The Shubert Theatre was demolished in 2002 and the ABC Entertainment Center was demolished in 2003.; The extensive portfolio of photographic artist Carol Westwood (1942-2011), a native New Yorker who lived in Los Angeles for many years, includes a diverse array of subjects: animals, nudes, American and European cities, and portraits. Additionally, she worked on special and still photography for numerous motion picture and television productions in Hollywood; the archive of her entertainment and celebrity images was distributed internationally by Gamma, Liaison International, Stone Images, and Getty images from 1988-2003. Four prominent structures of Century City: the Shubert Theatre (left), where the Broadway hit, "Evita" is playing, the ABC Entertainment Center (right), and the Century Plaza Towers (background). The ABC Entertainment Center was designed by Henry George Greene and was completed in 1972; signs indicate that the films, "Xanadu," "No Nukes" are currently playing and that "Hopscotch" will be screening there soon. The Century Plaza Towers were designed by Minoru Yamasaki and built between 1969 and 1975. The complex has the world's largest underground parking garage with 5600 parking spaces.
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ABC Entertainment Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Century Plaza Towers (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.) Century Plaza Cinemas Shubert Theatre (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.) Xanadu (Motion picture) Hopscotch (Motion picture) Theaters--California--Century City (Los Angeles) Motion picture theaters--California--Century City (Los Angeles) Office buildings--California--Century City (Los Angeles) Fountains--California--Century City (Los Angeles) Lost architecture--California--Century City (Los Angeles) Century City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Carol Westwood Collection photographs Dye coupler transparencies Yamasaki, Minoru,1912-1986 Greene, Henry George,1911-2005
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