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Title
City Hall
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1929
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
The building has a steel frame covered in granite-like terra cotta on California granite base. This Goodhue-esque structure has classical detailing at the base (Greek main entrance and Romanesque arcades); with a Moderne campanile-like tower influenced by Ziggurat construction. It was designed by associated architects Austin, Parkinson and Martin, and is located at 200 N. Spring Street, on the southeast corner of S. Spring and W. Temple streets in Downtown's L.A. Civic Center.
The Spring street side of Los Angeles City Hall.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00031846
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Buildings-City Hall; A-009-175 4x5
CARL0000033693
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/96026
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
City halls--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Municipal buildings--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963
Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945
Parkinson, John,1861-1935
Martin, Albert C.,1879-1960
Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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