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Hill Street Tunnel demolition

Description: Ground preparation for new Los Angeles County courthouse at the northwest corner of 1st Street and Hill Street. A crane works atop the hill while dump trucks below haul dirt. 1952 Los Angeles Police Department Ford Mainline V8 Fordor sedan at intersection.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 12/1/54
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.

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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1st Street and Hill Street intersection

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Northeastern part of Bunker Hill already cleared of homes. Juicy Fruit gum billboard sits below. 1952 Los Angeles Police Department Ford Mainline V8 Fordor sedan parked south of intersection.

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Hill Street's old walls and the courthouse

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Old retaining walls and stairs that used to lead up to the Moore Cliff Hotel apartment building, 121 South Hill Street, on Bunker Hill. Los Angeles Superior Courthouse lies across the street at 1st Street. 1958 Plymouth Savoy taxi with the Yellow Cab Company nearing intersection has tail fins and yellow wheels.

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Hill Street tunnels demolition

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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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Old Victorian on Temple Street

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Second Empire style Victorian home with mansard roof and dormer windows. It occupied the south side of Temple Street at the north limit of Bunker Hill. Out front, 1954 Ford Mainline Tudor sedan.

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