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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/#d.en.3004
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