Image / Cement runways underneath Commercial Exchange Building, Los Angeles, between 1935 and 1936

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Title: Cement runways underneath Commercial Exchange Building, Los Angeles, between 1935 and 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1935 and 1936]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A close-up of the large cement runways underneath the Commercial Exchange Building. They will be used to reunite the two halves of the building once it is reduced in size.
In the mid-1930’s, the Commercial Exchange Building on Eighth and Olive Streets was re-sized to accommodate a street-widening project. A ten-foot segment was cut along the thirteen-story building, removed, and the two halves of the building pushed together. The job was supervised by Walker & Eisen and conducted by Kress House Moving Company.
Text from negative sleeve: 2705--- Commercial Exchange Bldg.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9224
ark:/21198/zz002dh7x4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Building construction--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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