Richfield-Bank of America excavation site

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  Hill Street Tunnel demolition

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  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.

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  1st and Hope Streets

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  Lot grading to street level by power shovel and clamshell bucket crane with dump trucks removing the dirt.

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  Richfield-Bank of America Block and Dawson’s bookstore

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  Dawson’s Book Shop, 550 South Figueroa Street, at right. In the middle and left background are the Los Angeles Public Library, Edison Buidling, and microwave tower atop the Pacific Telephone Company building.

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  Richfield-Bank of America building site

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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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  Dawson’s Book Shop

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  Dawson’s Book Shop at 550 South Figueroa Street is between two parking lots. Gates Hotel, 830 West 6th Street, is across the street to the right. Tishman building, 615 South Flower Street, in the background.

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  5th Street west of Olive Street, showing new Union Bank Square

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  One way traffic going west on 5th Street. In middle background, Sunkist Building at 707 West 5th Street with Union Bank Square still under construction at 5th and Figueroa Streets.

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