
Photo by Jacques Garnier
Santa Monica Professional Building
This Spanish Colonial Revival building, with Moorish details and baroque ornamentation that draws the eye upwards, has an unusual Y-shaped plan to accommodate sunlight and ocean breezes.
Plans are underway to convert the seven-story structure, which features a penthouse on the top floor, from office and retail space to a hotel.
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Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives/Elliot Welsh Collection
Santa Monica Professional Building, 1920s.