Another iconic landmark of the Streamline Moderne era: This is the Edison Building in downtown Los Angeles, shown in this beautiful night photograph, in the mid 1930s. This building is a lovely combination of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne design elements. The architectural firm of Allison and Allison are responsible for the buildings elegant and refined design. From the LA Conservancy website: The Southern California Edison Company Building was one of the first all-electrically heated and cooled buildings constructed in the western United States. The fourteen-story, steel-framed building follows a classically inspired Art Deco design. The lower three stories are of solid limestone, while the upper stories and central tower are faced with buff-colored terra cotta. On the façade, the spandrels contain a cubic Art Deco pattern, repeated in the central tower, lobby floor and elevator ceilings. On the entry façade allegorical figures by sculptor Merrell Gage represent, light, power and hydroelectric energy. Below the thirty-foot high coffered lobby ceiling, the floor and walls are composed of at least seventeen different types of marble. At the end of the lobby is a mural by Hugo Ballin titled The Apotheosis of Power. And yes, she is still with us!
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 02:08:49 +0000
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