Richfield Tower: Established in 1929, Los Angeles as headquarters of Richfield Oil. The structure was designed to be black and gold to symbolize petroleum as “black gold”. It was demolished in 1969 after the company had outgrown the building.
It looks like someone cut off the Empire State lol
MrKittenzsays
What a cool building. Was this downtown?
IwannaFUCKmySISTERSsays
Wow, I fully expected to be designed by the same people who made the Carbide and Carbon building. Art deco is just the fuckin tits
Forkhandles_says
When the architect clicked print current page instead of print whole document …
alicabbloversays
So beautiful, it breaks me heart it was demolished. If anyone else in LA likes the black and gold look, there’s a couple still around. 1) The Deco Building just off Wilshire and LaBrea. Small facade, but still awesome. 2) The Dolly Llama on 3rd and Western.
LouisBalfour82says
Looks like Carbon and Carbide couldn’t get it up.
mrtn17says
Aside from the loss of cultural value, the building was only 40 years old. Such a waste
Glacier_Xsays
Brought to you by your local ARCO station…
esotouric_tourssays
Some artifacts of this amazing building survive. On the lower plaza of the new ARCO Towers on the site, the massive Art Deco elevator doors have been installed as an art piece. And at UC Santa Barbara, several of the spectacular terracotta angels are in front of the student health center.
My pal Gordon Pattison, who grew up on old Bunker Hill, recalls the rooftop neon as being really something. It lit up in sequence to symbolize an oil well gushing!
Elianxo says
It looks like someone cut off the Empire State lol
MrKittenz says
What a cool building. Was this downtown?
IwannaFUCKmySISTERS says
Wow, I fully expected to be designed by the same people who made the Carbide and Carbon building. Art deco is just the fuckin tits
Forkhandles_ says
When the architect clicked print current page instead of print whole document …
alicabblover says
So beautiful, it breaks me heart it was demolished. If anyone else in LA likes the black and gold look, there’s a couple still around. 1) The Deco Building just off Wilshire and LaBrea. Small facade, but still awesome. 2) The Dolly Llama on 3rd and Western.
LouisBalfour82 says
Looks like Carbon and Carbide couldn’t get it up.
mrtn17 says
Aside from the loss of cultural value, the building was only 40 years old. Such a waste
Glacier_X says
Brought to you by your local ARCO station…
esotouric_tours says
Some artifacts of this amazing building survive. On the lower plaza of the new ARCO Towers on the site, the massive Art Deco elevator doors have been installed as an art piece. And at UC Santa Barbara, several of the spectacular terracotta angels are in front of the student health center.
My pal Gordon Pattison, who grew up on old Bunker Hill, recalls the rooftop neon as being really something. It lit up in sequence to symbolize an oil well gushing!