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Originally Posted by tovangar2
According to David Gebhard and Robert Winter in Guide to Architecture in Los Angeles in Southern California 5401 Wilshire was originally a Spanish Colonial Revival Building from the 20s. (I've spent way too much time over the years staring at the filigree-embossed chimney pot at the apex of the tower tying to figure it out.) They list Marcus P Miller as the architect for the 30s remodel as opposed to Anderson & Norstrom listed by the you-are-here web site. I don't know which is correct.
I always thought the deep recess high on the Wilshire facade may have originally been a window.
I can't make out the sign in this highly airbrushed and colored view:
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection, Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library
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Attributed date is 1952. I think the sign reads "Bank of America."
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