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Wrecking the last big mansion on Wilshire Boulevard
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Wrecking the last big mansion on Wilshire Boulevard
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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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Demolition of Hellman Mansion on Wilshire Boulevard
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Southwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Catalina Street. Property frontage was longer on Catalina Street than along Wilshire Boulevard. Billboards on the property's lawn.
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Hershey Arms Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard
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Hershey Arms Hotel at 2600 Wilshire Boulevard awaiting demolition. The English Renaissance building spans the entire block between Rampart Boulevard and Coronado Street.
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Hershey Arms Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard, awaiting demolition
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Hershey Arms Hotel at 2600 Wilshire Boulevard awaiting demolition.
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Building's last days on Spring Street
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Cleveland Wrecking Company handling the demolition of the Spring Hotel, 245 ½ South Spring Street. At left, the Douglas Building, 257 South Spring Street.
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Plugged Hill Street tunnel exit at Sunset Boulevard
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Sealed Hill Street tunnel's north side entrance just south of Sunset Boulevard. Political posters and circus advertisements plastered over faded Mount Lowe painted sign. At right, Croyden Apartments Hotel, 620 Sunset Boulevard.
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