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Order Number	00072263
Title	Abandoned Cornfield, view 10
Photographer	Leonard, Gary.
Collection ID	Gary Leonard Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b36_f4_i25
Date	2000
Physical Description	1 photograph :color
Description	The 247-acre abandoned railroad yard, formerly known as River Station, located just north of Chinatown (background far right) and within half a mile from El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. A cluster of business towers and skyscrapers in the financial district stands out in the background. Beginning in the 1920s, Taylor Yard, named after business owner and grain merchant J. Hartley Taylor, was a Southern Pacific freight-switching facility which included maintenance and repair facilities for railroad cars and locomotive engines. Onsite utilities, such as electricity, plumbing and mechanical support services, were present for the convenience of workers. By the 1960s operations had waned and in 1985 the yard was completely shut down, left only to be used for maintenance and storage. In 2006, this site became Los Angeles State Historic Park, Cultural Monument #82. Photo dated December, 2000.
Subject	Railroad yards--California--Los Angeles. Skyscrapers--California--Los Angeles. Office buildings--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Cornfield (Los Angeles, Calif.). Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Panoramic views Gary Leonard Collection photographs.
Coverage	1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Format	Photographic prints
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