Sterling Plaza

Sterling Plaza

The Sterling Plaza in 2015
General information
Architectural style Art Deco architecture
Address 9429-9441 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California, 90210
Completed 1929
Client California National Bank of Beverly Hills
Owner Donald Sterling
Design and construction
Architect John and Donald Parkinson

Sterling Plaza (also known as the California Bank Building) is a historic building in Beverly Hills, California.

Location

The building is located at 9429-9441 on Wilshire Boulevard, in the City of Beverly Hills, California.[1][2][3]

History

Construction was completed in 1929.[1] It was designed by the architectural team John and Donald Parkinson in the Art Deco style.[1] With seven stories, it is 32 metre high.[2]

It was built for the California National Bank of Beverly Hills.[3] As a result, it was first known as the California Bank Building.[1] The building was completed just before the Wall Street crash.[3] It was later acquired by Louis B. Mayer, the head of MGM.[4]

In the 1990s, the building was acquired by Donald Sterling.[4][5] As a result, it was renamed the Sterling Plaza.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Los Angeles Conservancy: Sterling Plaza
  2. 1 2 Emporis: California Bank Building
  3. 1 2 3 Suzanne Tarbell Cooper, Amy Ronnebeck Hall, Frank E. Cooper, Jr., Los Angeles Art Deco, Arcadia Publishing, 2005,
  4. 1 2 Marc Wanamaker, Beverly Hills: 1930-2005, Arcadia Publishing, 2006
  5. 1 2 Is Donald Sterling guilty of tax evasion? New report shows his long-dead grandmother and mother are the CURRENT owners of two properties in his childhood neighborhood, The Daily Mail, May 19, 2014

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