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After, Shipley returned to Los Angeles. There, he launched his own preliminary course in gemology on September 16, 1930, to train and certify jewelers. The jewelers he certified would eventually form a national guild of jewelers. [3] The first GIA gemological laboratory was established in Los Angeles in 1931.
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.
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.
Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California, United States. [2] Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art. [3] The main campus is located in the former IBM Aerospace headquarters at 9045 Lincoln Boulevard in Westchester, Los Angeles.
Southern California Gas Company Complex, Downtown Los Angeles, 1925; Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, 1911; Spring Street Courthouse, Los Angeles, 1940; Storer House, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, 1924; Sun Realty Company Building (now Los Angeles Jewelry Center), Los Angeles, 1930; Sunset Tower, Los Angeles, 1931; Thomas Jefferson High ...
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.
[4] [5] The building and its contents were looting targets during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, [6] and Fredericks vacated the building in 2005. In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with this building listed as a contributing property in the district. [3]
The school began granting Bachelor's and Master's degrees in arts in 1949, and was fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1955. In 1965, the school changed its name to Art Center College of Design. The school expanded its programs, including a film program in 1973.