1.0LA Plaza de Cultura y Arteshttps://lapca.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://lapca.org/the-restoration-of-our-buildings/">The Restoration of Our Buildings</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! 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Taylor Louden, AIA. The Los Angeles-based firms of Chu+Gooding Architects and Rios Clementi Hale Studios were engaged to design and restore the buildings and grounds to create a venue for LA Plaza’s multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art cultural center. The rehabilitation was completed in December 2009 and after tenant improvements, LA Plaza relocated its administrative offices to the fifth floor of the Vickrey-Brunswig Building in October 2010 and opened to the public in April 2011. The Vickrey-Brunswig Building The Vickrey-Brunswig Building was built on land once owned by the family of Juan Jose Dominguez, a retired Spanish soldier who came to California with the Portola expedition and later with Father Junipero Serra. Businessman William Vickrey employed architect Robert B. Young to design and build the five-story structure to house the Eastside Bank, then called the “Vickrey Building, 1888.” Completed in 1888, it is one of the oldest five-story buildings in Los Angeles and the city’s first “skyscraper.” The F. W. Braun Drug Company purchased the building in 1897 and made significant alterations to retrofit the building for use in the wholesale pharmaceutical trade. Further alterations occurred when Lucien Napoleon Brunswig, one of Braun’s partners, purchased a controlling share of the Braun Company in 1907 and renamed it the Brunswig Building. In the 1930s, the County of Los Angeles acquired the building, housing various County offices, including both a courthouse and a crime lab. The building was vacated after the 1971 Sylmar earthquake and the exterior cornices removed for public safety. In the 1990s, several fires caused significant interior damage to the building. After a complete exterior and interior restoration that restored the building to its original glory, the structure is now registered as a federally-designated historic building. The Plaza House Built in 1883 by Frenchman Philippe Garnier, who arrived in Los Angeles in his teens and became a prosperous rancher, businessman and land developer, the Plaza House is also part of the Garnier Block of buildings near El Pueblo.The Plaza House sits on a residential property previously known as the Baric Adobe. The Plaza House was designed by Octavius Morgan, who together with partner Ezra F. Kysor formed one of the first professional architectural firms in Los Angeles. They chose this prime location to complement other designs by Kysor, including the Pico House and the Merced Theater, which are still standing and all share a Victorian Italianate style to complement much of the other construction during the period, also located at El Pueblo.Over the years, the upper floor of Plaza House served as private residences, while the ground floor hosted a variety of stores, markets, saloons, and restaurants, including the well-known La Esperanza bakery and restaurant that operated from the 1940s to 1960s. After years of decay, a fire in 2002 destroyed much of the original roof, skylight, and other elements. The Plaza House was restored as part of the establishment of LA Plaza. The skylight, one of the city’s first, was replaced with a more contemporary version, and the structure of […]https://lapca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/La-Plaza-Logo-VERT_300_dpi.jpg18001800