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Aha! . .so my mystery 'polynesian' building was the
Century House Restaurant. I'd never heard of it before.
It was, unsurprisingly, included in the original plans. [1963]
"A circa-1963 rendering of the prospective CENTURY SQUARE mall. The shopping center itself would be implemented precisely as shown.
However, two office towers in the right center area of the image would not be built.".........mall hall of fame
I also didn't know the Century City Mall was original named Century Square Shopping Center.
Note the rather uninspired sign in the pic below.
martinotimemachine
And here's a wonderful color view taken by renowned photographer
, Julius Shulman. (early 1970s)
reddit
I'm not entirely sure what we're looking at here.
I thought the building with all the skylights might be 'The Marketplace'. .
but according to the diagram
(shown below) 'The Marketplace'
(the former site of the Century House) isn't anywhere near Bullock's.
Thanks for your amazing follow-up post on Century Square
, Martin Pal.
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