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Val D'Amour Apartments, 854 South Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA



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HB85194
HB85195


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Item Title


Location
854 South Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS CA-2038
Significance: This example of the Zigzag (Art Deco) Moderne, exhibits a wide array of characteristic cast ornament. At each side of the entrance two kneeling male figures (in relief) hold the heavy and elaborate ornament entablature on their shoulders and back. Other cast concrete decorative works occur in the recessed spandrels and upon the principal parapet. The vertical row of open fire escape balconies provide additional areas of sculpture and the major vertical piers terminate above the roof in stylized male figures.

Subjects
Apartment Houses


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. SOUTH AND WEST FACADES
2. DETAIL: MAIN ENTRANCE, WEST FACADE


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