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Richfield Oil building with its black & gold terracotta facade, 6th Street, Los Angeles
One of the gems in LA’s architectural panoply is the Richfield Oil building that stood at 555 Flower St in downtown L.A. on the corner of 6th Street between 1929 to 1969. With its beacon-topped tower and it striking black-and-gold … Continue reading
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Richfield Tower and beacon at night, Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles, 1929
That Richfield Oil Building sure must have been a sight to see, both during the day when the sun shone on its black-and-gold façade, and at night when the light beacon stood atop the 130-foot tower adorned with vertically arranged … Continue reading
The Richfield Tower as seen from the Flower Street reflecting pool of the Los Angeles Central Library, 1950s.
One of the greatest losses of the downtown L.A. skyline was the razing of the glorious Richfield building at 555 South Flower Street in 1969. And this is one of my favorite views of it—caught in the reflecting pool outside … Continue reading
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Aerial view of downtown Los Angeles, January 12th, 1951
This was the view of downtown L.A. on January 12th, 1951 as taken from the top of L.A. City Hall. The city’s skyline was still completely free from the skyscrapers that now dominate it. Of the two most distinctive buildings … Continue reading
Central Library in downtown L.A., 1949
This exterior view of Central Library in downtown L.A. was taken in 1949. I’ve never seen it look like this – by the time I moved to L.A., the 5-story extension that reaches through to Grand Street had long taken … Continue reading
Different views of the Richfield Tower (aka Richfield Oil Building) downtown Los Angeles, 1929 to 1969
The glorious Richfield Tower (aka the Richfield Oil Building) stood at 555 South Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles between 1929 to 1969. Erected in 1928 at the prominent Bunker Hill intersection of Fifth and Flower Streets by the Los … Continue reading
Night view of downtown Los Angeles (Central Library & Richfield building), 1932
An almost unrecognizable night view of downtown Los Angeles in 1932. In the foreground is the Central Library (long before it acquired its iconic pyramid roof) and beyond that, the long-lamented Richfield Building.
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1961 shot of downtown Los Angeles showing Richfield Tower, Central Library, and vast parking lots
This shot of downtown Los Angeles was taken in 1961 looking southeast from 4th and Beaudry. We can see the Richfield building (black with a tower) in the middle, and the Central Library to the left (short tower with pyramid.) … Continue reading
The striking black-and-gold art deco Richfield building in downtown Los Angeles.
The striking black-and-gold art deco Richfield building in downtown Los Angeles, built in 1929; razed in 1969.
Richfield Building, downtown Los Angeles (color)
Kodachrome postcard of the Richfield building, downtown LA. Can there be any doubt that this amazing jewel was Los Angeles’s single most grievous architectural loss of the 20th century?
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