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Description
Photograph of a scale model. "Dramatic Barrington Plaza, luxury apartment project now under construction at Barrington Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard in West Los Angeles, features 26-story building at left soaring 315 feet above Wilshire Boulevard, highest residential building in the West. Two 17-story buildings in background, and two-story commercial center at far left, plus two-level underground garage, complete structural elements. Exterior "skin" of buildings is composed of glass window walls and bronze anodized aluminum. This view shows main entrance on Stoner Avenue, looking southeast. Wilkes-Nichols & Associates" -- typed photo caption attached to verso. "Highest residential building in West will be this 26-story apartment, part of massive Barrington Plaza project in West Los Angeles. Two 17-story buildings will rise to the southeast." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 8 January 1961. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs study models
-118.45994,34.04947 -118.45811,34.04713 -118.45905,34.04659 -118.46082,34.04867 Barrington Avenue & Wilshire Boulevard Barrington Plaza California Los Angeles USA West Los Angeles
Source
3-1275-02805-1549 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-032 [Original Filename] Subjects 317 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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