image analysis - How can I figure out precisely where someone was standing to take this old cityscape photograph?

This photograph of Spokane (source) was taken in 1915. I've identified six of the buildings in the picture, and would like to figure out where the photographer was standing so I can make a modern counterpart. How can I go about doing that?

I've narrowed the likely location down to about a quarter-mile of road based on what's visible, but I'd like more precision. Just going there and looking isn't likely to work, because most of the buildings in the foreground no longer exist, and much of the area is now forested.

If it makes things simpler, one of the six buildings I've identified is almost dead-center at the bottom of the image, and two others are due north and south of it.

Answer

Distant objects can help. Considering that, once the image is leveled, the peak of Mount Spokane in the far background lines up vertically with the still-existing Kempis Apartments in the close foreground, you've got at least one very accurate line to work with. If the stretch of road that you mention runs at enough of an angle to this line, then intersecting them should get you pretty close.