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Old Posted Mar 8, 2013, 2:10 PM
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Epitome of Noir

Excellent post, Tovangar2. Thx. This building and its history have all the essential ingredients of noir.
Classically inspired? LOL. The frieze of Mercury is truly (and endearingly) dreadful. Cleaning them up? An interesting concept...I'm sure the pun was intended.
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Originally Posted by tovangar2 View Post
That's the Hollywood Western Building, 5500 Hollywood Blvd, LA Cultural Historic Landmark #336. Can't let that one go by without a nod, and it's a good excuse to post some of my backlog of pix.

Designed by S Charles Lee. Financed by Louis B Mayer and Irving Thalberg:

http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6p3022jd/

Grand Opening 8 December 1928:

http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt009nc28p/}.
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