, I can't say I recall L Street set up with one-way traffic running east. I can only recall L running west one way. I don't recall when that changed...it must have been the early 1960s. Much of this scene remains the same, although the yellow traffic light standard and woman in the mink stole are long gone. The hotel became an office building at least 20 years ago.

My late dad ran the nearby 926 J Street office building -- then known as the California-Western States Life tower, all 14 stories of it! 926 J has since turned into a posh hotel! Dad would not be able to believe that shift were he still around...