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The Castle and its lone neighbor, Salt Box

Description: 42-story Union Bank Square skyscraper at left. Left front car with the flower decals is a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: Aug 1968
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
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Stretch of Flower Street between Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street

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From left to right: Crocker-Citizens Bank; Southland Hotel, 605 South Flower Street; and Atlantic Richfield Plaza construction. 1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS Coupe in the intersection.

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Los Angeles Central Library and nearby structures

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Looking southeast at the Flower and 5th Streets intersection towards Los Angeles Central Library. Steel skyscraper, 515 South Flower Street, of City National Plaza (formerly ARCO Plaza) taking form at right. Church of the Open Door, with its Jesus Saves rooftop sign, to the right of the library. Crocker Citizens Bank skyscraper towers over its neigbors.

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Old YMCA building

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Rear and side view of the YMCA building at 715 South Hope Street. Crocker Citizens Bank skyscraper in the left background.

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5th Street between Flower Street and Grand Avenue

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From the roof of the Jonathan Club looking east across Flower Street towards Los Angeles Central Library. Steel skyscraper, 515 South Flower Street, of City National Plaza (formerly ARCO Plaza) taking shape at left. From left to right across the street from the library are the Sunkist Building, parking garage, Engstrum Apartment Hotel and the Edison Building. Pacific Bell Tower is in the center background.

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Union Oil Center

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View of Union Oil Company of California, 1201 West 5th Street, from the 23rd floor of the Union Bank building. Thirteen story Home Office Building tower linked by two pedestrian bridges to the Beaudry Building with its auditorium and cafeteria across the street. The Union Oil center covers a square block.

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Lowering the grade on cleared Bunker Hill

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Ground between 2nd and 4th Streets is being graded by cutting and filling earth to provide a flat and stable area to build upon. Tall skyscraper in the background is the Crocker Citizens Bank; Edison Building is in front of it.

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The Castle and its lone neighbor, Salt Box

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