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Los Angeles
California

Hollywood Blvd. / N. Highland Ave
(Hollywood First National Building)

Columbus Relief

1927-32

Description

Relief as façade ornament.

Inscription(s)

ente[rp]rise
col[vm]bvs

Annotation

The First National Bank Building on the northeast corner of Hollywood and Highland was built in 1927 and until 1932 was the tallest building in Hollywood. It was designed by the architectural firm Meyer and Holler, who also designed Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre. The building shows many reliefs of persons.

Comment by thepetecom:

March 18, 2006 Global Anti-War LA protest shot #1 --I'm so bored of protests and I got there early so I took a walk around the heart of Hollywood--noticed this engraving on a building that looks like it was caught between two architectural periods. Overall it's a bland building but it also had several engravings like this one just above the first floor. Go fig.

Sources & Information

Photo: thepete.com, 18 March 2006. See thepetecom's photostream on Flickr and ThePete.com website.

Locatie (N 34°6'6" - W 118°20'18") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: usca07; Added: 2 January 2007 / Updated: 6 January 2011

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