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Main entrance building to Bernheimer Garden

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Order Number	00030551
Title	Main entrance building to Bernheimer Garden
Collection ID	Works Progress Administration Collection
Location/Accession	WPA 13 (2180) 4x5; Pacific Palisades-Residences-Bernheimer.
Date	1939
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Historical Data	The 1924 Bernheimer Estate, located at 16980 Sunset Blvd in Pacific Palisades, which was designed to resemble a pagoda and housed a collection of oriental art, was demolished in the late 1950s. The Bernheimer Gardens flourished as a tourist attraction until 1941, when public opinion changed due to WWII. Eventually the gardens fell victim to two major landslides and were destroyed. Brothers Charles and Aldoph Bernheimer built a second Japanese estate and gardens in Hollywood, now home to Yamashiro restaurant.
Description	A Japanese-style house with two ornamented gables.
Subject	Bernheimer Estate (Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Calif.). Dwellings--California--Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles). Gardens, Japanese--California--Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles). Architecture, Domestic--California--Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles)--Japanese influences. Lost architecture--California--Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles). Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
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	Works Progress Administration Photo Collection