First Ccncrete poured for $20 million Valley towers
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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 article dated October 19, 1961 partially reads, "Construction started on the above-ground phase of the first building of the $20 million, high-rise Panorama Towers project at Van Nuys boulevard and Titus avenue, Panorama City. The first building will rise 13 stories and will contain some 200,000 square feet of office space. Later, plans call for construction of another 13-story structure and a 20-story office facility... Included among those participating in the cement-pouring ceremony were: County Supervisor Warren M. Dorn, Councilman Ernani Bernardi, Welton Becket, architect on the project; William Brownyard, developer, and Henry C. Beck, Jr., contractor."
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Dorn, Warren M Bernardi, Ernani Becket, Welton Beck, Henry Brownyard, William Panorama Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.) Building construction--California--Panorama City (Los Angeles) County council members--California--Los Angeles County City council members--California--Los Angeles Mixed-use developments--California--Los Angeles Real estate development--California--Los Angeles Real estate developers--California--Los Angeles City planning--California--Los Angeles Contractors--California--Los Angeles Panorama City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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