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Identifier	post_00117
Title	City Hall and Hall of Records, Los Angeles, California
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1980
Subject (Topic)	City Halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles; Civic centers--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Los Angeles County Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif.); Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings & structures;
Type	image
Form/Genre	postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	Night view of Broadway with illuminated buildings; City Hall tower framed by palm trees, and Hall of Records; glowing streetlights; traffic lights; street sign reads:Broadway"
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 new Hall of Records on Temple between Broadway and Hill was built between 1957 and 1962 at a cost of $13.7 million. Designed by Richard Neutra, it was described as the world's biggest filing cabinet.
Additional Printed Matter	On back:"Palm trees, a Los Angeles trade mark, help to frame the City Hall and Hall of Records in this beautiful night scene."
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: L-205
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection