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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I really like the frosted glass window as well TWS. It's much better than the glass blocks.
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I couldn't figure this out until I saw
this L.A. Times article, nor did I know she was a designer. It doesn't look like a retail store. But now having seen the article, it's easy to make out the tops and bottoms of women's swimsuits behind the frosted glass.
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Here's a photograph of the Palms Post Office in 1941. I'm not sure of the street address.
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This building is 10341 Venice Boulevard, on the NE corner of Motor Avenue and Venice.
(Snip from GSV)
Both it and the building with the three little shops directly east of it are still there, although the latter has apparently been annexed to the surplus store and the individual store entrances walled off. It's been a surplus store as far back as I can remember; I think we once came here for some camping supplies sometime around 1970.
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this article on the Expo Construction Authority's website,
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Originally Posted by Expo Construction Authority
Located in Segment 1a, this building was built in 1923 as the Citizens State Bank. This building is a rare example of a one-story commercial building with Italian Renaissance features.
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I don't want to quote too much directly, but it goes on to describer a number of interesting architectural details which you can read in the link. It also seems curious that the ECA is writing about something relatively far from the route, but I unfortunately doubt that it's because they're thinking of putting the Venice Short Line back in.
You can still see the polished granite paving with the bank's name just outside the entrance. There was some good reason I wasn't able to compose the shot better or get a decent vantage point, but I don't remember what that was.
(Own work)
The other former post office on Motor was apparently built in 1950, according to county property records, so it seems safe to assume this was probably the post office until just before then.
ETA: 20:57 I see now where you have already mentioned the bank, but now we have a picture of the paving as well.