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Wilshire Boulevard was named after socialist
newspaper publisher and land developer
Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861 - 1927) from
Cincinnati, Ohio.

He subdivided the original tract, between
Lafayette and Mac Arthur Park in 1895.
Around the turn of the century prominent
citizens began to built their residences
here. In the 1920' multi-story apartment
hotels and posh nightclubs and restaurants
dominated the area.

In the 1930's the Boulevard became the
prototype of a linear city. Department stores
relocated here from Downtown, churches
were built and neon signs became popular.
During the 1960's many companies moved
their headquarters from the declining down-
town area here into modern skyscrapers.

For more information i highly recommend the
book Wilshire Boulevard - Grand Concourse
of Los Angeles by Kevin Roderick.

Continental Co.
 
 
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BankCard
 
Retirement Fund • U.S. Borax
 
Transit VillaGe
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Korean Consulate
 
KB Tower
Founders Church • RoseberrY
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Wilshire Plaza
Catalina Office
 
Falabrino • Wilshire Square Two
Wilshire Square One
KENMORE
ChaPman Market • GaYlord
Brown DerbY
ALEXANDRIA
EQuitable Life
MARIPOSA
 
GaraGe • Cathedral
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KFI Radio • Motor Inn
 
ARDMORE
 
 
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St. Basil
 
B'nai B'rith
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CERAGEM
 
Colonnades
 
Commercial BuildinG
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Pierce National Life
MANHATTAN
SYnaGoGue
Professional BuildinG
ST. ANDREWS
Church
 
 
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VAN NESS
 
NORTON
Perino's Restaurant
Los Altos
BRONSON
 
IRVING
Tidewater
LORRAINE
4421
WINDSOR
Park Mile
Bank
PLYMOUTH
Scottish Rite TemPle
LUCERNE
Woods AGencY
Hon Michi Los AnGeles
ARDEN
 
ROSSMORE
 
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Office BuildinG
 
JUNE
 
 
 
McCADDEN
 
 
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Carnation Milk

Modern Architecture and Historic Buildings

 
VIRGIL
Mutual Benefit
WILSHIRE PLACE
Bullock's  •  Church
WESTMORELAND
                                    Crestwood
SHATTO               Church
                                    LAPD
VERMONT
Pacific IndemnitY • South Tower
MaGnin & Co. Store
NEW HAMPSHIRE
One Park Plaza
TalmadGe
BERENDO
Church • Hotel Chancellor
GaraGe • The Prince
CATALINA
Texaco BuildinG • K-5 School
 
 
Cocoanut Grove • Ambassador Hotel
 
 
IBM
 
3440-50-60 • Korean BBQ • Chalfonte
Tishman Plaza
NORMANDIE   PiccadillY   IROLO
MetroPlex
3540
 
3550
3580
KINGSLEY
Travelers Insurance
HARVARD
 
HOBART
Golf DrivinG RanGe • Admiral
SERRANO
Beneficial Plaza • Lovetta • Val d Amour
OXFORD
Pellissier
WESTERN
GettY Oil • ArwYn Manor
 
                        Church
686 APartments
 
 
GRAMERCY
                KYCC
WILTON
 
Office BuildinG
 
 
 
 
 
 
CRENSHAW
 
 
 
Dunes Inn
                APartments
 
United Methodist Church
 
Ebell Club • WindsorSquare PlaYhouse

FREEMONT PLACE
 
FREEMONT
 
MUIRFIELD
Farmer's Insurance
MULLEN
 
RIMPAU
 
HUDSON
 
KENISTON
 
TREMAINE
 
LONGWOOD
 
HIGHLAND
 
CITRUS
 
MANSFIELD
Oasis Theatre







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