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Title
ABC Entertainment Center & Century Plaza Hotel
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
1982
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/Inc/1.0
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Peter Shaffer's play, Amadeus, ran at the Shubert Theatre (demolished in 2002) from December 5, 1982 to January 30, 1983. The rest of the ABC Entertainment Center was demolished in 2004 and the site was replaced with 2000 Avenue of the Stars, an office complex designed by Gensler.
The Century Plaza Hotel (center), as seen from the center walkway of the multi-level ABC Entertainment Center plaza at sunset in November 1982. Also visible are the Plitt Century Plaza Theatres at Century Plaza 2 (left), the fountain in the median of Avenue of the Stars (center), various businesses throughout the plaza, and theatergoers at the box office of the Shubert Theatre (right). Signage outside the Shubert indicates that tickets for forthcoming performances of Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus are currently on sale.
Type
image
Format
1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00161545
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_123_f3_s4
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/140692
Subject
ABC Entertainment Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Century Plaza Hotel (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Plitt Century Plaza Theatres (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Shubert Theatre (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Clouds
Commercial buildings
Hotels
Fountains
Motion picture theaters
Street lighting
Shrubs
Walkways
Electric signs
Sunrises & sunsets
Theaters
Ticket offices
Electric lighting
Streets
Lost architecture
Automobiles
Greene, Henry George,1911-2005
Yamasaki, Minoru,1912-1986
Avenue of the Stars (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Century City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
Source
Hankey, Roy.

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