Title supplied by cataloger. The Shubert was demolished in 2002 and replaced with an office building. In the foreground is the ABC Entertainment Center featuring a lighted fountain. In the background are the Century Plaza Towers. The ABC Entertainment Center, designed by Henry George Greene was completed in 1972 and demolished in 2003 ; the Century Plaza Towers, designed by Minoru Yamasaki was built between 1969 and 1975. Playing at the Shubert, the theater of the complex, is "42nd Street," and "Scarface", starring Al Pacino. Minoru Yamasaki's two soaring towers with triangular floor plans rise behind Greene's Brutalist theatre complex in this view. The complex has the world's largest underground parking garage with 5600 parking spaces. Photograph dated April 2, 1984.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 25 cm. Photographic prints
Century Plaza Towers (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.) ABC Entertainment Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Shubert Theatre (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.) Theaters--California--Century City (Los Angeles) Office buildings--California--Century City (Los Angeles) Lost architecture--California--Century City (Los Angeles) Fountains--California--Century City (Los Angeles) Century City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Night photographs Greene, Henry George,1911-2005 Yamasaki, Minoru,1912-1986
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