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Auditorium Hotel, Auditorium Theatre, California Club, and Apartment House District from Pershing Square, Los Angeles, Cal.
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Identifier
post_00016
Title
Auditorium
Hotel
,
Auditorium
Theatre
,
California
Club
, and
Apartment
House
District
from
Pershing
Square
,
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa
1920
Subject (Topic)
Parks--California--Los
Angeles
;
Fountains--California--Los
Angeles
;
Public
art--California--Los
Angeles
;
Hotels--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
Auditorium
Hotel
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Auditorium
Theatre
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
California
Club
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Subject (Place)
Pershing
Square
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Language
eng
Description
Bird's
eye
view
of
park
and
surrounding
buildings
;
fountain
,
trees
;
people
strolling
;
American
flag
on
flagpole
rises
above
trees
;
foothills
in
background
.
Historical Background
Pershing
Square
is
bounded
by
5th
and
6th
,
Hill
and
Olive
. The
oldest
park
in
Los
Angeles
,
it
was
originally
known
as
La
Plaza
Abaja
, the
lower
plaza
, and was
renamed
Central
Park
in the
early
1890s
. In
1900
, the
7th
Regiment
Monument
was
erected
at the
corner
of
6th
and
Hill
as a
memorial
to
soldiers
of the
Spanish-American
War
. The
park
was
redesigned
by
John
Parkinson
in
1911
in a
classical
style
with a
central
fountain
. In
1918
, at the
end
of
WWI
,
it
was
renamed
Pershing
Square
in
honor
of
General
John
J
.
Pershing
. A
statue
of a
WWI
Doughboy
was
erected
in
1924
. The
park
became
a
popular
site
for
orators
and
rallies
. A
parking
garage
was
installed
under
the
park
in
1954
. In the
1880s
and
1890s
, the
corner
of
Fifth
and
Olive
was the
site
of the
4,000
seat
Hazard's
Pavilion
, an
auditorium
that was
shared
by the
Temple
Baptist
Church
and the
city
,
which
used
it
for
opera
,
theater
,
civic
and
sporting
events
. In the
early
1900s
, the
church
, in
partnership
with
downtown
businesses
,
replaced
it
with the
2700-seat
Temple
Auditorium
. From
1920
to
1965
,
it
was the
home
of the
L.A
.
Philharmonic
.
It
was
demolished
in
1985
and
is
now
the
site
of a
parking
lot
. The
prestigious
California
Club
, a
five
story
Italian
Renaissance
building
designed
by
John
Parkinson
, was
located
at
Fifth
and
Hill
from
1904
to
1930
where
it
had a
view
of the
park
from the
Club's
rooftop
garden
. The
club
moved
to
Sixth
and
Flower
in
part
to
accommodate
the
need
for
parking
space
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: A-33631
Additional Notes
Approximate
date
from
postmark
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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