Archiving Angeles (AA): The Rise of City Hall

December 11, 2009 at 11:23 am in History

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The tallest building in town was under construction. It would rise 454 feet into the air, made with sand from each of California’s 58 counties and water from its 21 historical missions. It would become the new home of local government and civic pride. It would become Los Angeles City Hall.

The year was 1927.

Photo from the USC Digital Library

Tags: archiving angeles, City Hall
7 Comments »

http://www.hifiparasol.com Kevin Ott

Wow, that’s awesome. I love how you can see the shape of the building before it came to be.
http://frazgomeanders.blogspot.com/ frazgo

wow…what a great find! I just love this series.
http://www.suehwang.com Sue

omg this is flippin’ sweet, love this series as well, one of the reasons i bookmarked la metblogs heh
Matt Mason

Love this pic. Love the entire series. Thank you!
http://snarkydork.com Jodi

Love, love, love this photo!
philpalm

Little know factoid: Saudi Arabia imports its sand for construction because it cannot be used for concrete.

I wonder if Sand from Black beach was nude?
tyson

The wife and I call City Hall “Cock and Balls” because, well, it looks like it. Just.. look.

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