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Title
North Hollywood Park vs. the Hollywood Freeway
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
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
Pictured are several vehicles preparing a 20-acre parcel of North Hollywood Park for construction of the Hollywood Freeway extension. The park strip, approximately 250-ft. wide, is located on the west side of the park between Chandler and Magnolia Blvds. The $3 million segment will extend from the new Ventura Freeway to Magnolia Blvd., and will include several bridge structures. The eight-lane freeway will ultimately join the Golden State Freeway north of Roscoe Blvd. in the vicinity of Laurel Canyon Blvd. Photograph dated September 13, 1961.; See images #00116915 through #00116920 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00116917
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d019_f4_i16
CARL0005340600
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/50609
Subject
Express highways--California, Southern--Design and construction
Express highways--California, Southern
Roads--California--Los Angeles--Design and construction
Construction equipment--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
North Hollywood Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
State Route 170 (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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