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Title
Saturday afternoon near MOCA
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Photo Collection;
Creator
Roth, Marissa
Contributor
Part of the Los Angeles Neighborhoods Project. Made accessible through a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
2001
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
Photo shows a lone pedestrian walking with the aid of a cane, near MOCA at California Plaza, as he heads southbound on Grand Avenue on a Saturday afternoon. Several buildings can be seen in the background, including One California Plaza, Grand Promenade Tower, Wells Fargo Tower, KPMG Tower, as well as others. MOCA, or the Museum of Contemporary Art, was founded in the spring of 1979. It is the only museum in Los Angeles devoted exclusively to contemporary art, and has developed one of the nation's most renowned permanent collections, now numbering over 5,000 works. It is located at 250 S. Grand Ave. Photograph dated 2001.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 31 cm. on sheet 28 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00066884
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection;
GPC_b2_f3_i10; A-011-650 4x5
CARL0000070123
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/3861
Subject
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
California Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Grand Promenade Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wells Fargo Bank
KPMG Peat Marwick
Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles
Museums--California--Los Angeles
Art museums--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)
Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Grand Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs

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