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Title
Park La Brea Towers and Wilshire Boulevard
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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
Designed by Wurdeman and Becket and built in 1948, the Prudential Building was later renamed Museum Square.
Aerial view showing Park La Brea Towers, the Prudential Building at 5757 Wilshire Boulevard (foreground) and various commercial buildings. View was taken from a blimp.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00026809
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Residences-Apartment Buildings; S-003-821 4x5
CARL0000030510
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/94021
Subject
Prudential Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Park La Brea Apartments (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Parking lots--California--Los Angeles
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Aerial photographs
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wurdeman and Becket

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