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Title
Looking east towards the Central City
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1960
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
The DWP General Office Building was designed by Albert C. Martin and Associates and completed in 1964 to the cost of $26,700,000. In November 2000, in honor of longtime council member John Ferraro, the structure was renamed the John Ferraro Building.
Looking east from a neighborhood west of the Harbor Freeway (foreground) showing the construction of the 17-story General Office Building of the Department of Water and Power, located at 111 N. Hope Street, and the Music Center. First Street is seen on the right side, and the Civic Center is partially visible in the background.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 18 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00086786
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Views, Panoramic-Central City; A-001-440 4x5
CARL0004795742
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/113430
Subject
Music Center of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Department of Water and Power
John Ferraro Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Building construction--California--Los Angeles
Central business districts--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Cityscape photographs
Panoramic views
Albert C. Martin and Associates
Time Period
1951-1960

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