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Old Posted Jun 5, 2017, 7:00 PM
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We've got a bank building from Julius Shulman today. It's "Job 4068: Kurt Meyer, Liberty Savings and Loan Association, 1966, 1967".



A straight-on view of the front.



The last shot is a more arty angle looking up the side.



All from Getty Research Institute

Liberty Savings and Loan was at 1180 S Beverly Drive. More recently it's been Citibank, although the 2017 GSV images show the signage removed and banners with leasing details. From laconservancy.org:
After it was built, some tenants pushed to have the building painted dark brown so it would look more "finished." [Kurt] Meyer publicly protested this step, and the bank remained its simple, and quite effective, Brutalist self.

Today, some consider it among the finest examples of the style in Los Angeles.

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