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Originally Posted by HossC
Here's today's installment of Julius Shulman's Bank of America pictures. This one is "Job 1434: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1953", with the bank located at 8946 South Sepulveda Boulevard.
This is the view looking north. On the left is the Bobby Thacher School of Dance, while there's all-night bowling across the street. The bowling alley was part of the Paradise Theatre complex which I'll cover below.
The left (west) side of Sepulveda has been completely redeveloped, but traces of the Paradise Theatre remain on the right.
GSV
Here's a better view of the Paradise Building at 9100 S Sepulveda Boulevard.
GSV
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Hey
HossC here are some more Paradise Building photos . . . .
This is on a plaque inside the building:
Here is one of the restored Academy Award plaques; in the top photo, Douglas Shearer is receiving the 1936
Oscar for Sound Recording (for MGM's
San Francisco) from the self-proclaimed "Father of Radio," Lee de Forest:
And here is one of the brass plates outside in front of the main entrance (in the GSV photo of the main
entrance above, the brass plates are all in the shade but some are visible):
The last bowling pin (sorry about the reflection):
All photos by me