USC archive
As a longtime fan and contributor to this thread, I'm asking for everyone's help on a project I'm undertaking. I am a 4K TV Producer, meaning we shoot television in the new UHD 3840x2160 format which gives us incredible pictures. For our next program, we're doing a documentary about Art Deco in L.A.
I've compiled a list of buildings we want to shoot and would love feedback about any egregious omissions or anything you think isn't worth the time. As I write this I realize I forgot the MayCo building on Wilshire and Fairfax. Anyway for now, here's my list:
1. South Pasadena High School, 1401 Fremont Ave, South Pasadena, 1906
2. Venice High School, 13000 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1911
3. Ravenswood Apartments, 570 North Rossmore Avenue, Hollywood, 1912
4. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 3911 South Figueroa Street, 1921
5. Park Plaza Hotel, 607 Park View Street, Los Angeles, 1923–24
6. Southern California Gas Company Complex, 820 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, 1925
7. Los Angeles Central Library, 630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, 1926
8. Sears, Roebuck & Company Mail Order Building, 2650 E. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, 1927
9. Glenarm Power Plant, 43 East State, Pasadena, 1927
10. James Oviatt Building, 617 S. Olive St.,, Los Angeles, 1927
11. Charmont Apartments, 330 California Ave, Santa Monica, 1928
12. Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles (Martin and Parkinson, 1928)
13. Hollywood & Western Building, 5504 Hollywood Boulevard, , Hollywood, 1928
14. Garfield Building, 403 W. 8th St., Los Angeles (Claud Beelman, 1928–29)
15. Social and Public Art Resource Center, (SPARC Building) 650 Venice Blvd., Venice, 1929
16. Bullocks Wilshire, 3050 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles (The Parkinsons, 1929)
17. Richfield Tower, 555 S. Flower St., Los Angeles (demolished) (Stiles O. Clements, 1929)
18. Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, 1930
19. Montecito Apartments, 6650 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, 1930
20. Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building, 401-411 W. 5th StLos Angeles, 1930
21. Eastern Columbia Building, 849 S. Broadway, Los Angeles (Claud Beelman, 1930)
22. Wiltern Theatre (in the Pellissier Building), 3790 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles (Stiles O. Clements, 1931)
23. Dominguez-Wilshire Building 5410 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles (Morgan, Walls & Clements), 1931
24. Sunset Tower, 8358 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles (Leland Bryant, 1931)
25. Los Angeles County - USC Medical Center, 1200 N State St. Los Angeles, 1933
26. Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, 1934
27. Pan-Pacific Auditorium, 7600 W. Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, California, 1935
28. Los Angeles Times Building, 202 West 1st Street Los Angeles, 1935
29. Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles (John C. Austin, preliminary sketches by Russell W. Porter, 1935)
30. Crossroads of the World, 6671 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, 1936
31. El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 1936
32. U.S. Post Office Hollywood Main, 1615 N. Wilcox Ave. Hollywood, 1937
33. Fox Bruin Theater, 926 Broxton Avenue Los Angeles, 1937
34. Firestone Tire Building, 800 S. La Brea, Los Angeles, 1937
35. Black Cat Tavern, 3909 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, 1939
36. Hollywood Bowl Muse Fountain, 1939
37. Burbank City Hall, 275 E. Olive Ave.Burbank, 1943
38. Roxy Theatre, 9009 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, 1973