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Description
Identifier
post_00114
Title
The
Los
Angeles
Civic
Center
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa
1955
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/
Publisher
Longshaw
Card
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
Looking
north
on
Spring
Street
;
City
Hall
building
;
north
of
City
Hall
is
Federal
Building
;
automobiles
and
buses
on
street
;
trees
and
shrubbery
;
foothills
in
background
.
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
. The
18-story
Federal
Courthouse
, a
project
of the
New
Deal
, was
designed
by
Gilbert
Stanley
Underwood
and
built
in the
late
1930s
.
It
initially
housed
the
U.S
.
Post
Office
, the
U.S
.
Courthouse
, and
other
Federal
agencies
,
such
as the
Attorney
General's
office
, the
IRS
and the
FBI
.
It
was the
location
of The
House
Un-American
Activities
Committee
hearings
.
Two
additional
Federal
buildings
were
added
to the
Civic
Center
,
west
of
Los
Angeles
Street
on
Temple
.
Plans
to
integrate
the
offices
of
all
three
buildings
at
one
new
location
are in the
planning
stages
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back:"The Civic Center built in modern Gothic style with its gardens and fountains is one of the most impressive sections in Los Angeles."
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: LS-1
Contributors
Lowman
,
Hubert
A.
;
H.S
.
Crocker
Co
,
Inc.
,
San
Francisco
1
,
Calif.
;
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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