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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]
Trustee Building was designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom, the duo responsible for many buildings on Broadway, including Bullock's Building, Yorkshire Hotel, Metropolitan Building, and Broadway Mart Center. It was built in 1905 [1] and originally housed financial institutions. [2]
Wurlitzer Building, built in 1923, was designed by Walker & Eisen, the architecture firm responsible for several buildings on Broadway, including the Silverwood's and Platt buildings. [1] This building, originally lofts on the top eight floors and offices for Wurlitzer below, was billed as "the world's largest music house" upon its completion.
Broadway, until 1890 Fort Street, is a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles County, California, United States.The portion of Broadway from 3rd to 9th streets, in the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles, was the city's main commercial street from the 1910s until World War II, and is the location of the Broadway Theater and Commercial District, the first and largest historic theater district ...
Albert Joseph Wallace (February 11, 1853 – February 23, 1939) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council in 1907–09 and lieutenant governor of California in 1910–14. He acquired the Bumiller Building from Isabelle M. Anderson, 1935, in exchange for his two-story building at 425 South Broadway, occupied by the W. T. Grant Company.
Hoffman Building, built in 1906, was originally four-stories and currently is one. [2] [3] It was originally home to Yamato Inc., a Japanese bazaar that also served tea and cake, and then a Harry Fink & Co. women's clothing store in 1917.
Judson-Rives Building features Beaux Arts architecture [2] and is made of steel-framed concrete and brick with a granite, sandstone, and glazed terra cotta facade. [3] [8]The building's front-facing west facade is six bays wide and is arranged in a base-shaft-capital composition up to the eighth floor, with an entablature separating the base from the shaft between the second and third floors.
In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Wilson Building listed as a contributing property in the district. [ 1 ] The building sold for $3 million in 2013 [ 3 ] and ECF Art Centers moved into the building in 2014.