Los Angeles Civic Center Area Photos |
Downtown LA north of 7th Street comprises City Hall, Olvera Street, arts centers & modern highrises. |
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| Skyline of downtown from hills above Hollywood with round Capitol Records building in foreground. | Skyline of central Los Angeles against San Gabriel Mountains from Rancho Palos Verdes.  | Skyline of downtown Los Angeles. | U.S. Bank + Deloitte & Touche buildings in downtown Los Angeles. |
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| City National Tower (1972) (555 S. Figueroa St.) by AC Martin; Figueroa at Wilshire building (1990) (601 S. Figueroa St.); & 1100 Wilshire (1987) by AC Martin. | Los Angeles City Hall (1926-28) (South Spring at West Temple Streets, southeast corner). Style: Art Deco. Architect: John C. Austin, John Parkinson, Donald B. Parkinson, Albert C. Martin. | Detail of top of Los Angeles City Hall. | Los Angeles City Hall from distance. |
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| Los Angeles City Hall (1926-28). Architect: John C. Austin, John Parkinson, Donald B. Parkinson, Albert C. Martin. | Los Angeles City Hall & City Hall East (16 floors). | Federal Building & Post Office (now US Federal Courthouse (1938-40) (South Spring at West Temple Streets, northeast corner). Style: Moderne. Architect: Louis A. Simon, Gilbert Stanley Underwood. | Hall of Justice Building (1925) (South Broadway at West Temple Streets, northeast corner). Style: Italian. Architect: Allied Architects. |
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| US Federal Courthouse & Hall of Justice Building in downtown Los Angeles. | Roybal Federal Building (1991) (22 floors) (255 East Temple St.). Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc. | The Geffen Contemporary Art Gallery branch of MOCA beside Japanese American National Museum with Roybal Federal Building beyond. | Main St. facade details of Caltrans District 7 Headquarters. |
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| Facade details of Caltrans District 7 Headquarters. | Caltrans District 7 Headquarters (2004) (13 floors) (100 South Main St.). Architect: Gruen Assoc. + Morphosis Architects. | Overhang of Caltrans District 7 Headquarters. | Times-Mirror Building (1931-5) (South Spring at West 1st Streets, southwest corner). Style: PWA Moderne. Architect: Gordon B. Kaufmann. |
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| Times-Mirror Building detail of carved eagle to equal rights & true industrial freedom. | Times-Mirror Building detail of clock & moderne carvings. | Times-Mirror Building detail of knight slaying dragon carved by Gage. | Times-Mirror Building detail of printer holding the torch of truth as carved by Gage. |
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| Disney Concert Hall (1988-2003) (111 South Grand Avenue). Style: Postmodern. Architect: Frank O. Gehry. | Los Angeles Music Center Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (1964-9). Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc. | Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral (2002) (555 W. Temple St.). Architect: Rafael Moneo. | Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) (1983-7) (250 South Grand Avenue) with cylindrical roof plus Museum Tower (1992) 20 floors behind. Architect: Arata Isozaki. |
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| Sculpture of pocket knife as rowed ship in front of Museum of Contemporary Art. | Angels Flight, an historic inclined railroad (1901-69), was reinstalled below California Plaza in 1996 near its original site. | Angels Flight climbs the hill below California Plaza. | Upper loading building of Angels Flight incline railway. |
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| First Interstate World Center & California Plaza. | One & Two California Plaza (1985) (300 South Grand Avenue) 42 & 52 floors. Architect: Arthur Erickson. | Keyhole windows of California Plaza. | Fountains of California Plaza. |
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| Cascades & pools of California Plaza. | Fountains of California Plaza. | Children play in fountains of California Plaza. | Waterfalls of California Plaza. |
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| California Plaza plus looking to twin pair of brown prismatic Wells Fargo & KPMG Towers (former Crocker Center) plus white ARCO Center. | Wells Fargo Tower (1983) (333 South Grand Avenue) 54 floors. Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. | Helicopter shooting film in front of Wells Fargo Tower. | Sculpture before Wells Fargo Tower. |
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| Car silhouettes on a rocking base sculpture at base of Wells Fargo Tower. | Car silhouettes on a rocking base sculpture at base of Wells Fargo Tower. | (1974) (333 South Hope Street) 55 floors (former Security Pacific Bank & BP HQs). Architect: Albert C. Martin Partners. | ARCO Center plaza with red Alexander Calder stabile. |
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| Looking north on Flower Street with white Bunker Hill Tower (1968), Water & Power Building. | Water & Power Building (1964) (111 North Hope Street) 16 floors. Architect: Albert C. Martin Partners. | Residential units opposite Disney Center. | Relief mural of history of Los Angeles on LA Times building extension (2000). |
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| Relief mural of history of Los Angeles & its transportation on Broadway Spring Center. |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |