The Richfield Oil building opened in 1929 at 6th and Flower, downtown L.A. Its exterior was adorned with terra cotta tiles of black, burnished gold and turquoise making it the most elegant Art Deco skyscraper west of the Mississippi. It rose 500 feet from street level to the top of its stainless steel neon tower. I’ll post other photos of the Richfield building in this album because LA has witnessed nothing like it, before or since its shameful demolition in 1968.