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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
A wonderful building with an Auburn-Cord showroom at 3443 Wilshire, pre Equitable Bldg.
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Can you imagine spending the extra money to build that exquisite tower.
I believe it is purely ornamental (with it's arrow slit windows and small floor space). |
Well, ethereal, the tower actually belongs to the Wilshire Chrisitian Church next door at the corner of Normandie. Although sometime after your shot the Cord building did acquire a tower--two in fact. The building was owned by E.L. Cord, who not only built the cars sold in the dealership (Fuller Auburn-Cord), but the radio station elsewhere in the building, KFAC ("Kall Fuller Auburn Cord"). (I was sure there were posts here about it, but a quick search didn't bring any up.)
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