A Question of Architecture
The latest preservation battle is being waged in the Miracle Mile, just down the street from Variety, where a developer wants to tear down a 54-year-old, two story building that now houses an Office Depot and Sav-On.
But back in the day, it was a department store and remains one of the last examples of L.A. architect Stiles Clements' California design.
Or is it? An Art Deco architecture expert hired by Legacy Partners (which wants to build an apartment complex there) claims the structure -- once known as the Mullen & Bluett building -- is a fraud.
Mitzi March Mogul, stressing she isn't a sell-out, claims the building wasn't built by Clements, and that it isn't even a representative design of the Miracle Mile neighborhood.
Everyone agrees, by the way, that the LAUSD was out of line recently when it tore down a verified example of Clements' work, the 1936 former KFI studio on Vermont Avenue. His other work includes the Wiltern Theater.
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