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Los Angeles - City Planning

Description

Approx. 45 items: clips and copies of LAT editorials and news stories on city planning and urban renewal, especially in the central city area, 1912 to the 1970s. Notable items: booklet, Annual Report - Board of City Planning Commissioners, Los Angeles, 1934-35 ; booklet, A Report to Honorable Fletcher Bowron, Mayor of Los Angeles (City Planning Commission), 12/4/1942 ; 48-pp. booklet, Accomplishments - City Planning Commission, 1957; 18-pp. booklet, City Charter - excerpts relating to City Planning, 1959 ; booklet of LAT reprints, originally published during 4/1966, "Urban renewal...salvation or new blight?"; undated brochure (ca. 1990), Central City West, produced by Center City West Associates.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1912 - 1981
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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