In 1988 the County of Los Angeles received its largest gift
ever of $50,000,000 from Mrs. Lillian Disney, the widow of the late Walt
Disney, for the construction of a new music hall for the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra. To be known as the Walt Disney Concert Hall, this new
edifice was to stand on land which had been set aside for this purpose in 1964
when a major complex of three performance halls and theaters was completed.
Also received for an organ was a $1,000,000 gift from the Toyota Motor Corporation.