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Description
Photograph of a model with caption " Proposed Los Angeles Civic Center plan, April 1, 1947 Scale 1"=100' ". Streets and buildings are labeled on the photograph. "Proposed project -- plans for a new and larger Los Angeles Civic Center unveiled yesterday called for: 1. New Police Administration Building, with Traffic Courts and Coroner. 2. New City Receiving Hospital. 3. New Country Health and Charities Building. 5. New State Office Building and State Engineering Building. 6. New Water and Power Department Buildings. 7. Hollywood Parkway, which goes through Civic Center in an open, subsurface channel. 8. New Federal Buildings. 9. Present City Hall. 10. Present Federal Building. 11. New Commercial Center. 12. Ornamental reflector pool. 13. Hall of Justice, with a new annex for County Utilities and Power Departments. 14. New Superior and Municipal Courts Buildings. 15. New Country Engineering Building and Country Administration Building. 16. New County Library and Education Building and new County Finance Building. 17. Fort Moore Hill Park and future War Memorial site. 18. Existing Board of Education Building. 19. Present County Forestry and Agriculture Buildings. 20 The Plaza area, containing Plaza Church, landscaped into a "park vista" -- Los Angeles Examiner photo" -- clipping dated "Ap. 9, 47"attached to verso stamped " Received Examiner Reference Library, Apr. 9, 1947". Streetscape.
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image
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1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs study models
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