Tearing down of the old federal building at the corner of Temple Street and Spring Street, 1937 

Steamshovels and jackhammers are kept busy where the new $7,280,000 Federal Building and Post Office will stand, 1937 

Construction of the New Federal Building and Courthouse at Temple Street and Los Angeles Street, 1938 

Interior of the United States Post Office in the U.S. Federal Building at Temple Street and Spring Street, 1939 

Tearing down of the old Post Office at the corner of Temple Street and Spring Street, 1937 

"The United States Mails Foremost in Public Service Noble Exemplar of Democracy" -- quote by H.B.R. Briggs is posted here in the interior of the Downtown Post Office, 1939 

Federal building with Los Angeles City Hall in the background, 1940 

Architectural model of the proposed United States Post Office and Federal Building at Los Angeles, 1936 

14-story, $13,000,000 apartment building, new Tishman venture on Wilshire, 1957 

That big building which is dedicated in 1927 down in the Civic Center is the City Hall, 1946 

Newest Tishman Building now at 8th floor level, 1956 

Twenty-seven huge army bombing planes soaring over Los Angeles City Hall in mock attack, 1932 

Los Angeles 255 feet high Federal Building, 1955 

Signal Oil building, 811 W. 7th St., Los Angeles, 1933 

Architectural drawing of the new U.S. Custom House and Federal Office Building, 1956 

International Bank Building, in front of City Hall, 1934 

Proposed International Building would house foreign consulates, 1958 

Barrington Plaza, luxury apartment project under construction, West Los Angeles, 1961 

Five-Story office building, 7461 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, 1958 

Tishman Building, 1961