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Issacs Building is a historic eight-story office building located at 737-747 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 Jewelry District and 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

Issacs Building was built in 1913 and it housed a Reich and Lièvre in 1917. In 1979, when the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
, Issacs Building was 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. Issacs building sold for $925,000 in 1997 and $4.65 million in 2013 . In 2022, the building was put up for sale for $20.5 million but it did not sell. The following year, the building was put up for auction with a starting bid of $4 million . The building is a significant contributor to Sneaker Row, which emerged in the area in the 2010s.


Architecture and design

Issacs Building is made of
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with a glazed and molded
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facade. The building features Gothic detailing and a large facade covers most of the northern half of the front of the building.


See also

* List of contributing properties in the Broadway Theater and Commercial District


References

{{LABTCD Commercial buildings completed in 1913 Buildings and structures in Downtown Los Angeles Historic district contributing properties in California 1910s architecture in the United States Broadway (Los Angeles)