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Title
Perino's Apartments, sign and construction
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Leonard, Gary
Date Created and/or Issued
2005
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Construction site for Perino's Apartments, formerly the site of Perino's Restaurant, located at 4101 Wilshire and Norton Avenue. Once completed, the 4-story, 47-unit building will include the original bar retained from the famous Perino's Restaurant, where Sinatra sometimes played the piano. It will also include the original Perino's sign that once illuminated Wilshire Boulevard during Hollywood's Golden Era. The landmark restaurant, designed by noted architect Paul R. Williams, opened in 1932 and was a favorite of many Hollywood stars. Bette Davis had a booth reserved for her, Cole Porter wrote a song on the back of a menu, and mobster "Bugsy" Siegel was a regular in the 1940s. It closed its doors in 1986. Thomas Carey construction and Killefer Flammang Architects head construction of the $20-million apartment building project. It is scheduled for completion in Early 2007. The famed Los Altos Hotel & Apartment building is seen in the background. Photo dated: November 4, 2005.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :color
Photographic prints
Identifier
00064292
Gary Leonard Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b37_f2_i15
CARL0000069240
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/119184
Subject
Perino's Luxury Apartments (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Altos Apartments (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles
Building sites--California--Los Angeles
Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Gary Leonard Collection photographs
Carey & Kutay Development Group, LLC
Killefer Flammang Architects

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