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Beverly Hills City Hall, 451 N. Crescent Dr. at Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, circa 1936
This photo is a reminder that not everything to come out of the Great Depression was drab and dreary. Beverly Hills City Hall at 451 N. Crescent Dr. at Santa Monica Blvd, seen here circa 1936, was constructed in 1931 … Continue reading
Beverly Hills City Hall with matching fountains and palm trees, Los Angeles, circa the year it opened, 1932
At first glance, it would be easy to think you’re looking at the forecourt of some French chateau and Italian palazzo. But nope. This is the forecourt of the Beverly Hills City Hall at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills. … Continue reading
Beverly Hills post office at Crescent Dr and Santa Monica Blvd, as seen from Beverly Hills City Hall, May 1, 1934
If you had stood on the 4th-floor balcony of Beverly Hills City Hall on May 1, 1934 and looked west, this would have been your view. Mostly, it would have been of the Beverly Hills post office, which is that … Continue reading
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Looking east from Canon Drive toward the Beverly Hills City Hall, Beverly Hills, 1933
In 1932, the city of Beverly Hills built its city hall. And not just any city hall, but according to the Los Angeles Times the largest and most expensive city hall of any municipality its size in the country. It … Continue reading
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Honorary Mayor Will Rogers demonstrates a new street sweeper in front of the original Beverly Hills City Hall at North Crescent Drive and Burton Way, 1926
Hugely popular humorist and rope-twirler, Will Rogers was made honorary mayor of Beverly Hills in December 1926. “Honorary” meant there was really nothing significant for him to do. But still, when the city acquired a new Elgin Street Sweeper, who … Continue reading
Looking north from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel showing Beverly Hills City Hall in upper-left and the Victor Hugo Restaurant at center-right, circa 1938
If, for some reason, you were standing atop the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in 1938 and you looked north across Beverly Hills, this would be your view: the ornate Beverly Hills city hall rising like a lighthouse among a sea of … Continue reading
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Beverly Hills City Hall, 1937
One of the most beautiful buildings in L.A. is the Beverly Hills City Hall. It opened in 1932, was photographed here on August 9, 1937, and is, thankfully, still standing.