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Title
Sketch of Beverly Hills Parkway development, Beverly Hills, 1930
Alternative Title
Beverly Hills Parkway
Date Created and/or Issued
May 15, 1930
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Cornell (Ralph D.) papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Zones like this one were created to separate the residential district from the Boulevard and included pedestrian paths and gardens. The electric bronze fountain illuminated by colored lights was installed at the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica in 1930. Plan has an aerial view of the zone, a side view (cross-section) of the fountain, and a detailed perspective sketch of the fountain. 'Carmellite Ave' is actually Carmelita Ave
Beverly Hills Parkway; Cook, Hall & Cornell, Landscape Architects - City Planners; 3723 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles; May 15, 1930
[handwritten] #4 Cook, Hall & Cornell
Labels on plan: Carmellite Ave, Approximate Cross-section, Scale of Plan. 1"=20'0", Wilshire Boulevard., Santa Monica Boulevard, Walden Drive
Type
Image
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0063
ark:/21198/zz002b5xf7
Language
English
Subject
Environment
Santa Monica Boulevard (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Government
Gardens
Landscape architecture
Paths
Wilshire Boulevard (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Business
Roadside improvement
Fountains
Boulevards
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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