Los Altos Apartments
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Los Altos Apartments
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Los Altos Apartments, May 2008
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| Location: |
4121 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California |
| Built: |
1925 |
| Architect: |
Rust, Edward B.; Mayo, Luther |
| Architectural style: |
Mission/Spanish Revival |
| Governing body: |
Private |
| NRHP Reference#: |
99000765[1] |
| LAHCM #: |
311 |
| Significant dates |
| Added to NRHP: |
July 1, 1999 |
| Designated LAHCM: |
1986-10-17[2] |
The Los Altos Apartments is a Mission Revival style apartment building on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The structure was built in 1925 and designed by Edward B. Rust and Luther Mayo. In 1999, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
When built, the Los Altos Apartments began as a co-op and were later used as a luxury apartment and hotel catering to stars like Clara Bow, Bette Davis, Mae West, Douglas Fairbanks, and William Randolph Hearst. The Spanish Colonial-style building went bankrupt during the Great Depression and fell into disrepair. In 1993, a local housing group Neighborhood Effort rescued the structure from demolition and obtained national historic site status by tracking down its original parts and design details such as floor tiles, doorknobs, and colors.
Los Angeles-based architectural firm M2A rehabilitated the 75-unit structure, and restored its original decor. The firm restored or recreated Los Altos’ original light fixtures, hardware, carpets, plaster work, awnings, and ornamental iron work. Today, Los Altos is the home to artists, screenwriters, and actors. In 1999, Los Altos received several preservation design awards from the California Preservation Foundation and the Los Angeles Conservancy. The landmark also received a Historic Preservation Award of Excellence from the city of Los Angeles.
Popular culture
The television series Angel prominently featured exterior shots of the Los Altos Apartments, in seasons 2 - 4, it acted as the exterior of the Hyperion Hotel, the home and base of titular character and his friends. The 'Los Altos Apartments' building was also featured in a season 1 episode of Angel called "I Fall To Pieces", where it was used as both exterior and interior for the apartment building of a guest character.
In the fifth episode of the second season of the television series Numb3rs, called Assassin, the building was used as the exterior of the Rancho Verde Assisted Living building.
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Notice detail in balconies on top floor.
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Entire West wall of the apartments
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- Category:National Register of Historic Places
- Portal:National Register of Historic Places
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