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Identifier	post_00034
Title	City Hall and Civic Center from the Air, Los Angeles, Calif.
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1934
Subject (Topic)	City halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles; Civic centers--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 ; 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/#d.en.3004
Publisher	Pacific Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	San Francisco & Los Angeles
Language	eng
Description	Aerial view of the third and current City Hall rising above surrounding buildings; across from City Hall is the old Hall of Records; to the left of that is the Hall of Justice.
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 Second and Third 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. The Civic Center is bounded by Figueroa, San Pedro, First, and the Hollywood Freeway. One of the largest government complexes in the world, it includes the Federal Building, the Federal Post office, City Hall, County Hall of Justice, County Hall of Records, the Department of Water and Power, the Music Center Complex, and County Courts. Although plans for the Civic Center were underway as early as 1905, it wasn't completed until the 1950s.
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 379
Additional Notes	Approximate date from postmark.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection