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Norton Building, also known as Zukors [2] and H. Jeyne Company Building, [3] is a historic six story building located at 601-605 S. Broadway and 312 W. 6th Street in the Jewelry District and Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.
Joseph Francis Sartori (December 25, 1858 – October 6, 1946) was a Los Angeles banker and civic leader, founder and President of Security-First National Bank, was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Country Club and the City of Torrance, and was influential in the development of the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel, Subway Terminal Building and Los Angeles Civic Center.
The foundation and the Norton Family Office are located in Santa Monica. ARTnews magazine regularly lists Norton among the world's top 200 collectors. In 1999, Norton purchased letters written to Joyce Maynard by reclusive author J. D. Salinger for $156,500.
The Stange family's patriarch paid for their home on Rambla Vista, with a sweeping ocean view, largely with his salary as a Los Angeles County lifeguard. “Malibu was a community.
José Julio Sarria (December 13, 1922 – August 19, 2013), [1] [2] also known as The Grand Mere, Absolute Empress I de San Francisco, and the Widow Norton, was an American political activist from San Francisco, California, who, in 1961, became the first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States.
Samuel Tilden Norton (January 21, 1877 – February 16, 1959), or S. Tilden Norton as he was known professionally, was a Los Angeles–based architect active in the first decades of the 20th century. During his professional career, he and Abram M. Edelman were considered the city's preeminent synagogue architects, [ 1 ] and he was also ...
Part of the Alvarado Terrace Historic District. Powers Place holds the distinction as the "shortest street in Los Angeles." 237 First Baptist Church of Los Angeles: April 9, 1981: 2875 W. 8th St.; 2960–2982 Leeward; 760 S. Westmoreland Ave. Mid-Wilshire Constructed by Allison & Allison in 1927; "...a notable work of eclectic architecture" 238
Norton Flats was constructed in 1926 at North Norton Avenue in Los Angeles. Its erection was part of the post-war courtyard apartment boom in the United States. The Flats consisted of three two-story, four-unit buildings with rusty red clay roof tiles and double-hung windows. [1] The buildings were arranged in a U shape around a central garden.