Title supplied by cataloger. When completed, the white marble office building (center) housed the headquarters for Getty Oil and came to be known as the Harbor Building. Prior to its construction, the lot had been occupied by an expansive estate, built in 1926 for William Jenkins, which served as the home of aging Hollywood star Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's film "Sunset Boulevard."; Built in 1926 by Edward B. Rust and Luther Mayo in a Mission Revival style, the Los Altos Apartments were originally developed as a "co-op", but went bankrupt during the Great Depression. It is rumored that William Randolph Hearst once kept his mistress, actress Marion Davies, in the penthouse apartment. Other Hollywood stars also rumored to have stayed at the famed hotel include Bette Davis, Mae West, Judy Garland and Loretta Young, among others. In 1999, Los Altos received a design award from the California Preservation Foundation, it was added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1999 - Building #99000765; it is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #311.; Designed by Paul Williams, this was the second and last structure for Perino's, which closed in 1986. After the restaurant was torn down in 2005, a 4-story, 47-unit apartment building was built in its place. Aerial view of the Tidewater Oil Co. building construction site, located at 4201 Wilshire Boulevard; view is looking slightly northwest. Wilshire Boulevard horizontally at middle; Crenshaw Boulevard is lower left to middle; Bronson Avenue is bottom left to middle, and Norton Avenue is bottom right corner. The street paralleling Wilshire at top is 6th Street. The architects for Tidewater Oil Co. are Claude Beelman and Associates; with Bethlehem Pacific - steel frame fabricators and builders; and C.L. Peck Construction and Realty Co. - general contractors. In the lower right corner are the Los Altos Apartments and Perino's. Photograph was taken for Pioneer Flintkote. Photograph dated October 29, 1958.
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Harbor Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Tide Water Oil Company Los Altos Apartments (Los Angeles, Calif.) Perino's Restaurant (Los Angeles, Calif.) Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Apartments--California--Los Angeles Architecture, Domestic--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences Dwellings--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Crenshaw Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views Aerial photographs Williams, Paul R.,1894-1980 Rust, Edward B Mayo, Luther
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