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Title
City Hall
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1981
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/Inc/1.0
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Los Angeles City hall is a Goodhue-esque structure with classical detailing at the base (Greek freize main entrance and Romanesque arcades) and a campanile-like tower influenced by Ziggurat construction. The concrete that the tower is made of was formed from sand taken from each of California's 50 counties and water from each of its 21 missions. It was the tallest building in Los Angeles, by law, until the 1950s. For decades, no building in Los Angeles was allowed to exceed the height of City Hall, until 1957. it remained the tallest building in California from 1928-1964, at 28 stories tall (450 feet). It was built from 1926-28, and first dedicated on April 27th of the same year. Associated architects were Austin, Parkinson, Parkinson and Martin.
Looking east towards the Spring Street side of City Hall during a full moon. City Hall East is also present.
Type
image
Format
1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00161021
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b123_f1_s11
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/134439
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
James K. Hahn City Hall East (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Office buildings
Civic centers
City halls
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Flags--United States
Public buildings
Exterior lighting
Trees
Moon
Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Night photographs
Albert C. Martin and Associates
Welton Becket and Associates
Austin, John C. W.--(John Corneby Wilson),--1870-1963
Parkinson, Donald B.--(Donald Berthold),--1895-1945
Parkinson, John,--1861-1935
Martin, Albert C.,--1879-1960
Neutra, Richard Joseph,--1892-1970
Stanton & Stockwell
Time Period
1981-1990
Source
Hankey, Roy.

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