Wow, that's an awesome castle
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As far as castle-inspired buildings go, I've always been partial toward the Pacific Coast Club (PCC) in Long Beach. I know we've seen it here before, but I searched and only found one post with a couple photos that have the PCC in the distance:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=438
So here's a closer view from 1926, when it was completed, looking southwest:
USC Digital Library --
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/32299/rec/31
I took the next five photos in, I think it was 1988, when I was working in downtown Long Beach and heard that the PCC would be torn down:
Looking across Ocean Blvd at the north side; the cornerstone is behind the big NO TRESPASSING sign.
Vnless my thinking is favlty, any elvcidation here wovld be vndve.
This poorly framed photo shows the east and north sides, the top of the Villa Riviera next door to the west, and part of the house immediately to the east of the PCC.
This is the west side.
The west and south sides.