Well, Scott, not all Wilshire houses got demolished... some were adapted to commerce, a handful of those lasting into the early '80s, even if they weren't still recognizable as once having been major residences. And a number of Wilshire houses were actually moved out of the way of commerce, most famously the Verbeck, which was built at Wilshire and Rampart and moved in the '20s to where it still stands at 637 S. Lucerne, now only in the
shadow of commerce. The house at 617 S. Plymouth traveled from the corner of Wilshire and Highland; the O'Melveny house, built at Wilshire and New Hampshire, is now at 501 S. Plymouth. The Gless house at 605 S. Plymouth was originally on Ardmore half a block north of Wilshire. That the Getty house was built
after these moves began indicates that not everyone understood what A. W. Ross did: Wilshire was destined to become a linear downtown, and any single residence in its path, from Grand to the sea, had better move or face doom! Moving some of the huge houses was no mean feat, but it doesn't sound as though a fortress like Norma's house could ever have been moved. At least it has been immortalized on film as...
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