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Civic Center from 2nd Street tunnel hill

Description: Bunker Hill parking lots where housing once stood. Prominent Los Angeles Civic Center government buildings are in the background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 9/15/61
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Bunker Hill was going fast

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Cleared area of South Bunker Hill turned into a parking lot where housing once stood.

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Civic Center, from 1st and Hill Streets

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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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Civic Center from 1st and Hill Streets

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Los Angeles Civic Center

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Construction taking place on Civic Center area west of City Hall within Bunker Hill area.

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Civic Center mall and parking garage

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Ongoing construction of the Civic Center mall and its circular underground parking entrance and exit on Hill Street.

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Hill Street Tunnels north of 1st Street

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Retaining wall and stairs on left side of Hill Street Tunnels lead up to a vacant Bunker Hill. Circular "NO PARKING" sign hangs between the tunnels. 1952 Los Angeles Police Department Ford Mainline V8 Fordor and unmarked sedan parked nearby.

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Civic Center from 2nd Street tunnel hill

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