Title Guarantee & Trust Building
To quote the LA Conservancy, “The Title Guarantee & Trust Building is one of the most striking Art Deco structures in Los Angeles. For the detailing, architects John and Donald Parkinson followed the lead provided by the much-publicized 1926 Chicago Tribune Tower. In addition to such Gothic touches as shields and gargoyle-like drain spouts, the building is crowned with a Gothic tower complete with stylized flying buttresses.” The highrise on Pershing Square in Los Angeles was built in 1930. Everything above the twelfth floor was unoccupied space, a design feature that allowed the building to extend beyond the 150-foot height limit in effect at the time of construction. It underwent major renovation and reopened as Title Guarantee Building Lofts in 2007. It is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Photographers: John Bare, Andrew Schmidt