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Order Number	00111341
Title	Commercial office building on 6th Street
Photographer	Schafer, Stephen.
Collection ID	Los Angeles County Building Survey Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b96_f4_i12
Date	2011
Physical Description	1 photographic print :color ;22 x 28 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photographs taken for a building survey which includes a narrative and documentation.
Historical Data	The commercial office building located at 3750 W. 6th Street was built in 1952-53 by architect Cejay Parsons. Parsons was a prolific designer of commercial buildings in the Mid-Century Modern style which is very much represented by the 3750 W. 6th Street building with its flat rooftop, clean lines, and simple rectangular form. The building was built in an area, that at the time of its construction, was known as the "insurance center" because of the number of like buildings built on 6th Street between Western and Vermont Avenue that housed insurance companies. Parsons designed at least ten buildings in the "insurance center." The building located at 3750 W. 6th Street has since been demolished as part of the major renovation and expansion of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple.
Description	Interior view of the second floor with terrazzo stairs and flooring inside the commercial building located at 3750 W. 6th Street looking southwest. The staircase has a built in planter and curved wood railings and the stone wall passes through the glass to the exterior in keeping with the Mid-Century Modern aesthetic of using natural materials and uniting indoor and outdoor space.
Subject	Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles. Office buildings--California--Los Angeles. Modern movement (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles. Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles. Interiors--California--Los Angeles. Stone in interior decoration--California--Los Angeles. Staircases--California--Los Angeles. Terrazzo--California--Los Angeles. Interior landscaping--California--Los Angeles. Plant containers--California--Los Angeles. Hand-railing. Parsons, Cejay.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Photographs taken for Historic American Buildings Survey or the Historic Landscapes Survey: documentation is on file.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles County Building Survey Photo Collection