Know Your City No.120 Entrance and façade of the Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Los Angeles, 1956
Contributor
Kalionzes, Gus (William), 1910-1984 Klingerman, Charles A. (Arthur), 1912-1988 Walker, Albert R. (Albert Raymond), 1881-1958 Walker, Kalionzes & Klingerman, Architects Chavalas, William T. $q (Tryphon), 1886-1956
US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
St. Sophia Cathedral, located at 1324 South Normandy Ave., opened in 1952. It was commissioned by theater executive Charles R. Skouras. Designed by the firm Walker, Kalionzes & Klingerman, it is frequently attributed to Gus Kalionzes. Artist William Chavalas, who trained at the Academy of arts in Athens and was the artistic director at 20th Century Fox designing film sets and movie theaters, created the wall paintings and designed the stained glass. St. Sophia is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #120. Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #123 by the City of Los Angeles in 1973. ANSWER: Yes, the Greeks have a word for it. And the word for the Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral is-- magnificent. It is at 1324 S Normandie Ave. and was built and presented to the local Greek community by the late film executive, Charles P. Skouras KNOW YOUR CITY, NO.120 -- A lot of movies helped to produce this impressive edifice. And the people who go there are known to have a word for it. But you don't need all these clues. There are enough in the photo. See Page 3, Part ll.
Type
image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b257_95950EM-1 ark:/21198/zz0002t6km
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No linguistic content
Subject
Cupolas--California--Los Angeles Orthodox Eastern church buildings--California--Los Angeles Façades--California--Los Angeles Landmarks Byzantine revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Relief (Sculpture), American--California--Los Angeles Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles Saint Sophia Cathedral (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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