Sunday, 3 May 2020

What A Fantastical Interior,

of a building,


 and it still survives and is in daily use to this day, built in 1893, the five-story office building is best known for its extraordinary skylit atrium of access walkways, stairs and open “bird-cage” elevators, and their ornate ironwork, it has appears in many works of fiction and has been the site of many movies including Blade Runner and Chinatown,

 since 1996, the building has served as the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department’s Internal Affairs division and other government agencies, it is open daily and staffed by a government worker who provides historical background on it. Casual visitors are only permitted up to the first landing but full tours are available too, offered by the Los Angeles Conservancy, the space also has a new tenant in the NeueHouse membership club as of February 2020, 


this photograph taken by Nikolas Koenig showing the interior as it is today, so for a interesting trip out when the lockdown has finished, head on over to the Bradbury Building, Los Angeles, USA.


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