Identifier	post_00126
Title	Civic Center, Los Angeles, Calif
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1961
Subject (Topic)	Express highways--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/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	Mitock & Sons
Place of Publication	13561 1/2 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	Automobiles going West on Hollywood Freeway, leaving downtown; Federal Building; old Hall of Records; City Hall; overpass; streetlights; two billboards, one for "Taix French Restaurant" and the other for "Burgemeister Beer."
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, the 101, runs northwest out of downtown LA, past Hollywood, and into the San Fernando Valley, where it becomes the Ventura Freeway. The 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:"The famous Hollywood Freeway entering the Los Angeles Civic Center. The City Hall is on the left - The U.S. Court House and Post Office on the right."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: P27955
Additional Notes	Printed using the Plastichrome process by Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. Approximate date from postmark.
Contributors	Mills, David M.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection