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Woolworth's occupied the building in 1937, with the business and building featuring a 100 yd (91 m) lunch counter, the longest in the world at the time. [2] In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Wilson Building listed as a contributing property in the district. [1]
A former high-ranking Los Angeles Building and Safety official who claimed he was fired after alleging fraudulent billing and other wrongdoing will receive a $3-million settlement from the city.
Downtown Los Angeles's Woolworth's building is made of reinforced concrete in a steel frame and has a Zigzag Moderne facade. [6] It is 60 feet (18 m) by 170 feet (52 m) feet in size. [ 2 ] Inside, the building features two grand terrazzo -covered staircases that connect the ground floor to the basement.
Norton Building, also known as Zukors [2] and H. Jeyne Company Building, [3] is a historic six story building located at 601-605 S. Broadway and 312 W. 6th Street in the Jewelry District and Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.
With the ink dry on the County of Los Angeles' $200-million purchase of the Gas Co. Tower office building downtown, a fight is brewing over what to do with the 1960s-vintage headquarters it plans ...
The most recent data available from the 10 largest US cities and other comparable departments shows the Los Angeles Fire Department is less staffed than almost any other major city, leaving it ...
This building, also known as Blackstone Building, was listed as a non-contributing property in the National Register of Historic Places-listed Broadway Theater and Commercial District in 1979. [ 8 ] Blackstone's Department Store moved into its flagship building in 1917, [ 9 ] where it would remain until the company was bought by Famous ...
The nearly 100-year-old Topanga Ranch Motel was destroyed in the blaze on Tuesday night. The motel, initially bought by William Randolph Hearst in 1929, boasted 30 rooms that served as "an ...