PCAD - Bergstrom, George Edwin, Architect

Construction photo of the monolithic reinforced concrete trusses supporting the theatre roof, Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre, Los Angeles, c. 1922; from "Great Balcony in New Grauman Theater Shows Slight Deflection under Test," Southwest Builder and Contractor, no. 1527, 06/30/1922, p. 15

Exterior view of the Metropolitan Theatre while "The Mikado of Jazz" was being performed there, Los Angeles, CA, 1928. From University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Society and Culture Collection, Rene Irene Grage Photograph and Ephemera Collection. PH Coll 1229, Item #SOC8271

Postcard of Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre and Office Building. Los Angeles, c. 1923; from Los Angeles Theatres Blogspot.com

Site map of Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre, location, Los Angeles, 1923; from Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Los Angeles, 1923, (Philadelphia: G.W. Baist Company, 1923), pl. 2

View of Broadway looking north from Eighth Street, Los Angeles, 1913; from the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, Photo #CHS-2156

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George Edwin Bergstrom, Jesse Earl Stanton

Active 1915-1941

Firm Notes

George Edwin Bergstrom operated a successful practice through the 1920s. When the building industry collapsed during the Depression, business slowed considerably. Unlike many others, though, Bergstrom had considerable assets due to wealth accumulated by his family and that of his wife. Bergstrom had always been active in the local American Institute of Architects Chapter in Southern CA, but he became very active in the organization during the later 1930s and early 1940s, serving two terms as its President.

PCAD id: 454

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Commercial Club Building Project, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1924	Los Angeles	CA
Garrick Theatre, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre and Office Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1921-1923	Los Angeles	CA

Publications

Betts, Benjamin, "A.I.A. Takes Lead...", American Architect, 139: 2596, 30-31, 122, 124, 126, 6/1931. "Marina man makes new houses from old", Argonaut, 22-23, 12/18/1980. "Ash Paid for Elegant Home", Los Angeles Times, part II: 9, 12/19/1915. "Remodeled Garrick to open by New Year", Los Angeles Times, 35, 12/18/1921. "Alterations to the Garrick Theatre, 1921", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 23, col 1, 11/18/1921. "Plans for remodeling of Garrick Theater, Los Angeles", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 18, col 1-2, 10/14/1921.

Bergstrom, George Edwin, Architect (Practice)

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