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Title
Glimpse of City Hall in Los Angeles
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1985
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.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Los Angeles City Hall is a Goodhue-esque structure with classical detailing at the base (Greek freize main entrance and Romanesque arcades) and a campanile-like tower influenced by Ziggurat construction. The concrete that the tower is made of was formed from sand taken from each of California's 50 counties and water from each of its 21 missions. It was the tallest building in Los Angeles, by law, until the 1950s. For decades, no building in Los Angeles was allowed to exceed the height of City Hall, until 1957. It remained the tallest building in California from 1928-1964, at 28 stories tall (450 feet). It was built from 1926-28, and first dedicated on April 27th of the same year. Associated architects were Austin, Parkinson, Parkinson and Martin.
Greenery frames this view of the majestic Los Angeles City Hall, located at 200 North Spring Street.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00084080
Herald Examiner Collection
HH_b061_f5_i32
CARL0002880979
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/25803
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
City halls--California--Los Angeles
Civic centers--California--Los Angeles
Municipal buildings--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Martin, Albert C.,1879-1960
Parkinson, John,1861-1935
Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963
Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945

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