Civic Center, Los Angeles, Calif
Identifier
post_00118
Title
Civic Center , Los Angeles , Calif
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa 1960
Subject (Topic)
Express highways--California--Los Angeles ; Traffic congestion--California--Los Angeles ; Public buildings--California Los Angeles ; City halls--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
Mitock & Sons
Place of Publication
13561 1/2 Ventura Blvd. , Sherman Oaks , Calif .
Language
eng
Description
Los Angeles Civic Center and skyline with City Hall , Hall of Justice , Federal Building and old Hall of Records ; trees ; streetlights ; gate ; freeway signs ; heavy traffic is seen on United States Highway 101 out of downtown ; two trucks in foreground have lettering that reads:"Coast Carloading "
Historical Background
The Civic Center is bounded by Figueroa , San Pedro , First , 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 wasn't completed until the 1950s . The Hollywood Freeway , part of United States Highway 101 , runs northwest out of downtown LA , past Hollywood , and into the San Fernando Valley , where it becomes the Ventura Freeway . California Route 170 continues northwest as the Hollywood Freeway . One of the early modern freeways , it was built between 1940 and 1948 , initially as a possible toll road . Approximately 2,000 buildings were moved or destroyed to accommodate it , and protests were held because it cut through crowded neighborhoods . The Pacific Electric railway went down the center of the freeway at first , but highway builders , opposed to a rail system , put a stop to it .
Additional Printed Matter
On back:"Famous Hollywood Freeway, linking Los Angeles with Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley. The most heavily traveled thoroughfare in the world."
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: P28768
Additional Notes
Printed using the Plastichrome process by Colourpicture , Boston , Mass .
Source
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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