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June 2009

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Friday, June 19, 2009 – Fake Manhattan

Maybe it's the old Woody Allen movies on cable, but sometimes you just miss Manhattan. So you bop over to the intersection of Wilshire and Western. The Wilshire Profession Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929 – nine stories, Zigzag Moderne with penthouse –

Wilshire Profession Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929
Wilshire Profession Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929
Wilshire Profession Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929
Wilshire Profession Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929
Wilshire Profession Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929
Wilshire Profession Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929
Wilshire Profession Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929

And just down the street, the Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier Building, on southeast corner of Wilshire and Western, built in 1931, designed by architect Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls & Clements, the city's oldest architectural firm –

Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier Building, on southeast corner of Wilshire and Western, built in 1931, designed by architect Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls & Clements
Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier Building, on southeast corner of Wilshire and Western, built in 1931, designed by architect Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls & Clements
Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier Building, on southeast corner of Wilshire and Western, built in 1931, designed by architect Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls & Clements
Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier Building, on southeast corner of Wilshire and Western, built in 1931, designed by architect Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls & Clements

Across the street, something newer – damn that Mies van der Rohe person –

Anonymous Wilshire skyscraper, southwest corner of Wilshire and Western
Anonymous Wilshire skyscraper, southwest corner of Wilshire and Western
Wilshire Profession Building, 3875 Wilshire Boulevard, Arthur E. Harvey, 1929
Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier Building, on southeast corner of Wilshire and Western, built in 1931, designed by architect Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls & Clements - negative print

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Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto.  The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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