![]() Plus you’ll meet special guest Paul McKelvey, whose family owned the Bradbury Building for much of the 20th century and who has amazing tales to share. Justin Timberlake may have just completed his halftime performance at the Super Bowl, but before that, he was busy roaming around the historic Bradbury Building in Los Angeles with his good friend and country star, Chris Stapleton. Peculiar things about the Bradbury’s history and design that only its biggest fans might know or notice. ![]() The Bradbury’s “angels,” the very special people who either owned the building, or felt a profound sense of ownership, and ensured it would survive to the present day. The science fiction inspiration and ghostly message that brought architect George Wyman his greatest commission. (Kristian Carreon/For The San Diego Union. How the Bradbury family made their fortune, and made their mark in growing Los Angeles. The lobby and leasing center inside Bradbury apartment complex at The Society at Mission Valley on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Your hosts Kim Cooper and Richard Schave have been obsessed with the Bradbury Building for years, and their researches recently led to them playing a central role in delivering a scarce original blueprint of the building to the Huntington Library’s collection of architectural plans. Join Esotouric, L.A.’s most eclectic sightseeing tour company, for a virtual exploration “Inside the Bradbury Building,” featuring rare photographs and video, original research and offbeat anecdotes that bring the city’s most fascinating office tower to life. But the Bradbury’s stories are almost as beguiling as its good looks. Five stories of impeccable office suites immersed within ornate cast iron, polished. Built in 1893, the Bradbury Building is an architectural masterpiece and one of Los Angeles most historic landmarks. Join Esotouric, L.A. With its soaring atrium and mellow brick walls, wrought iron open cage elevators and elegant mezzanines, film noir and “Blade Runner” cameos, it draws visitors from all over the world. The oldest commercial office building in downtown Los Angeles. There’s nothing else in the city that’s remotely comparable to George Wyman’s 1893 office building at Third and Broadway. Arts and Architecture says of the building, It is a forever young building, out of a youthful. The building underwent complete restoration in 1993 including seismic, code, and infrastructure upgrades. When Angelenos are asked to name their favorite landmarks, The Bradbury Building frequently tops the list. Along a series of dilapidating structures is an unassuming office building built of crimson brick, sandstone, and terra cotta. The building opened in 1893, a few months after Bradburys death in 1892, at a total cost of 500,000 -about three times the original budget.
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