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Looking east from the Bradbury Mansion widow’s walk during the construction of Los Angeles City Hall, 1928
Here’s an unusual angle we don’t often get to see. It’s the view looking east from the Bradbury Mansion widow’s walk, while Los Angeles City Hall was being built in 1928. Lewis L. Bradbury was hugely successful real estate developer … Continue reading
Looking southwest from the City Hall tower toward The Los Angeles Times building, circa 1954
I do love coming across nightscape photos of Los Angeles, especially from up above where we can get a bird’s-eye view of a city that looks pretty at night, but whose shadows hide a labyrinth of secrets. This view is … Continue reading
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The old Los Angeles County Courthouse, with City Hall in the background, downtown Los Angeles, late 1920s
Here we have a great photo taken in downtown Los Angeles in the late 1920s. In the foreground is the majestic old Los Angeles County Courthouse, which we lost in 1936 after it was seriously damaged in the Long Beach … Continue reading
Los Angeles City Hall at night, circa 1951
Most photos of the Los Angeles City Hall show us the front view, so I like that this photographer chose to shoot it from the rear, probably from some vantage point along Los Angeles Street. This shot was taken in … Continue reading
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View from Los Angeles City Hall during WWII dim out, with Hall of Records is in the foreground, 1943
I sometimes wonder if it’s from photos like this that film noir emerged. This 1943 shot was taken from City Hall during a WWII dim out when the West Coast was considered a seriously potential target from Japanese attack. In … Continue reading
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Looking through layer of thick smog across downtown Los Angeles to City Hall, 1958
I’m going to think of this picture next time I grumble about having to get my car smog-checked. This was looking across downtown L.A. toward City Hall shows us how dire the smog problem was by 1958. It makes me … Continue reading
JFK tribute at Los Angeles City Hall, November 25, 1963
On orders from the mayor, three days after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Los Angeles City Hall marked the president’s death by arranging the building’s lights in the shape of the cross.
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Los Angeles City Hall on the night of its dedication in 1928.
One of the most iconic and recognizable buildings in Los Angeles is our city hall. I like to think that it’s not just because it played the role of “Daily Planet Building” on TV’s “Superman” (even though it probably is) … Continue reading
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Los Angeles City Hall backlit by nuclear explosion, May 7, 1952.
This photo of Los Angeles City Hall at what looks like dawn seems like nothing out of the ordinary … until you learn that it’s actually night time and the City Hall is being backlit by a nuclear weapon test … Continue reading
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Los Angeles City Hall on New Year’s Day, 1954
A fun shot of the Los Angeles City Hall on New Year’s Day, 1954. They arranged for the lights in the offices to spell out “54” to herald in the new year.
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