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The Pavilion -- Los Angeles Music Center

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Identifier	post_00227
Title	The Pavilion -- Los Angeles Music Center
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1960
Subject (Topic)	Music halls--California--Los Angeles; Theaters--California--Los Angeles; Evening gowns; Chandeliers
Subject (Name)	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles, Calif.); Music Center of Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 15 x 10 cm
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	Mitock & Sons
Place of Publication	N. Hollwyood, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	Interior view of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with guests dressed in evening gowns under illuminating chandeliers.
Historical Background	Los Angeles Music Center consists of Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. Among them, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion was the first and largest theater of the Music Center. It was built in 1964 and designed by Welton Becket under a total design policy: the firm designed everything from the structure to its interior design including lighting fixtures, carpeting, typography, restaurant china and flatware to create a unified look. The interior is famous for the 78 crystal light fixtures as well as three chandeliers made with 24,000 pieces of hand-polished crystals imported from Germany. The Pavilion was named after Dorothy Buffum Chandler, wife of the Los Angeles Times' publisher, who led a planning committee for the Music Center and successfully raised private donations of over 20 million dollars to build the Center.
Additional Printed Matter	On back: "The Grand Hall -- 3 stories high features 3 specially designed 17 ft. high magnificent crystal chandeliers suspended from a diamond patterned ceiling set with diamond shaped mirrors. Welton Becket and Associates Architects -- Engineers."
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection