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Title
Avenue of the Stars, Century City
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
1982
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.
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Peter Shaffer's play, Amadeus, ran at the Shubert Theatre (demolished in 2002) from December 5, 1982 to January 30, 1983. The rest of the ABC Entertainment Center was demolished in 2004 and the site was replaced with 2000 Avenue of the Stars, an office complex designed by Gensler.
The fountain in the median of Avenue of the Stars at sunset, November 1982. Visible structures include, from left to right, Century Plaza Hotel (partial view, far left), 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Gateway East, 1900 Avenue of the Stars, and the Shubert Theatre, where Amadeus is being performed.
Type
image
Format
1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00161555
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_123_f3_s4
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/140686
Subject
ABC Entertainment Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Century Plaza Hotel (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Shubert Theatre (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Theaters
Marquees
Hotels
Office buildings
Fountains
Commercial buildings
Street lighting
Electric lighting
Sunrises & sunsets
Streets
Clouds
Lost architecture
Yamasaki, Minoru,1912-1986
Greene, Henry George,1911-2005
Welton Becket and Associates
Martin, Albert C.,--Jr
Gateway East Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1900 Avenue of the Stars (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1901 Avenue of the Stars (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Avenue of the Stars (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Century City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
Source
Hankey, Roy.

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