Title supplied by cataloger. Designed by Jacques Lipchitz and installed in 1969, the 30-foot ""Peace on Earth"" bronze sculpture depicts a dove descending to Earth as a spirit of peace, further symbolized by a Madonna standing inside a tear-shaped canopy, being supported by reclining lambs. The reflecting pool was replaced by an automated fountain designed by WET 20 years later. As part of a $40 million revitalization of the Music Center Plaza, renamed Jerry Moss Plaza, the sculpture was moved from its central location to the western edge along Hope Street in 2018. Before the sculpture was reinstalled, it received a new base in which a time capsule was placed. Inside the capsule is a flock of origami cranes with wishes for a future world of fellowship and harmonious coexistence. Looking northeast towards the Civic Center from behind the ""Peace on Earth"" bronze sculpture in the reflecting pool at the Music Center Plaza. A glimpse of the Mark Taper Forum is present on the left and across Grand Avenue are the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration (left of center) and Hall of Records, and further east are the Criminal Courts Building and City Hall, March 1981.
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1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm. Photographic color slides
Music Center of Los Angeles County Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles County Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1962-) Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sculpture Bronze sculpture Reflecting pools Trees Theaters City halls Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Courthouses Public buildings Civic centers Office buildings Weeping figs Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Lipchitz, Jacques,--1891-1973 Albert C. Martin and Associates Austin, John C. W.--(John Corneby Wilson),--1870-1963 Parkinson, Donald B.--(Donald Berthold),--1895-1945 Neutra, Richard Joseph,--1892-1970 Welton Becket and Associates
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