Identifier	post_00124
Title	Los Angeles City Hall
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1965
Subject (Topic)	City halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--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 ; 14 x 9 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/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	Kolor SalesKo.
Place of Publication	725 E. Broadway, Glendale 5, California
Language	eng
Description	View of entance to City Hall from across the street with focus on the tower rising above the trees; streetlights; parked car; lawn.
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.
Additional Printed Matter	On back:"Los Angeles City Hall has been the tallest building in Southern Callifornia until 1961 when the building code was changed to allow skyscrapers to be built in the city of Los Angeles. The tower at Main Street whcih rises 452 feet is a popular place for visitors to get a splendid view of the Los Angeles metropolitan area."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 51302-B; Series number: KSK-1232
Contributors	Dexter, West Nyack, N.Y.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection