Columnist · March 3, 2025
On Preservation, by Brian Curran “Skyscraper Reveals New Type of Architecture,” announced the Los Angeles Times Real Estate section in 1929 at the release of plans for a new tower set to become the eastern gateway of A.W. Ross’ Miracle Mile. Almost a century later, it is hard to imagine the majesty of the once […]
Nona Sue Friedman · March 3, 2025
If you blink you’ll miss the bust of A.W. Ross at 5799 Wilshire Blvd., located in a grassy little triangle facing the stretch of boulevard he created, Miracle Mile. Without him, who knows what would have happened to Wilshire. It was 1920. The heart of Los Angeles was Downtown. Streetcars were the primary form of […]
