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Title
West Coast Radio City and Sunset Vine Tower
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Harris, L. Mildred
Date Created and/or Issued
1964
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
John C. Austin designed the 1938 Art Deco style NBC Radio facility, which was replaced with a Home Savings & Loan bank in 1967.; Located at 6290 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and designed by architect Douglas Honnold of the firm Honnold & Rex, the 18-story International Style Sunset Vine Tower was the first skyscraper built in Los Angeles after the city repealed its 14-story building height limit.
Looking southeast across Vine Street, showing, from left to right, West Coast Radio City, during the early stages of its demolition, the Sunset Vine Tower and various commercial buildings south of Sunset Boulevard. Dated May 3, 1964.
Type
image
Format
1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00110238
L. Mildred Harris Slide Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b94_f2_i96
CARL0005493532
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/124393
Subject
Sunset Vine Tower (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
West Coast Radio City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Office buildings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Streets--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Demolition--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Commercial buildings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Broadcasting studios--California--Los Angeles
Radio stations--California--Los Angeles
Sidewalks--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Architecture, Modern--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Lampposts--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Vine Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Slides
Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963
Honnold & Rex
Time Period
1961-1970

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