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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
We've visited this apartment building before.....it's Haddon Hall, surprisingly designed by the theater architect S. Charles Lee.
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Haddon Hall in Derbyshire is a huge Tudor/Elizabethan pile which turns up in films quite a bit. Not so here.
S Charles Lee, depending on the client, could stash his flamboyance in his back pocket and get into restrained baronialism. Haddon Hall on 8th St was just such a situation.
The proposal (6 retail units and 45 apartment units including 7 efficiency units, 22 studios and 16 one-bedroom units):
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Originally Posted by Graybeard
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The front desk:
A most excellent writing room off the lobby:
Compared to the grandeur of the public spaces the units are a bit utilitarian, more stripped-down pied-à-terre than anything else:
"A dining room", says the original caption:
The entry courtyard then:
...and, on the other side of the screen, now:
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All historic photos from The S Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962 at the
Islandora Depository/UCLA
A few recent pix from
www.haddonhallapartments.com:
"You will love living at historic Haddon Hall Apartments! Built in 1926, you'll be amazed by the Gothic Revival architectural details incorporated by architect S. Charles Lee, who is recognized as one of the most prolific and distinguished motion picture theater designers on the West Coast. Our grand lobby features wood carved ceilings, painted frescoes, stained glass and gargoyles."
The brutally retooled lobby:
(The historic image of the lobby was previously posted by
GW here)
Everything upstairs got painted white:
The updated entry courtyard:
One of the stained-glass, leaded windows got saved:
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