The portal to the past of Los Angeles is the Broadway Arcade Building, a three-level glass-roofed shopping arcade connecting two twelve-story office towers, one facing Broadway, one facing Spring Street, in downtown Los Angeles. The glass-roofed skylight is an imitation of the Burlington Arcade in London. The exterior is fantasy Spanish Revival mixed with Beaux Art touches, from the architects Kenneth McDonald and Maurice Couchot. The arcade opened on February 15, 1924, and it's still open....
more »The portal to the past of Los Angeles is the Broadway Arcade Building, a three-level glass-roofed shopping arcade connecting two twelve-story office towers, one facing Broadway, one facing Spring Street, in downtown Los Angeles. The glass-roofed skylight is an imitation of the Burlington Arcade in London. The exterior is fantasy Spanish Revival mixed with Beaux Art touches, from the architects Kenneth McDonald and Maurice Couchot. The arcade opened on February 15, 1924, and it's still open. Walk through it, from Spring Street to Broadway, and suddenly there's gold Art Deco next to an Italianate wedding cake of a building. Turn left and it's the Old Bank District – with old banks from the decades before the glass arcade was built. The past is here, all of it. ~ Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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