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Description
Order Number
00090925
Title
Twin
Towers
and
ABC
Entertainment
Center
,
Century
City
Photographer
Westwood, Carol.
Collection ID
Carol Westwood Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
GPC_b019_f3_i6
Date
1980
Physical Description
1
transparency
:color
;6
x
6
cm
.
Historical Data
The
Shubert
Theatre
was
demolished
in
2002
and the
ABC
Entertainment
Center
was
demolished
in
2003.
; The
extensive
portfolio
of
photographic
artist
Carol
Westwood
(1942-2011)
, a
native
New
Yorker
who
lived
in
Los
Angeles
for
many
years
,
includes
a
diverse
array
of
subjects
:
animals
,
nudes
,
American
and
European
cities
, and
portraits
.
Additionally
, she
worked
on
special
and
still
photography
for
numerous
motion
picture
and
television
productions
in
Hollywood
; the
archive
of her
entertainment
and
celebrity
images
was
distributed
internationally
by
Gamma
,
Liaison
International
,
Stone
Images
, and
Getty
images
from
1988-2003
.
Description
Four
prominent
structures
of
Century
City
: the
Shubert
Theatre
(left)
,
where
the
Broadway
hit
, "
Evita
"
is
playing
, the
ABC
Entertainment
Center
(right)
, and the
Century
Plaza
Towers
(background)
. The
ABC
Entertainment
Center
was
designed
by
Henry
George
Greene
and was
completed
in
1972
;
signs
indicate
that the
films
, "
Xanadu
" "
No
Nukes
" are
currently
playing
and that "
Hopscotch
" will be
screening
there
soon
. The
Century
Plaza
Towers
were
designed
by
Minoru
Yamasaki
and
built
between
1969
and
1975
. The
complex
has the
world's
largest
underground
parking
garage
with
5600
parking
spaces
.
Subject
ABC Entertainment Center (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Century Plaza Towers (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.).
Century Plaza Cinemas.
Shubert Theatre (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.).
Xanadu (Motion picture).
Hopscotch (Motion picture).
Theaters--California--Century City (Los Angeles).
Motion picture theaters--California--Century City (Los Angeles).
Office buildings--California--Century City (Los Angeles).
Fountains--California--Century City (Los Angeles).
Lost architecture--California--Century City (Los Angeles).
Century City (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs.
Carol Westwood Collection photographs.
Dye coupler transparencies.
Yamasaki, Minoru,1912-1986.
Greene, Henry George,1911-2005.
Format
Photographic color slides
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
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