Title supplied by cataloger. John B. and Donald D. Parkinson built the 448-foot, 17-floor Pacific Telephone Microwave Tower, located at 420 S. Grand Avenue, in 1961. The top of the building is a microwave tower that was used from 1961-1963. Today, known as the PacBell Tower, it serves 1.3 million phone lines in the 213 area code for foreign long distance calls. The cluster of office buildings for the telephone company at this location is known as the Madison Complex.; The Philharmonic Auditorium was later demolished and replaced with a parking lot. The First German Methodist Church and the San Carlos Hotel were later demolished and replaced with the headquarters for the Southern California Gas Company. The Pacific Telephone Microwave Tower, as seen from Olive and 5th streets on February 28, 1963. Present on Olive Street are the San Carlos Hotel and the First German United Methodist Church, foreground. On the far right is a glimpse of the sign for the Philharmonic Auditorium.
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Madison Complex (Los Angeles, Calif.) First German United Methodist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Telephone companies--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Bunker Hill (Los Angeles) Microwave antennas Hotels--California--Los Angeles Methodist church buildings--California--Los Angeles Church buildings--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Olive Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fifth Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Slides Parkinson & Parkinson
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