Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an architectural model of an office building in Century City containing headquarters for Welton Becket and Associates. "Construction will start this month on the first unit of Century City, a $2,500,000 office building containing headquarters for Welton Becket and Associates, architects and engineers for the project at Santa Monica boulevard and Moreno drive in Los Angeles. The structure keynotes development of the $400,000,000 Century City, master-planned by the firm for Webb and Knapp, owner and developer" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "May 3, 1959". "Please Credit: Welton Becket F.A.I.A and Associates, Architects and Engineers, 5857 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles [...] California" -- stamped on verso. Compares to EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-CEN-CIT-PLA-004
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs models (representations)
3-1275-02805-5201 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-CEN-CIT-PLA-003 [Original Filename] Subjects 316 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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