Wilshire Tower is a nine-story tower at 5514 Wilshire Boulevard on the Miracle Mile in the city of Los Angeles. It was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, who was also the architect of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, the North Rim lodge at the Grand Canyon, and the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. The style of the building combines two Art Deco variations: Zigzag Moderne and Streamline Moderne. It was the earliest significant structure in the neighborhood and helped the founder of Miracle Mile, A. W. Ross, bring more stores and offices to the area.[1]
The Los Angeles Conservancy describes the building as
"an eight-story Zigzag Moderne rectangle of offices that vaulted skyward from a wide Streamline Moderne base, a striking and optimistic structure that helped set the architectural standard for Wilshire Boulevard. The lobby featured fourteen-karat gold ceiling detailing; the sidewalk display windows were trimmed in rich black and red granite.
Desmond's and Silverwoods department stores based in Downtown Los Angeles, opened branch stores in each of the respective the ground floor wings. Much of the tower space was rented by doctors and dentists for offices.[2][3] Desmond's branch, at the time of opening of this branch in March 1929, was the largest men's clothing store in the Los Angeles downtown.[1]
^ abWallach 2013, p. 97.
^"Wilshire Tower". LA Conservancy. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
^"Desmond's Wilshire Store, Wilshire Tower Building, Los Angeles — Gilbert Stanley Underwood & Company, Architects | Architectural Digest | 1929 Volume VII Issue 3". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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