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Title
Century Wilshire Hotel, Westwood
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Laskey, Anne
Date Created and/or Issued
1978
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
The highest resolution available for this image is 300 dpi.; Title supplied by cataloger.
This collection is comprised of approximately 1,000 slides capturing buildings along Wilshire Boulevard. The slides were taken during Tuesday afternoon walks in 1978-1979 by Marlene Laskey and her 15-year-old daughter, Annie, who was the primary photographer. Marlene (1933-1989) was a Michigan native who moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and became a Los Angeles historian and architecture enthusiast. At the time of her death from cancer, Marlene was working on a Master of Urban Planning degree at UCLA, and was an interviewer for UCLA's Oral History program.
Looking southwest across the street towards the Century Wilshire Hotel, located at 10776 Wilshire Boulevard in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Known as the Sovereign Arms Apartments when it opened in 1950, this French style, 66-room structure was designed by William G. Chandler. It was later demolished and replaced with the Carlyle on Wilshire, a luxury high-rise residential building.
Type
image
Format
1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00090733
Marlene & Anne Laskey Wilshire Boulevard Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b16_f4_i193
CARL0004995559
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/116129
Subject
Hotels--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)
Architecture--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)--French influences
Lost architecture--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)
Streets--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)
Slides
Chandler, William G
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1971-1980

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