The Warner Bros. Western Theater was later renamed the Wiltern. Similar to 00009279. Morgan, Walls and Clements were architects; Stiles O. Clements, designer; G. A. Lansburgh, theater; and Anthony B. Heinsbergen, murals. It is in Art Deco (Zigzag) Moderne style and includes an office tower, the Pellissier Building. In 1985 the auditorium and exterior were restored by Brenda Levin Associates for the developer Wayne Ratkovich. The original construction occurred in 1930-1931.; In 1862 Congregation B'nai B'rith was founded. Designed in the Byzantine Revival style by architects A.M. Edelman, S. Tilden Norton, and David C. Allison, this Temple was dedicated in 1929. Its richly ornamental interior features black marble, gold inlay, fine mosaics, rare woods, and Biblically-themed murals created by art director Hugo Ballin. The Temple is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and was entered in the United States Register of Historic Places in 1984. Bird's eye view looking east on Wilshire Blvd. at Western Ave. with the Warner Bros. Western Theatre on the right side and the Wilshire Boulevard Temple on the left.
Wilshire Boulevard Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wiltern (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Lansburgh, G. Albert,1876-1969 Western Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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