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Title
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California
Creator
Keystone Photo Service, Inc.
Date
1927
Description
A view looking down past tiers of wooden benches to a platform and covered structure in the outdoor Hollywood Bowl. The Hollywood Hills are in the background.
Format Extent
1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Subject
Amphitheaters--California--Los Angeles; Outdoor concert facilities--California--Los Angeles; Music--Performance--California--Los Angeles; Concerts--California--Los Angeles;
Note
In 1919, a group of art patrons in Los Angeles known as the Theatre Arts Alliance (later the Hollywood Bowl Association), purchased land in Bolton Canyon in the Hollywood Hills for a concert venue. The site was originally known as Daisy Dell, until a music director observed that the acoustics were so good because the place was shaped like a "huge bowl," and the new name stuck. Since its inception, there have been five shells created for the Hollywood Bowl. In 1926 a cooperative called Allied Architects built the first arched proscenium, but acoustic defects caused it to be torn down after one season. That same year, Pasadena (Calif.) architect Myron Hunt designed the amphitheater. Lloyd Wright (1890-1978) designed the 1927 pyramid-shaped shell out of wood from a set of the movie "Robin Hood," that was not intended to be permanent. The following year he designed and built a second, acoustically and aesthetically appealing circular shell, but it was condemned as structurally unsafe. In 1929 the firm of Elliott, Bowen and Walz designed the fourth shell that remained until 2004, although many attempts were made in the interim to improve the acoustics. The fifth shell was designed by architects Hodgetts and Fung. In 1991, a group of 80-100 musicians officially established the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra under the leadership of John Mauceri. As of 2008, the Bowl is one of the largest outdoor concert facilities in the world.
Collection
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
Type
Geographic Location
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Language
eng
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