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Los Angeles New City Hall

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Los Angeles New City Hall

Physical description: 1 postcard : Color ; 14 x 9 cm.
Collection Location: Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
Description: Off center partial view of current City Hall building; sky filled with pink, yellow, blue, and green hues of sunset; buildings in background; trees in foreground.
Note: 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.
Language: eng
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif.: M. Kashower Co.
Type: Postcards
Digital Identifier: LML_MS-042-002300001
Object Identifier: LML_MS-042-00230
Geographic Location: Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject: City halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Title: Los Angeles New City Hall
Date Range: circa 1935
Source: Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Rights: https://library.lmu.edu/archivesandspecialcollections/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Location: Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)