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Title
Ravenswood and El Royale apartment buildings
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1930
Publication Information
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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
Opened in 1928 at 570 N. Rossmore Avenue, the seven-story art deco Ravenswood apartment building was a popular address for celebrities during the golden age of Hollywood and is a Los Angeles Historical-Cultural Monument.; Located at 450 North Rossmore and built in 1920 by William Douglas Lee in a French and Spanish colonial revival style, El Royale has nine stories, a penthouse and is a Los Angeles Historical-Cultural Monument.
View showing both Ravenswood Apartments and El Royale Apartments on Rossmore Avenue.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00017582
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Streets-Rossmore; N-003-254 4x5
CARL0000002993
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/89784
Subject
Ravenswood (Apartment house : Los Angeles, Calif.)
El Royale (Apartment house : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Architecture, Domestic--California--Los Angeles--French influences
Architecture, Domestic--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences
Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments

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