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Title
Bunker Hill
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
1975
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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 southwest from the roof of the County Courthouse at Grand Avenue and 1st Street in December 1975. Visible structures, from left to right, the Bunker Hill portable parking structure, City National Bank, One Wilshire, the Madison Complex, the Crocker Bank Tower, One Bunker Hill, Broadway Plaza, the Aon Center, Central Library, the California Club, Pacific Financial Center, ARCO Plaza, Security Pacific Bank Building (later the Bank of America Plaza) with Calder's Four Arches sculpture, Union Bank, the World Trade Center, the Bunker Hill Towers, the Bunker Hill Tower, and a large parking lot.
Type
image
Format
1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00161231
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_123_f1_s22
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/139507
Subject
ARCO Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Madison Complex (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Aon Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
One Wilshire (Los Angeles, Calif.)
City National Bank Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1958-)
One Bunker Hill Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Bank of America Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.)
California Club (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Union Bank Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Lost architecture
Los Angeles Public Library
Central Library (Los Angeles, Calif.)
World Trade Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Broadway Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Trees
Crocker Bank Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Street lighting
Central business districts
Dwellings
Apartments
Parking lots
Parking facilities
Bank buildings
Art deco (Architecture)
Pacific Financial Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Courthouses
Pedestrians
Sidewalks
Office buildings
Automobiles
Skyscrapers
Bunker Hill Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Bunker Hill Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Commercial buildings
Streets
Vacant lands
Alexander, Robert E.--(Robert Evans),--1907-1992
Luckman, Charles,--1909-1999
Woodford & Bernard, Architects
Albert C. Martin and Associates
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor,1869-1924
William L. Pereira and Associates
Allison & Allison
Calder, Alexander,--1898-1976
Farquhar, Robert D
Grand Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hope Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Flower Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Olive 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
Time Period
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Source
Hankey, Roy.

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