Title supplied by cataloger. Designed by Paul Revere Williams in 1934, the Sunset Plaza Apartments were designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument no. 233, but were ultimately demolished in 1987. Williams was a Los Angeles-born architect who apprenticed with Reginald Johnson and John C. Austin. He set up his own firm in 1922 and became known as the "Architect to the Stars," creating homes for Anthony Quinn, Bert Lahr, Danny Thomas, and Zsa Zsa Gabor, to include a few. Exterior view of the Sunset Plaza Apartments, located in what is now West Hollywood, identified as the scene of a jewelry theft. Photograph caption dated January 15, 1949 reads, "Sunset Plaza Apartments gem robbery scene where phantom bandit stripped woman of $10,000 worth of jewelry."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Sunset Plaza Apartments (West Hollywood, Calif.) Crime scenes--California--West Hollywood Jewelry theft--California--West Hollywood Apartments--California--West Hollywood Dwellings--California--West Hollywood Swimming pools--California--West Hollywood West Hollywood (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Williams, Paul R.,1894-1980
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