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Wrecking of old buildings for Superior Oil Building
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Superior Oil Building under construction
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Intersection of Flower Street and one way 6th Street with the Richfield Building and construction site on the north side.
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6th and Hope Streets, wrecking for Superior Oil Building
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Entire north side block of 6th Street between Hope and Flower Streets to be demolished. Background building is the California Club, 538 South Flower Street.
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6th and Flower Streets, excavating for Superior Oil Building
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Looking south at the northeast corner of Flower and 6th Streets with its covered walkways around the construction site. Background building is Mobil Oil/General Petroleum Building, 612 South Flower Street.
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Main Street at 101 Freeway. Old buildings being wrecked
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South view across the 101 Freeway towards remnants of the Baker Block. The U.S. Courthouse and Los Angeles City Hall are visible in the background. Political and theatrical posters are affixed to the side of a building.
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Superior Oil Building
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This collection consists of 35mm Kodachrome slides taken between 1954 and 1972. This collection of photographs taken by amateur photographer Palmer Conner documents by street the physical and social changes of Bunker Hill during the earliest stages of redevelopment. The collection is particularly strong in its depiction of the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles during redevelopment in the 1950s. Images chiefly consist of views of commercial and residential building exteriors taken from the street, including images of both new construction and older buildings in the process of being demolished.
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YMCA building being wrecked
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Scaffolding surrounds the YMCA building, which is undergoing demolition. Third Church of Christ, Scientist visible in background on Hope Street.
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