Hill Street Tunnel demolition

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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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  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

  Visual Materials

  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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  Hill Street tunnel demolition at 1st and Hill Streets

  Visual Materials

  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.

  photCL 486