A drawing of Pasadena's first new "limit-height", 1957

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A photograph of a drawing of Pasadena's first new "limit-height". "Pasadena's first new 'limit-height' in 25 years. $2,700,000 structure to rise at 132 South Lake avenue" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "Jan 27, 1957".; "Pasadena;s first new 'limit-height' building in 25 years, a 10-story, $2,700,000 office structure with unique concave sides, will get under way soon at 132 South Lake avenue announce Coldwell, Banker & Company, statewide realtors. Owner of land and building, to include a four-story garage at the rear, is The Dalton Corporation. Coldwell, Banker sold the property and will be exclusive leasing agent. Concave sides -- Concave sides, on north and south exposures, are notable features of the design, by Architecht Kenneth N. Lind, AIA. 'Luxurious' use of building materials will also mark the contemporary steel and masonry structure. All offices will have outside exposure, with unusual louvers jutting out from the facades to eliminate sun glare. Containing 102,640 square feet, building is scheduled for occupancy the summer of 1958. 4-story garage -- The four-story garage will accommodate 232 cars and have elevations facing both Mentor avenue and a shopper's lane, to run from Del Mar avenue to Green street. First two floors of the building will have nearly 12,000 square feet each, with other stories averaging 11,000. Attractive plantings are planned for both the spacious lobby and front and rear elevations" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso.; "10-stories office bldg to rise at 132 S. Lake ave, Pasadena. 1st new 'limit-height' bldg in Pasadena in 25 years. Cost $2,700,000. Kenneth N. Lind, AIA, architect...(the rest of note is not legible)" -- handwritten note on verso. Verso dated, "February 3, 1957".; Streetscape.

Asset Metadata

Title A drawing of Pasadena's first new "limit-height", 1957

Subject Building Height Limit (subject), California -- Pasadena -- Architecture -- Renderings (file heading), Office Building (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 132 South Lake Avenue (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1957-01-27

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (aacr2), architectural drawings (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (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 1957-01-27

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-m3576

Identifier 3-1275-02806-4153 (barcode), EXM-P-S-PAS-CIT-BUI-059 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90742 (legacy record id), examiner-m3576 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-PAS-CIT-BUI-059 (original filename), Subjects 112 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 90742

Unique identifier UC11732512

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-PAS-CIT-BUI-059.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.8 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
32.6 cm × 40.2 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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