The remnants of a New Deal-era sewage treatment plant in Laguna Beach, a ground level digester tower and a small “lighthouse” up on the hillside that covered the digester air vent, will be renovated as part of a city improvement project.
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A 2018 restoration project led by Edward Ahdoot of Rockwell Properties uncovered a mosaic mural created by Susan Hertel of Millard Sheets Studio for the Homes Savings Center (now International City Bank) on Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach.
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The Long Beach Venus is modeled on a 1767 bronze sculpture by Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain entitlad “Venus Au Bain.” It held a prominent position in an alcove above the marquee of Fox West Coast Theater on Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach.
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Heisler Park in Laguna Beach was named after Howard G. Heisler, a member of the Laguna Company that bought the property from the Irvine Company in 1905. The park stretches along the bluffs on Cliff Drive from Aster Street to Diver’s Cove.
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The former Home Savings & Loan Bank (now Chase) at Beach & La Palma in Buena Park is generally a massive Modernist block built in 1978. Like some 150 Home Savings banks, it was designed and built by Millard Sheets featuring a huge mosaic.
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The Museum of Making Music in the headquarters building of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) recently reopened after a two-month-long renovation. Founded in 1998, the museum opened to the public in March, 2000.
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The Pershing Square Building is an unsung landmark in downtown Los Angeles. The 16-story building was completed in 1924, built by the prolific architectural team of Claud Beelman & Aleck Curlett in the Italian Renaissance Revival style.
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