Today's Julius Shulman post from the Getty Research Institute shows a building which was once owned by the Getty family. This is
"Job 2766: Shaw, Metz, and Dolio, Tide Water Associated Oil Company Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1959". It's not mentioned in the description, but this is a Claud Beelman design.
The first floor housed the Bank of America on the left side...
... while the right was home to the Security First National Bank and E F Hutton & Company
All from
Getty Research Institute
Today, it's the Harbor Building. Here it is from Crenshaw Boulevard.
GSV
I'm sure that most of you are aware of the history of this building and its predecessor, so I won't go into it again. For a reminder, here's a selection of previous posts:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3550
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3551
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3554
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=15647
For the full story, check out
GW's Wilshire Boulevard blog post about 641 South Irving Boulevard:
http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogs...lease-see.html