The McDonnell's restaurants throughout Los Angeles were: McDonnell's Monterey (7312 Beverly Boulevard); McDonnell's Wilshire (shown here at Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue); McDonnell's Fairfax (Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard); McDonnell's Gates Hotel (Sixth and Figueroa streets); McDonnell's Hillstreet (454 S. Hill Street); McDonnell's Figueroa (4012 S. Figueroa Street); McDonnell's Adams and Figueroa (2626 S. Figueroa Street); McDonnell's Pico Street (Pico and Hope streets). The McDonnell's "Drive-Inns" were located at Beverly Boulevard & Western Avenue, Wilshire and Robertson boulevards, Yucca Street and Cahuenga Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, and Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue. An overview of Wilshire Boulevard, looking west. Visible on the left side of the picture is a high rise building labeled Myer Siegel and Company (the Dominguez Building) with C.H. Baker on the front right lower portion of the exterior. Farther back on the street is Wilshire Tower with the name Desmonds just visible on the top. On the right side near the bottom of the picture is McDonnell's Wilshire Cafe and past it a Standard Oil gas station. Architect for the Dominguez Building (built 1930) was Morgan, Walls & Clements (Stiles O. Clements)
McDonnell's (Los Angeles, Calif.) Desmond's Wilshire Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.) Myer Siegel and Company C. H. Baker (Los Angeles, Calif.) Dominguez-Wilshire Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Streets--California--Los Angeles Department stores--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Panoramic views Clements, Stiles Oliver,1883-1966 Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Morgan, Walls & Clements
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