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North Main Street at the 101 Freeway with Pico House, Merced Theater, Masonic Hall in the background



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  • North Main Street at the 101 Freeway, Union Station in the background

    North Main Street at the 101 Freeway, Union Station in the background

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    330 North Main Street building being demolished at boarded up construction site, former location of Grand Central Hotel, Los Angeles.

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  • North Main Street at the 101 Freeway, Union Station in the background

    North Main Street at the 101 Freeway, Union Station in the background

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    Demolition site of the 300 block North Main Street. Orange fallout shelter sign on lamppost. Military recruitment signs along sidewalk in foreground. Hadley Building is at right background.

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  • North Main Street building at the 101 Freeway coming down soon

    North Main Street building at the 101 Freeway coming down soon

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    Last Baker Block building at 330 North Main Street, Los Angeles, awaits its demolition.

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  • Main Street at 101 Freeway. Old buildings being wrecked

    Main Street at 101 Freeway. Old buildings being wrecked

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    South view across the 101 Freeway towards remnants of the Baker Block. The U.S. Courthouse and Los Angeles City Hall are visible in the background. Political and theatrical posters are affixed to the side of a building.

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  • Pico House, Merced Theater and Masonic Temple

    Pico House, Merced Theater and Masonic Temple

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    This collection consists of 35mm Kodachrome slides taken between 1954 and 1972. This collection of photographs taken by amateur photographer Palmer Conner documents by street the physical and social changes of Bunker Hill during the earliest stages of redevelopment. The collection is particularly strong in its depiction of the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles during redevelopment in the 1950s. Images chiefly consist of views of commercial and residential building exteriors taken from the street, including images of both new construction and older buildings in the process of being demolished.

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  • Pico House, Merced Theater, and Masonic Temple

    Pico House, Merced Theater, and Masonic Temple

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    This collection consists of 35mm Kodachrome slides taken between 1954 and 1972. This collection of photographs taken by amateur photographer Palmer Conner documents by street the physical and social changes of Bunker Hill during the earliest stages of redevelopment. The collection is particularly strong in its depiction of the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles during redevelopment in the 1950s. Images chiefly consist of views of commercial and residential building exteriors taken from the street, including images of both new construction and older buildings in the process of being demolished.

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