Title supplied by cataloger. Designed by Charles Bentley as a low-cost and portable parking solution, the 1,062-space structure opened in 1969. It stood until 2018 when it was demolished to make room for The Grand, a mixed-use development designed by Frank Gehry. Looking west from the roof of the County Courthouse at Hill and 1st streets. Visible, from left to right, ARCO Plaza, Signal Oil Building, the Bonaventure Hotel, Union Bank, Security Pacific Bank Building (later the Bank of America Plaza) with Calder's Four Arches sculpture, Union Bank, the World Trade Center, the Union Oil Building (west of the 110 Freeway), western communities and the Santa Monica Mountains, the Bunker Hill Towers, the Bunker Hill Tower, and the Bunker Hill portable parking structure.
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ARCO Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.) Union Oil Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bank of America Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.) California Club (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Bonaventure Hotel (Calif.) Union Bank Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Lost architecture World Trade Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Trees Crocker Bank Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.) Street lighting Dwellings Apartments Parking lots Parking facilities Bank buildings Sidewalks Office buildings Central business districts Mountains--California, Southern Automobiles Interstate 110 Clouds Express highways--California, Southern Hotels Skyscrapers Bunker Hill Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bunker Hill Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.) Commercial buildings Streets Vacant lands Alexander, Robert E.--(Robert Evans),--1907-1992 Luckman, Charles,--1909-1999 Albert C. Martin and Associates Portman, John,1924-2017 Calder, Alexander,--1898-1976 William L. Pereira and Associates Grand Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hope Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Flower Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) First Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Second Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Third Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Panoramic views
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