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Old Posted Oct 16, 2019, 5:51 PM
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Originally Posted by LA21st View Post
There's been several new 6-7 story complexes added. They used to be parking lots or small structures.
And some of those surface parking lots used to be buildings. Up until the early 80s, there was a big Streamline Moderne department store called The Broadway on the Miracle Mile, but when the Beverly Center opened, The Broadway moved there, and the old building on Wilshire was knocked down, and it was a vacant lot for DECADES. I think there were plans in the mid-80s to build something there, probably an office development, but those plans fell through.
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