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Plaza Restoration from the 101 freeway



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  • Plaza Firehouse restored

    Plaza Firehouse restored

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    Oldest firehouse in Los Angeles. Located at 501 North Los Angeles Street. Opened as a firefighting museum after restoration. At right is the Hellman/Quon Building undergoing restoration.

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  • Los Angeles Street from freeway to the Plaza

    Los Angeles Street from freeway to the Plaza

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    North Los Angeles Street between Arcadia and Plaza Streets. Garnier Building, North Los Angeles Street. Smaller, adjacent red building is 425 North Los Angeles Street.

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  • Plaza buildings being restored

    Plaza buildings being restored

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    Wood beams supporting Mason Hall's brick wall during roof and wall restoration work.

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  • The Plaza partially restored

    The Plaza partially restored

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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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  • Plaza buildings being restored

    Plaza buildings being restored

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    Part of the Brunswig Building, 501 North Main Street, at far left. Pico House, Merced Theater, and Masonic Hall under restoration.

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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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