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The Lindbergh Beacon shines from the top of Los Angeles City Hall, New Year’s Day, 1953
In this wonderfully evocative film-noir-ish shot, we can see the light atop Los Angeles City Hall—known as the Lindbergh Beacon—beaming across downtown L.A. The office lights in the tower have been organized to spell out 53, which is the year … Continue reading
Night shot of Los Angeles City Hall with the L.A. Times building in foreground, possibly 1928
Without any definite markers to date it, it’s hard to pinpoint when this spectacular night shot of the Los Angeles City Hall was taken. But I’m going to take a guess that it was for the 1928 opening, which was … Continue reading
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A man looks south east from from the top of Los Angeles City Hall, September 23, 1949
I tend to think of L.A.’s smog problem as being more of an 1950s thing but this photo shows that it was pervasive in the 1940s. This shot was taken on September 23, 1949 and shows a man standing on … Continue reading
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Atomic blast as seen in Downtown Los Angeles, 5.15am on May 7, 1952
Is it any wonder that the 1950s saw a rise in science-gone-wrong movies when this sort of stuff was going on? The Nevada Test Site, where the government tested atomic bombs was around 300 miles from Los Angeles. The bomb … Continue reading
Los Angeles City Hall in color, circa 1941
Judging from the reddish Ford in the left foreground, which was probably a brand new 1941, this photo of Los Angeles City Hall is circa early 1940s. Isn’t it amazing how the simple addition of color in a vintage photo … Continue reading
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Looking up Spring St to Los Angeles city hall, circa early 1930s
In this photo from sometime in the 1930s, we can how Los Angeles City Hall dominated the LA skyline for so long. Nothing even comes close. We’re looking up Spring St with the Lyceum Theater in the foreground. It had … Continue reading
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Los Angeles City Hall and the Civic Center District as seen from Bunker Hill, 1940s
Angelenos nowadays are used to a largely flattened downtown but twas not always thus. As we can see from this 1940s shot, the huge outcropping of rock known as Bunker Hill rose sharply and steeply at the top end of … Continue reading
Goodyear blimp hovers above Evening Herald building to pick up newspapers for a special delivery to Los Angeles City Hall, November 5, 1931
Who knew that the Goodyear blimp made special delivery runs? This shot was taken on November 5, 1931, which was the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles Evening Herald. On that day, a Goodyear blimp named “The Volunteer” hovered over … Continue reading
Nighttime view looking northeast showing City Hall as seen from Bunker Hill, circa 1929
It looks like every available light was trained on the Los Angeles City Hall for this nighttime shot taken in 1929. The building had only opened the previous year and was a pretty big deal. From then until 1973, it … Continue reading
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The Los Angeles Times building and Los Angeles City Hall at night February 4, 1969
Most photos taken of downtown Los Angeles look like the opening scene from a film noir picture where some weary gumshoe is about to encounter a shady femme fatale with shenanigans on her mind. But I thought this photo of … Continue reading