Sunset Medical Building, Schwab's Pharmacy, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (1932) demolished

AKA: Crescent Heights Shopping Center, Schwab's Drug Store, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - stores

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: constructed 1932

2 stories

8024 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046
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Leon Schwab operated this famous drug store, where according to legend, movie star, Lana Turner, was discovered sitting at the lunch counter. The story seems to be apocryphal, and was probably an advertising device hatched by Schwab.

PCAD id: 2263

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