Title supplied by cataloger. The plaque for the Ross bust reads, ""A. W. Ross. Founder and developer of the Miracle Mile. Vision to see. Wisdom to know. Courage to do."" The California Federal Plaza Building, 5670 Wilshire Boulevard, as seen from near the bust of Alvah Warren Ross, commonly known as A.W. Ross, at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Curson Avenue shortly before sunset in November, 1982. Glimpses of Museum Square (formerly the Prudential building, left) and a partially visible billboard promoting the local radio station KROQ-FM, 106.7 (center) are also visible.
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1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm. Photographic color slides
Office buildings Skyscrapers Bank buildings Streets Palms Street signs Busts Trees Automobiles Sidewalks Billboards Street lighting Roads--Interchanges and intersections Pedestrians Lawns Traffic signs and signals Lost architecture Ross, A.W.--Statues California Federal Plaza Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) KROQ (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) Museum Square (Los Angeles, Calif.) California Federal Bank Becket, Welton Charles Luckman Associates Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park) Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.) Curson Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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