Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The building is captured in a photograph taken across the street. Pedestrians and cars can be seen on the street. Engineers and architects will attempt to remove a ten-foot slice through the center of a huge office building. After the work is finished cement runways will be built under the west half and the mass will be slipped to the east and the two halves reunited. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Height-Limit Building Cut for Setback Lines," Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug 1935: A2. Handwritten on negative: Bldg 8 + Olive to be moved 8-27-35 Text from negative sleeve: 1841 - Commercial Exchange Commercial Exchange Bldg 8 + Olive St to be moved 8-27-35 [stamped:] Aug 30 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8150 ark:/21198/zz002dfzwv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lampposts--California--Los Angeles Building construction--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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