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AKA: Sumitomo Bank Building, Foreign Exchange Department, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - banks (buildings)
Designers: Illig, Joseph and Sons, Building Contractor (firm); Lanier, Sherrill and Bourg, Architects (firm); Reutimann, Walter, Landscape Architect (firm); Wichman, Richard, Structural Engineer (firm); Bourg ; Illig ; Illig ; Joseph Illig ; Lanier ; Walter Reutimann (landscape architect); Sherrill ; Robert Wichman (structural engineer)
Dates: [unspecified]
This building had been utilized as a cafeteria since the late 1920s before it closed c. 1970. The Sumitomo Bank relocated its foreign exchange operations on the first floor of the building, and leased a retail space and a Lawry's Restaurant (an Irish pub-themed establishment) on a lower floor. In 1970, the Richard H. Lacy Trust owned the building, leasing it to Sumitomo.
In 05/1946, the Manning's was a low 1 or 1 1/2 sotry building wedged between tall office buildings near the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Grand Avenue. The exterior was lighted colored, with the Manning's logo prominently on the exterior. Three arches echoed arched features on the facades of the skyscrapers on each side.
Renovation to turn the building from a cafeteria into a bank, pub and a store began in late 02/1970 and was set to conclude by 06/1970.
PCAD id: 5051
