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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge
Los Angeles Times, October 16, 1938
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While looking for pictures of the State Building's Broadway entrance ramp shown in
Flyingwedge's LAT diagram, I came across this picture from 1939.
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A close-up shows a sign for J. S. Metzger & Son, the contractors named in the LAT article.
Detail of picture above.
There must've been dozens of proposed schemes for the Civic Center over the years, and I'm sure we've seen most of them here. This one from 1950 (previously posted by
westcork in
post #3062) shows a virtual twin for the State Building. The full description is:
Photograph of a drawing with the caption "Sketch showing unification of Superior and Municipal Courts as proposed by Supervisor Leonard Roach". "Civil Center pattern -- Supervisor Leonard Roach will submit plans for a 20-story building (A) to house Superior and Municipal Courts and a Law Library. Also included in his plans, the Hall of Records would be razed and replaced with a $5,000,000 county administration building (B). Existing buildings are Hall of Justice (1), Federal Building (2), City Hall (3), and State Building (4). Building A would cost $14,650,000 instead of 17,453,809 for three separate buildings" -- clipping dated "Apr. 27, 1950" attached to verso.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
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