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Identifier	post_00021
Title	Pershing Square, Los Angeles, California
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1955
Subject (Topic)	Parks--California--Los Angeles; Hotels--California--Los Angeles; Parking garages--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.); Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium;
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, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	Garden-Thompson Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, California
Language	eng
Description	Pershing Square with lawn, bordered by trees; Biltmore Hotel on Olive Street; automobiles; bus; truck; yellow taxis; buildings; foothills in background; Temple Auditorium on Fifth Street; sign on building reads:"Temple Baptist Church, Come Worship the Lord" vertical sign reads:Auditorium"
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 1918 in honor of General John J. Pershing. A statue of a WWI Doughboy was erected in 1924. It became known as a site for orators and rallies. A parking garage was installed under the park in 1954. The Biltmore was the largest hotel in the West when it was built in 1923. It consists of three towers of reddish brick, cream-colored stone, and a terra cotta roof. It has been visited by many presidents. The Democratic Convention nominated John F. Kennedy for president there in 1960. It was restored in 1988.
Additional Printed Matter	On back:"Pershing Square covers a huge parking area of three levels, and is located in the center of the business district. The Biltmore Hotel can be seen on the left and the Philharmonic Auditorium is shown at the right."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 50792; Series number: 1011
Contributors	Whittington, Dick
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection