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Civic Center seen from 1st and Hill Streets

Description: Los Angeles Law Library in the middle ground. Partially visible buildings in the background from left to right: new Hall of Records under construction, Hall of Justice, Law Building, old Hall of Records and City Hall.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 11/15/60
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.

Civic Center along North Hill Street, Los Angeles

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Open skyline between construction of Los Angeles courthouse at 111 North Hill Street and 1st Street on the left and Hall of Justice visible in the right background.

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Union Oil Center, from Bunker Hill

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Work continues on rooftop structures of the Union Onion Center and the partially visible two wings to the left and right of the main tower. Beaudry Building sits below in front. Among the parking lots are the Walgrove Apartments, 427 South Figueroa Street. Middle background building with the rooftop sign is Hotel St. Paul, 1021 West 6th Street.

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Broadway north of 1st Street

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Looking on Broadway's northwest side: The Daily Journal, 121 North Broadway; Hotel Porter; Monterey Hotel; Law Building, 139 North Broadway; Lawyers Title Guaranty Company, 145 North Broadway and Hotel Broadway, 205 North Broadway. Partially visible on the right side is the old Hall of Records. Los Angeles Transit Lines' streetcars traveling south.

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Main Street from 1st Street to 2nd Street

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Demolition underway of brick building with painted sign at 137-139 South Main Street. Higgins Building visible in left background.

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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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Civic Center seen from 1st and Hill Streets

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