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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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Fire at the Richfield Building in 1954

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 … Continue reading

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