Tag: Millard Sheets
Preservationist works to save landmark and family’s legacy
The City of Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission agreed Jan. 20 to take under consideration the nomination of the Hollywood Home Savings and Loan (aka the Chase Bank) on the corner of Sunset and Vine for Historic Cultural Monument (HCM) status. Designed by artist Millard Sheets for Howard Ahmanson Sr., whose Savings and Loan helped […]
On Books and Places: Permanence and renewal expressed in Marciano Art Foundation
No building in the Greater Wilshire area so self-consciously expresses permanence and solidity as what is now the Marciano Art Foundation. The former Scottish Rite Cathedral was completed in 1961 — a near past relative to the construction dates of churches, libraries, theaters, and schools from surrounding neighborhoods. But while most of those older structures […]
Scottish Rite Temple sold to Guess jeans co-founders
The Scottish Rite Masonic Temple in Windsor Square has been sold for approximately $8 million to the Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation. The Marcianos founded the GUESS clothing line in 1981; it was one of the first companies to debut designer jeans. The Foundation intends to rehabilitate the building at 4357 Wilshire Blvd. into […]
