Forrester Building is a historic eight-story building located at 638 S.
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
** Broadway Theatre (53rd Stre ...
in the
Broadway Theater District in the
historic core of
downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is the central business district of the city of Los Angeles. It is part of the Central Los Angeles region and covers a area. As of 2020, it contains over 500,000 jobs and has a population of roughly 85,000 residents ...
.
History
Forrester Building was designed by
Charles Frederick Whittlesey, built in 1907,
[ and takes its name from the E.A. Forrester & Sons realty firm, who owned the building.]lofts
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and ground-floor retail.Broadway Theater and Commercial District
The Broadway Theater District in the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles is the first and largest historic theater district listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). With twelve movie palaces located along a six-block stretch ...
was added to the National Register of Historic Places
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, with the Forrester Building listed as a contributing property
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic dist ...
in the district.[
]
Architecture and design
Forrester Building is made of reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete or ferro-concrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ...
[ and features heavy ]cornice
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, arch
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ed windows, and a stone
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and terra cotta
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facade that covers the bottom three stories.[ The building is wide by deep.][
]
See also
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References
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Commercial buildings completed in 1907
Buildings and structures in Downtown Los Angeles
Historic district contributing properties in California
1900s architecture in the United States
Broadway (Los Angeles)