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New City Hall by Night, Los Angeles, Calif.

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Identifier	post_00032
Title	New City Hall by Night, Los Angeles, Calif.
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1930
Subject (Topic)	City halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Subject (Name)	Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 14 x 9 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	https://library.lmu.edu/policies&procedures/librarycopyrightpolicy/
Publisher	Novelty Distributors, Inc.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles
Language	eng
Description	Third and current City Hall building lit up against dark background with beams of light shining from tower.
Historical Background	The original City Hall building was located on Spring Street in an adobe structure that also housed the City Jail. A second City Hall was built on Broadway between 2nd and 3rd streets in 1888. The third and current City Hall, with its obelisk tower, is bounded by Temple, Main, First, and Spring, and was completed in 1928. At the time, the city had a height restriction of 12 stories, making the new 454 foot high, 32-story building the tallest in the city. At the peak is an airplane beacon named in honor of Lindbergh. The building material included sand from every county in California and water from all 21 California Missions.
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 360
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection