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Title
Aerial view of Central City, between 1950-1970
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Los Angeles City Hall was designed by John and Donald Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, and was completed in 1928; The Cathedral of St. Vibiana was designed by John C. Austin; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion was designed by Welton Becket; Pacific Bell Tower designed by Parkinson & Parkinson in 1961; Security Pacific Bank designed by Wm. Pereira Assoc. and built in 1973; Arco Towers, as they were known then, were designed by Albert C. Martin and Assoc. and built between 1972-73; and the Union Bank, also designed by Albert C. Martin and built in 1976.
In this photo, several high-rise buildings can be seen throughout. The most prominent are: City Hall (middle right), Cathedral of St. Vibiana (middle left), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (extreme right), Pacific Bell Tower and Arco Towers (upper left), Union Bank and Security Pacific Bank (upper right).
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;28 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00074514
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Views, Panoramic-1950-1970.
CARL0000079600
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111304
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Cathedral of Saint Vibiana (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles, Calif.)
PacBell Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Security Pacific National Bank
ARCO Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Union Bank (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Central business districts--California--Los Angeles
Municipal buildings--California--Los Angeles
City halls--California--Los Angeles
Catholic churches--California--Los Angeles
Aerial photographs
Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963
Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945
Parkinson, John,1861-1935
Martin, Albert C.,1879-1960
Becket, Welton
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
William L. Pereira and Associates

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