When the owners of a dry cleaning business decided to open up shop in a mini mall at 9134 Wilshire Blvd, one block west of Doheny Drive in Beverly Hills, they took the name of their store – Beacon Laundry – literally and built a huge Art Deco-style tower to make sure everybody in the neighborhood knew they were there. And what a glory it is to behold! What a shame it’s no longer there. But at least what replaced it isn’t hideous—which must be the first time in LA that a mini mall was replaced by something nice, and not the other way around. (Photo taken in 1940)
When the owners of a dry cleaning business decided to open up shop in a mini mall at 9134 Wilshire Blvd, one block west of Doheny Drive in Beverly Hills, they took the name of their store – Beacon Laundry – literally and built a huge Art Deco-style tower to make sure everybody in the neighborhood knew they were there. And what a glory it is to behold! What a shame it’s no longer there. But at least what replaced it isn’t hideous—which must be the first time in LA that a mini mall was replaced by something nice, and not the other way around. (Photo taken in 1940)
…looked like a gas Station in the 50-60’s 🙂
I never thought of Ansel Adams as being a photographer of Los Angeles daily life.
I remember reading somewhere that he was in LA for a while a took a whole bunch of photos.