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Wurlitzer Building, also known as Apparel Center Building, [2] Anjac Fashion Building, [3] and Hudson Building, [3] is a historic twelve-story highrise located at 814 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.
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Broadway Leasehold Building, built in 1914, was originally designed to house street-level retail with offices for Leasehold Company above. According to the United States Department of the Interior, the architect is unknown, [1] while other sources cite the architect as an employee of Milwaukee Building Company [6] /Meyer and Holler [7] and even more sources cite Meyer and Holler directly.
The building was also listed as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #544 in 1991. [ 1 ] The building's ground-floor housed a Giant Penny discount store from the 1980s to 2004, after which the building underwent a $20 million ($32.3 million in 2023) conversion to residential.
Downtown Los Angeles's Fifth Street Store Building was designed by Alexander Curlett and built by Milliron's in 1927. In the building's early years, it was home to a department store that repeatedly changed its name, including Walker's, Fifth Street Store, Walker's Fifth Street Store, and in 1946 it changed to Milliron's. A $300,000 ($4.69 ...
Desmond's Building, built in 1924, was designed by Albert C. Martin Sr., [2] the architect responsible for several Los Angeles landmarks, including Million Dollar Theatre, City Hall, St. Vincent de Paul Church, May Company Building, and more. [3] This building was originally the flagship location of Desmond's, [4] who vacated it in 1981. [5]
Wilson Building was built in 1909 and massively altered in 1932. [1] Woolworth's occupied the building in 1937, with the business and building featuring a 100 yd (91 m) lunch counter, the longest in the world at the time.
A downtown Los Angeles building made famous as the setting of an album cover photo for the legendary rock band the Doors was heavily damaged after fire broke out Thursday morning. The building ...