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4th and Flower Streets

Description: Finishing construction work of additional 4th Street roadways up to Hope Street. Pacific Bell Tower used for telephone switching off to the right at 420 South Grand Avenue.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: Sept '70
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.; RESTRICTED. Use digital reproductions in the Huntington Digital Library. Originals available by special permission only.

Flower Street between 4th and 5th Streets

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400 block of South Flower Street cleared for redevelopment with the Sunkist Building, 707 West 5th Street, to the right still in place. In the background on the right, the Art Deco style Edison Building, 601 West 5th Street, and Pacific Bell Tower, 420 South Grand Avenue, on the left.

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5th Street east of Figueroa Street

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Seven story Sunkist Building, 707 West 5th Street, east of the Flower Street intersection. Tall background buildings are the Edison Building, 601 West 5th Street, and Pacific Telephone’s communications center with its microwave tower at 420 South Grand Avenue.

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Flower Street and Hope Street between 3rd and 4th Streets

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Apartments and hotels line Flower Street and Hope Street. Far left background, Hotel Elmar is at 325 South Hope Street. Its large rooftop sign reads, "NEW HOTEL ELMAR".

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6th and Flower Streets

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East along 6th Street from Flower Street toward Hope Street. On the right is Mobil Oil/General Petroleum Building, 612 South Flower Street. Further east is the National Oil Building, 609 South Grand Avenue. Background skyscrapers under construction are the City National Bank on the left and One Wilshire right of cente.

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5th Street between Flower Street and Grand Avenue

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From the roof of the Jonathan Club looking east across Flower Street towards Los Angeles Central Library. Steel skyscraper, 515 South Flower Street, of City National Plaza (formerly ARCO Plaza) taking shape at left. From left to right across the street from the library are the Sunkist Building, parking garage, Engstrum Apartment Hotel and the Edison Building. Pacific Bell Tower is in the center background.

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6th and Hope Streets

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From left to right: Bible Institute, 558 South Hope Street; Superior Hotel, 564 South Hope Street; Oaks Hotel, 621 ½ West 6th Street; and Hotel Savoy, 565 South Grand Avenue.

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4th and Flower Streets

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