Bullocks Wilshire Building
One of the truly great art deco buildings in Los Angeles is the Bullocks Wilshire Building on Wilshire Blvd. The building was designed by Los Angeles architects John and Donald Parkinson and construction was completed in 1929 for use as a luxury department store. it was one of the first department stores in Los Angeles to cater to the burgeoning automobile culture, another interesting note about the building is that the 241-foot tower whose top is sheathed in copper had a light in the tower peak that could be seen for miles around back in the day.
A historic-cultural monument of the City of Los Angeles, it was listed in the US National Register of Historic Places in 1978
Bullocks Wilshire Building
One of the truly great art deco buildings in Los Angeles is the Bullocks Wilshire Building on Wilshire Blvd. The building was designed by Los Angeles architects John and Donald Parkinson and construction was completed in 1929 for use as a luxury department store. it was one of the first department stores in Los Angeles to cater to the burgeoning automobile culture, another interesting note about the building is that the 241-foot tower whose top is sheathed in copper had a light in the tower peak that could be seen for miles around back in the day.
A historic-cultural monument of the City of Los Angeles, it was listed in the US National Register of Historic Places in 1978