Los Angeles City Hall at night, downtown Los Angeles, circa early 1950s
I don’t know if it’s the style of photography or if there was a slight mist in the air the night this photo was taken, but either way I love how this circa early 1950s shot makes the Los Angeles City Hall in downtown L.A. seem to glow. I also love how we can juuuust see Lindbergh Beacon shining toward the left. But how about that huge swath of empty land in the foreground? You can bet that space didn’t stay empty for much longer.
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I believe they were just about ready to break ground for what would be known as Parker Center.
https://laist.com/2018/08/21/a_look_back_at_the_parker_centers_past_before_its_likely_knocked_down.php
Was it Lohman and Barkley who dubbed it The Pointy Building?
Hi Skip – I’ve not heard that reference before so I can’t answer that one. Hopefully somebody else seeing this post might be able to answer it.
Pointy Building confirmed here :
https://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=323632&nseq=65
Johnny to the rescue! (Again!)