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Title
City Hall, 1st and Main, Los Angeles
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Leonard, Gary
Date Created and/or Issued
2005
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
The building has a steel frame covered in granite-like terra cotta on California granite base. This Goodhue-esque structure has classical detailing at the base (Greek main entrance and Romanesque arcades); with a Moderne campanile-like tower influenced by Ziggurat construction. It was designed by associated architects Austin, Parkinson and Martin, and is located at 200 N. Spring Street, on the southeast corner of S. Spring and W. Temple streets in Downtown's L.A. Civic Center.
Exterior view of L.A. City Hall where a gigantic American flag can be seen hanging from the tower. Photograph dated July 1, 2005.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print:color ;18 x 13 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00104728
Gary Leonard Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b43_f3_i40
CARL0005198061
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/119903
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Central business districts--California--Los Angeles
Municipal buildings--California--Los Angeles
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Civic centers--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
City halls--California--Los Angeles
Flags--United States
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Gary Leonard Collection 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

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