PCAD - Times-Mirror Company, Los Angeles Times Building #2, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

Exterior view of the Los Angeles Times Building #2, Los Angeles, c. 1885; from vickielester.com

Exterior view of the Los Angeles Times Building after bombing in 1910; from Wikimedia Commons

Print advertisement depicting the Los Angeles Times Building #2, Los Angeles, CA, 1898. From Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1898, p. 615, accessed 03/13/2025

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Overview

The Richardsonian Romanesque Times Building #2 occupied a site on Old Fort Street, later known as Broadway. The Los Angeles Times began publication in 1881.

Alteration

Architect John Krempel (1861-1933) designed a three-story office building addition, located on the site of Times-Mirror Company Building #1, c. 1910; a bomb blast destroyed part of the Los Angeles Times's building at 1st Street and Broadway on 10/01/1910. The explosion was attributed to two labor unionists, James and Joseph McNamara, who resented the Times's rabidly anti-union editorial positions.

PCAD id: 1866

Publications

Irwin, Lew, ""Blast that rocked labor"", Los Angeles Times, A27, 2010-10-03.

Links

Beguiling Hollywood: The Los Angeles Times