In 1905 it was home to the Los Angeles School of Art and Design:
USC Digital Library --
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/4793/rec/1
The letters over the door seem to indicate the building was originally a hotel or apartment building. Is that a fire or police call box at the curb?
I wonder how many different streetcars de Longpre had to take from his home at Cahuenga and Hollywood to get to the school? Was he easier or harder on students who painted flowers?
1905 LA City Directory @ fold3.com
The former 6th and Alvarado site of the Los Angeles School of Art and Design is now occupied by this, planned by someone arguably unfamiliar with either art or design, or by someone with
a keen appreciation of historical irony (and also possibly the designer of the building on the NE corner of 6th and Alvarado:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...tcount=13655):
GSV