the modernist's guide to iconic wilshire boulevard - CicLAvia
the modernist's guide to iconic wilshire boulevard - CicLAvia
the modernist's guide to iconic wilshire boulevard - CicLAvia
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17 High Society<br />
Unknown architect, 1905<br />
2974 Wilshire Blvd.<br />
In 1968, Richard Lim opened one of <strong>the</strong> first Korean<br />
businesses on Wilshire Blvd., a tailor shop that catered<br />
<strong>to</strong> a largely Korean immigrant population, whose<br />
numbers had risen after <strong>the</strong> passage of <strong>the</strong> 1965<br />
Hart-Cellar Act (lifting immigration quotas, especially<br />
for Asians, and urging entry by professionals and<br />
families). Word of Lim’s quality “bespoke” suits (handmade<br />
<strong>to</strong> order) quickly reached Hollywood elite. It<br />
remains in continuous operation.<br />
18. bullocks <strong>wilshire</strong><br />
View of 241-foot copper-shea<strong>the</strong>d <strong>to</strong>wer<br />
Pho<strong>to</strong> by Aaron Paley<br />
18 Bullocks Wilshire/<br />
Southwestern Law School<br />
John and Donald Parkinson, 1929<br />
3050 Wilshire Blvd.<br />
This landmark Art Deco building was among <strong>the</strong> first<br />
department s<strong>to</strong>res <strong>to</strong> move out of down<strong>to</strong>wn, catering<br />
<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> car with a porte cochere at <strong>the</strong> rear. Closed after<br />
<strong>the</strong> 1992 Rodney King uprising as business and <strong>the</strong><br />
surrounding neighborhood declined, <strong>the</strong> building<br />
was purchased by Southwestern Law School. It <strong>to</strong>ok<br />
$29 million and many years <strong>to</strong> res<strong>to</strong>re and adaptively<br />
reuse <strong>the</strong> building.
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