Title supplied by cataloger. Designed by Jacques Lipchitz and installed in 1969, the 30-foot ""Peace on Earth"" bronze sculpture depicts a dove descending to Earth as a spirit of peace, further symbolized by a Madonna standing inside a tear-shaped canopy, being supported by reclining lambs. The reflecting pool was replaced by an automated fountain designed by WET 20 years later. As part of a $40 million revitalization of the Music Center Plaza, renamed Jerry Moss Plaza, the sculpture was moved from its central location to the western edge along Hope Street in 2018. Before the sculpture was reinstalled, it received a new base in which a time capsule was placed. Inside the capsule is a flock of origami cranes with wishes for a future world of fellowship and harmonious coexistence. The ""Peace on Earth"" bronze sculpture in the central reflecting pool at the Music Center Plaza. In the foreground is the Music Center dedication, which reads, ""The Music Center -- A Living Memorial to Peace -- Dedicated to -- Dorothy Buffum Chandler -- 1964."" Some of the plaza's manicured ficus nitida trees are seen along Hope Street, directly across from the Department of Water & Power (DWP) headquarters (background), March 1981.
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1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm. Photographic color slides
Music Center of Los Angeles County John Ferraro Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sculpture Bronze sculpture Reflecting pools Flags--United States Office buildings Buses Pedestrians Automobiles Streets Weeping figs Hope Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Lipchitz, Jacques,--1891-1973 Albert C. Martin and Associates
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