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Edgemar Complex (1984-8) (2415 Main St.) home of Santa Monica Museum of Art converted from former Edgemar Farms Dairy. Santa Monica, CA. Style: Postmodern. Architect: Frank O. Gehry. | Edgemar Complex passage from street to courtyard. Santa Monica, CA. | Edgemar Complex artistic Christmas tree made of shopping carts. Santa Monica, CA. | Edgemar Complex balanced metal elements. Santa Monica, CA. |
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Edgemar Complex courtyard. Santa Monica, CA. | Jones house (1894) (2620 Main St.) now Heritage Square Museum. Santa Monica, CA. Style: Queen Anne. | Merle Norman Building (1935-6) (2525 Main St.) with tower like ocean liner. Santa Monica, CA. Style: Moderne. Architect: George Parr. | Condominium Town houses (1979) (831 Pacific St.) with high-tech design. Santa Monica, CA. Architect: A Design Group. |
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Rhythmic staircases of 831 Pacific St. Condominiums. Santa Monica, CA. | Civic Auditorium (1959) (Main St. at Pico Blvd.) with concrete grill & masts. Santa Monica, CA. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.. | Chain Reaction (1991) sculpture by Paul Conrad of mushroom cloud made of chains as a plea for peace at Civic Auditorium. Santa Monica, CA. | City Hall (1938-9) (1685 Main St.). Santa Monica, CA. Style: PWA Moderne. Architect: Donald B. Parkinson & J.M. Estep. |
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City Hall portal with US southwest tile work. Santa Monica, CA. | Mural in City Hall depicting Spanish settlement of California by Stanton McDonald Wright (1939). Santa Monica, CA. | Moderne tile & metal grills in City Hall. Santa Monica, CA. | Beach & coastal road. Santa Monica, CA. |
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Former Lawrence Welk Plaza (1971) (21 floors) (100 Wilshire Blvd.) by DMJM & Pacific Plaza with blue caps (16 floors) (1431 Ocean Ave.) on cliffs above ocean. Santa Monica, CA. | Santa Monica Pier (1909-21) with amusement park rides. Santa Monica, CA. | Santa Monica Pier roller coaster & arcades. Santa Monica, CA. | Well-designed performance tent erected beside Santa Monica Pier. Santa Monica, CA. |
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Santa Monica Place shopping center (1979-81) (315 Broadway). Santa Monica, CA. Architect: Frank O. Gehry. | Modern building 3rd Street Promenade at Broadway. Santa Monica, CA. | Triceratops topiary on 3rd Street Promenade. Santa Monica, CA. | Broadway Cineplex Theater (3rd Street Promenade). Santa Monica, CA. Style: Art Deco. |
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Market Pavilion (3rd Street Promenade). Santa Monica, CA. | 3rd Street Promenade with Art Deco Central Tower (1929). Santa Monica, CA. | 3rd Street Promenade with clock tower of Art Deco Bay City Building. Santa Monica, CA. | Bay City Guaranty Building (1929-30) (13 floors) (225 Santa Monica Blvd.). Santa Monica, CA. Style: Art Deco Moderne. Architect: Walker & Eisen. |
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Bay City Guaranty Building Art Deco clock tower. Santa Monica, CA. | Bay City Guaranty Building Art Deco zigzag detail. Santa Monica, CA. | Bay City Guaranty Building facade. Santa Monica, CA. | Spanish Colonial style building (4th Street at Broadway). Santa Monica, CA. |
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Restored brick building with Romanesque arches (227 Broadway). Santa Monica, CA. | Archstone Santa Monica Apartments (Broadway at 5th). Santa Monica, CA. | Universal Music building (Colorado at Cloverfield Aves.). Santa Monica, CA. | Universal Music building facade. Santa Monica, CA. |
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The Water Garden building (Colorado at Cloverfield Aves.). Santa Monica, CA. | Sony Music Campus (1992) (2100 Colorado Ave.). Santa Monica, CA. Style: Moderne Revival. Architect: Steven Ehrlich Architects. | Los Angeles International Airport from air from above intersection of San Diego & Santa Monica freeways. CA. | Los Angeles International Airport from air on coast at right with boomerang shaped inlet of Marina Del Rey to left. CA. |