City Hall tower provides panoramic view of metropolis
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated September 6, 1962 partially reads "Dedicated in 1928, the 28-story Los Angeles City Hall serves as the pulsating heart of the huge metropolis, with arteries extending from the subdivisions and shopping centers of the Valley to the harbor." The photo was taken from the 25th floor of Los Angeles City Hall. Looking east, Los Angeles Union Station at 800 North Alameda Street, is in the center of the photo. On the far left is the Terminal Annex Post Office at 900 North Alameda Street. The Hollywood Freeway, lower left, can be seen below the Alameda Street overpass. In the upper right corner, barely visible is Los Angeles County General Hospital. Part of item #00134967 was superimposed on this photograph for publication.; See images #00134964 through #00134967 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. on board 22 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.) United States Post Office Terminal Annex (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Gas Company Los Angeles County General Hospital Post office buildings--California--Los Angeles Architecture, Modern Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Urban landscape architecture--California--Los Angeles Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles Buildings--California--Los Angeles Gasholders Industrial facilities--California--Los Angeles Hospitals--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles) Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Express highways--California, Southern Parking lots--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.) Santa Ana Freeway (Calif.) United States Highway 101 Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Aerial photographs Panoramic views Valley Times Collection photographs
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