Late Moderne

Photo by Larry Underhill

Beverly Canon Theatre (Demolished)

Architect Unknown

The Beverly Canon presented both independent film and live performance.

Photo by Jessica Hodgdon/L.A. Conservancy.

Bob's Big Boy

Wayne McAllister

This Toluca Lake landmark escaped the wrecking ball, thanks to the Conservancy's Modern Committee.

Photo by Jessica Hodgdon/L.A. Conservancy

An example of the Late Moderne style, the Burbank Water and Power headquarters recently became the first sustainable utility campus in California by combining the original industrial facilities with sustainable technologies.

Photo by Don Barrett on Flickr

Cadillac Jack's and Pink Motel

Architect Unknown

One of many motels and restaurants to spring up along San Fernando Road during the postwar boom but one of very few mid-century roadside commercial resources to have survived.

Photo courtesy Architectural Resources Group

Gerry Building

Maurice Fleischman

Continuously housing garment manufacturers and fashion showrooms since it was built and an early example of post-WWII Modernism, the Gerry Building stands as a functional, vibrant industrial space.

Photo by Paul Turang Photography

Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building

Paul R. Williams

In 1949, Golden State Mutual moved into a new, custom-built home office designed in the Late Moderne style by renowned architect Paul Revere Williams.

Photo courtesy Architectural Resources Group

Hillside Memorial Park, Al Jolson Shrine

Paul R. Williams

The cemetery of choice for the Jewish population of L.A. since 1941, boasting a particularly high proportion of "permanent residents" with ties to Hollywood.

Photo by L.A. Conservancy

Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration / Los Angeles County Hall of Administration

Conceived as part of the 1947 Civic Center Master Plan, the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration, along with the adjacent Los Angeles County Courthouse, were designed simultaneously by a team of noted, local architects and artists of the period.