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5th Street between Olive and Hill Streets

Description: Buildings next to Pershing Square park along 5th Street from left to right: Auditorium Building, 427 West 5th Street; building at 415 West 5th Street; and Title Guarantee Building, 411 West 5th Street.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: Mar 66
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.

Pershing Square buildings on 5th Street

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Buildings framed by Pershing Square park trees and benches from left to right: Auditorium Building, 427 West 5th Street; building at 415 West 5th Street; Title Guarantee Building, 411 West 5th Street; and Hotel Clark, 426 South Hill Street.

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South Olive Street towards 4th Street

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Row of four Victorian structures at 322-334 South Olive Street. In the shadowed left background is the Broadway department store and the Black Building, 357-361 South Hill Street. Visible in the far background, Hotel Clark sign is at 426 Hill Street and the tower of the Title Guarantee Building at 411 5th Street. On the sidewalk next to the cleared area is a Danger Keep Out sign and a barricade with light. 1961 Plymouth Suburban station wagon coming up the hill.

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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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Auditorium Building at West Fifth Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles

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Elevated view looking at the corner of West Fifth Street and Olive Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, and focused on Clune's Auditorium Building, later renamed the Philharmonic Auditorium (427 West Fifth Street), with Henry J. Martin's Auditorium Pharmacy storefront (435 West 5th) at the corner, and the California Club building (451 South Hill Street) visible to the right of the Auditorium; with Central Park (later renamed Pershing Square) at right across the street, and an electric streetcar and automobiles visible.

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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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Looking northeast from 5th and Flower Streets at Bunker Hill

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Sunkist Building, 707 West 5th Street.

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5th Street between Olive and Hill Streets

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