West Fifth Street spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle to the right. It is viewed from an elevated perspective. Automobiles and a street car travel along the street. On the far side of West 5th Street, cars park along the curb. Beyond, the incomplete Central Library of the Los Angeles Public Library rises. It is viewed at an angle from the side and faces towards West 5th. The grand building is surrounded by scaffolding. A tower rises from its near corner. On the ground surrounding it, chicken wire fencing lines the perimeter of the construction site. A small shack and piles of lumber sit in front and to the left of the building. Some construction workers are visible milling about the site.
