Model of proposed Los Angeles Civic Center plan, 1947

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Photograph of a model with caption " Proposed Los Angeles Civic Center plan, April 1, 1947; Scale 1"=100' ". Streets and buildings are labeled on the photograph. "Proposed project -- plans for a new and larger Los Angeles Civic Center unveiled yesterday called for: 1. New Police Administration Building, with Traffic Courts and Coroner. 2. New City Receiving Hospital. 3. New Country Health and Charities Building. 5. New State Office Building and State Engineering Building. 6. New Water and Power Department Buildings. 7. Hollywood Parkway, which goes through Civic Center in an open, subsurface channel. 8. New Federal Buildings. 9. Present City Hall. 10. Present Federal Building. 11. New Commercial Center. 12. Ornamental reflector pool. 13. Hall of Justice, with a new annex for County Utilities and Power Departments. 14. New Superior and Municipal Courts Buildings. 15. New Country Engineering Building and Country Administration Building. 16. New County Library and Education Building and new County Finance Building. 17. Fort Moore Hill Park and future War Memorial site. 18. Existing Board of Education Building. 19. Present County Forestry and Agriculture Buildings. 20 The Plaza area, containing Plaza Church, landscaped into a "park vista" -- Los Angeles Examiner photo" -- clipping dated "Ap. 9, 47"attached to verso stamped " Received Examiner Reference Library, Apr. 9, 1947".; Streetscape.

Asset Metadata

Title Model of proposed Los Angeles Civic Center plan, 1947

Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- Civic Center -- Redevelopment plans (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Civic Center (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles Civic Center (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate -118.2438,34.05665 (point), -118.24539,34.05888 (point), -118.2457,34.05405 (point), -118.24729,34.05739 (point)

Temporal Subject 1947-04-01

Type images, physical objects

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), study models (aat)

Source Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961 (collection), Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961 (subcollection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Date Created 1947-04-01

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Access Conditions Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m3586

Identifier 3-1275-02805-7728 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-579 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90752 (legacy record id), examiner-m3586 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-579 (original filename), Subjects 319 (original filename)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 90752

Unique identifier UC11731796

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-579.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.3 in × 11.9 in at 300dpi
38.8 cm × 30.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

Description The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).

? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)

Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.

The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

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