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A couple of things annoy me about this Bank of America, but more of that below. This branch was at the corner of W Pico Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard. Next to it was the Lido Theatre. This is "Job 967: Raymond Shaw, Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1951" (Raymond Shaw was the architect - it's still a Julius Shulman photoset).



Here's a longer shot from south of Pico. On the left is Atlas Real Estate and Tom's Liquor Store.



In case you can't read the name on the lovely building on the right, it says "Big Town Market". The 1956 CD has separate phone numbers for more than half a dozen different departments.



All from Getty Research Institute

Here are the things that annoy me. Firstly, although it's still a Bank of America, the building has had a rather ugly makeover, as can be seen in the image below. Secondly, according to cinematreasures.org, the Lido Theatre was lost when, "In 1979 Mann Theatres sold the property to Bank of America which in turn razed the theatre for a parking lot." NB. Cinema Treasures incorrectly gives the address of the theater as 8607 W Pico Boulevard - it was actually 8507 W Pico.


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The Big Town Market building has lost its towers, but the remaining part still looks good


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