Scope and content:

The Walt Disney Concert Hall (WDCH) files range in date from 1974-2012 and contain Task Force notes and studies; historic files and clippings; community gifts binders; committee binder and authorization book; Capital Campaign binders; Opening binder and press kits; Corporate records books; Master Agreement and Communications binders; Marketing and Communications Department files; project files, photographs, and reports; Board Authorization Book and Program draft; sublease agreement drafts; project files; legal files; Gershwin Gallery files; Speaker Series photographs, ephemera, and audiovisual materials; graphic presentations; cafe, Pavilion plans, and presentations; interior plans, exterior models, and restaurant renderings; Collar and Bow, projection images, and Wayfinding Graphics; posters, plans, and renderings; Grand Avenue Pedestrian Project plans; Dedication ephemera and memorabilia; Civic Opening kit and Frank O. Gehry photograph; Dedication guest books; hard hat and memorabilia; Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence; audiovisual materials; construction slides; Dedication Report; and digital materials.

Biographical / historical:

The Music Center of Los Angeles County opened its newest venue, the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall (WDCH) in October 2003, expanding the existing Music Center campus to 11 acres. The Hall is the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Located on a historic downtown Los Angeles site, Walt Disney Concert Hall is situated on Bunker Hill at the intersection of First Street and Grand Avenue, adjacent to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. A large portion of the site is devoted to an urban public park that is accessible not only from the Hall, but from the adjacent streets. The primary entry plaza, located at the corner of First and Grand, connects the facility to the existing Music Center Plaza, and a secondary entry plaza, located at the corner of 2nd and Grand, provides primary access to the gardens.

Source: Music Center Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County press kit, Backgrounder Walt Disney Concert Hall, Box 1,964, Music Center records (Collection 3261). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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CONTAINS UNPROCESSED DIGITAL AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Digital and audiovisual materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.

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