Identifier	post_00042
Title	Los Angeles, California
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1965
Subject (Topic)	City halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles; Public art--California--Los Angeles; Civic centers--California--Los Angeles
Subject (Name)	Music Center (Los Angeles, Calif.); Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	Civic center (Los Angeles, Calif.); 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/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	Krieg Publishing Company
Place of Publication	Los Angeles
Language	eng
Description	Concrete plaza of Music Center, looking toward City Hall and State Building; people standing and sitting on benches; automobiles parked on street; newspaper kiosks; flags on flagpoles; flowerbed; trees; bronze statue depicting intertwined figures holding the Virgin Mary, who lifts a tear-drop shaped canopy up toward a dove that is heading earthward.
Historical Background	The Performing Arts Center of L.A., often referred to as the L.A. Music Center, was built between 1962 and 1967 on seven acres, bounded by Grand Avenue, Hope Street, First Street, and Temple Street. It included the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Mark Taper Forum, and the Ahmanson Theatre. It was designed by Welton Becket and Associates in the same New Formalism style as Lincoln Center in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. In 2003, Walt Disney Hall, designed by Frank Gehry, was added. The complex is home to the Center Theatre Group, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Los Angeles Opera and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The statue Peace on Earth was created by Jacques Lipschitz, and placed between the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Mark Taper Forum in 1969. A fountain was constructed around it in 1987. 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.
Additional Printed Matter	On back:"Portion of Mall, Music Center and Los Angeles City Hall"
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: KV6523
Contributors	Kolor View Press, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection