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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