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Description
Identifier
post_00058
Title
Los
Angeles
Civic
Center
and
Chinatown
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa
1965
Subject (Topic)
Chinese
Restaurants--California--Los
Angeles
;
Decoration
and
ornament
,
Architectural--California--Los
Angeles
;
Express
highways--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Place)
Chinatown
(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/
Publisher
Western
Publishing
&
Novelty
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
Freeway
and
roads
into
downtown
;
illuminated
pagodas
;
glowing
streetlights
;
City
Hall
tower
;
Hall
of
Justice
;
Federal
Building
.
Historical Background
The
Historic
Arroyo
Seco
Parkway
, the
West's
first
freeway
, was
built
in
1940
.
Renamed
the
Pasadena
Freeway
in
1954
,
it
connects
Pasadena
with
downtown
and
runs
alongside
the
twenty
mile
Arroyo
Seco
, a
stream
and
watershed
. 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
,
1st.
" 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
was not
completed
until
the
1950s
. The
original
Los
Angeles
Chinatown
""
began
in the
late
1800s
as a
small
settlement
on
Calle
De
Los
Negros
,
between
El
Pueblo
Plaza
and
Old
Arcadia
Street
, and
expanded
east
across
Alameda
Street
.
Suffering
from
absentee
landlords
and a
lack
of
municipal
services
and
code
enforcement
, the
area
was in
decline
when
the
city
forced
residents
out
and
demolished
it
to
make
way
for the
new
Union
Station
Terminal
.
Two
new
Chinatowns
were
created
:
China
City
, a
tourist
attraction
,
complete
with
rickshaw
rides
,
brainchild
of
Christine
Sterling
,
founder
of
Olvera
Street
; and
New
Chinatown
, a
business
and
residential
neighborhood
created
and
funded
by the
Chinese
community
under
the
leadership
of
Peter
Soo
Hoo
.
Both
opened
to
great
fanfare
in
1938
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back:"as seen at night from the Arroyo-Seco Freeway, entering the downtown buisness area."
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: 5C-K573; Series number: L-50
Contributors
Graham
,
William
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
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