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Old Posted Nov 6, 2010, 9:25 PM
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The Mauretania

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I found the top pic here while looking for shots of the big apartment buildings on Rossmore, and was intrigued by what I thought was an Art Deco commercial building, out of place in a residential 'hood. Then I wondered if it was some sort of Art Deco Unity Temple, a forgotten L.A. jewel. Anyway, it looked larger to me than it turns out that it is--I didn't recognize it as The Mauretania, which, wonderfully, still stands (at 520-522 N. Rossmore). It's a building I've read about for years, one that has a great Hollywood history, best told here:

http://www.larchmontchronicle.com/Ar...?ArchiveID=132



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