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Originally Posted by HossC
Here's a close-up. The top of the blade sign still says "Ferguson". Behind the "Clyde Porter" and "Glenn Osborn" names, I think the ghost signs say "Storage" and "Repairs".
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It does look like Nordstom & Anderson's 1937 job involved more of a remodeling than an entirely new building for the Thermo Air Conditioning Institute. No doubt both the Institute's directors and the architects preferred that the building be perceived as new from the ground up. A little more on the origins of 186/192 S Alvarado:
LAT July 20, 1928
LAT Jan 27, 1929
Also in 1937, Nordstrom & Anderson (sometimes written Anderson & Nordstrom) also did the Aero Industries Technical Institute (couldn't find prior ref to it on the thread):
Panoramio
LAT July 18, 1937
Two years before, the firm did the Sontag Drugs on Wilshire & Cloverdale...
LAPL
Seen here a number of times before, including
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11821
Los Angeles Times