There’s a lot to like about Los Angeles, and I enjoy living here very much, but given my druthers, I’d prefer to live in a Los Angeles where something called the “Moderncraft Laundry Company” would construct a building as gorgeous as this. I mean, these people included a two-level fountain in front of their main entrance, fer cryin’ out loud! This building stood at 900 N. La Brea Ave…until it didn’t.
That is a most impressive building. They had fine architects back then!
Martin, This building has a more interesting history. Los Angeles preservationists were outraged by the unannounced demolition of the Mole-Richardson Studio Depot on June 13, 2014. It was a one-story Art Deco structure designed by Morgan, Walls and Clement and built in 1930 on the northeast corner of La Brea and Willoughby at 900 North La Brea Avenue. In this image, the building was occupied by the ModernCraft Laundry business, a late tenant but not the original commissioning owner.