The thirteen-story Wilshire Professional Building in Los Angeles was designed in the Zigzag Moderne style by noted architect Arthur E. Harvey and built by developer Luther T. Mayo Inc. in 1929 for Preston Wright and Associates.
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The Desert Christ Park, dedicated on Easter Sunday 1951, is a sculpture garden on a slope overlooking Yucca Valley. The sculptor was Frank Antone Martin whose first vision was to create a Christ-like figure to overlook the Grand Canyon.
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The Sontag Cut‐Rate Drug Company opened its first Southern California stores in 1929. In 1936, the Los Angeles firm of Norstrom and Anderson was hired to build a new premier store on Wilshire Blvd. in the Streamline Moderne style.
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Leisure World developer Ross W. Cortese dubbed his Rossmoor corporate headquarters, built in 1964 in Laguna Hills, the Taj Mahal. The neoclassical contemporary building was designed by the architectural firm of Burke, Kober and Nicolais.
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The most prominent and enduring landmark in Olivenhain is the Olivenhain Meeting Hall. The Meeting Hall may have been built in honor of the colonists 10th anniversary, since the decision to build a meeting hall was made in November 1894.
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Richard D. King designed the rectangular two-story Redwine Building in the Art Deco style for attorney Hiram G. Redwine in the heart of Hollywood in 1931. It replaced Redwine’s family residence on the site and was used as his office.
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The commercial property at 5040 W Pico Blvd., designed in the Art Deco style, was built in 1930. The building was converted from medical offices into a performance venue in 1991 and became the Comedy Union in March 2001.
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