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Jewelry Trades Building, also known as Title Guarantee Block, [2] is a historic eight-story highrise located at 500 S. Broadway and 220 W. 5th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.
Location of complex in Los Angeles County Bullock's complex is a collection of nine historic buildings located at 639-651 south Broadway , the 300-block of 7th Street , and 634-670 south Hill Street in the Jewelry District and Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles .
The Jewelry District is predominantly made up of early twentieth-century buildings. Half of the area falls under the greater "Historic Core" of downtown Los Angeles, which spans between Hill and Main Streets, and 3rd and 9th streets. The median year in which the buildings in the area were built was 1923.
Downtown Los Angeles's Woolworth's building is made of reinforced concrete in a steel frame and has a Zigzag Moderne facade. [6] It is 60 feet (18 m) by 170 feet (52 m) feet in size. [2] Inside, the building features two grand terrazzo-covered staircases that connect the ground floor to the basement. [4]
The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum] located at the Los Angeles Campus, is home to a large collection of fashion and costume pieces from the 1800s to today. The museum features permanent and temporary exhibits, including costumes and designs from early 20th-century Hollywood, theater, and current television shows and films.
Bracelet; 1st–2nd century AD; gold-mounted crystal and sardonyx; length: 19.69 centimetres (7.75 in); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles) Necklace with a medallion depicting a goddess; 30–300 AD; green glass (the green beads) and gold; length: 43.82 centimetres (17.25 in); Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Merritt Building was built by Reid & Reid in 1915 and was named after its owner Hulett C. Merritt.Merritt originally wanted the building to contain 23 stories at a height of 233 feet, but Los Angeles City Council refused to waive the city's 180-foot building height ordinance, and so Merritt built a 9-story (plus one below-ground story), 144-foot building instead.
According to the City of Los Angeles, the building is "an excellent example of a commercial building in the Art Deco architectural style." Elements of the style featured in the building include a vertical emphasis, metal casement and fixed windows, smooth walls, and ornamentation that include zigzags , chevrons , and other stylized geometric ...