Tidewater Oil Co.

1957

Tidewater Oil Co.

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Aerial view of the Tidewater Oil Co. building construction site, located at 4201 Wilshire Boulevard view is looking north. Wilshire Boulevard horizontally at middle Crenshaw Boulevard is bottom left to middle Bronson Avenue is bottom right to middle. At top, vertically left to right are: Windsor Blvd., Lorraine Blvd., Irving Blvd., and Bronson Ave. The architects for Tidewater Oil Co. are Claude Beelman and Associates Bethlehem Pacific are steel frame fabricators and builders C.L. Peck Construction and Realty Co. are general contractors. Photograph dated September 19, 1957. When completed, this white marble office building housed the headquarters for Getty Oil and came to be known as the Harbor Building. Prior to its construction, the lot had been occupied by an expansive estate, built in 1926 for William Jenkins, which served as the home of aging Hollywood star Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's film "Sunset Boulevard."
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daisy_dan January 27, 2019 at 09:42 PM

I've walked there many times

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