Haas Building (Los Angeles)

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Haas Building
Haas Building (Los Angeles)
General information
StatusComplete and open for lease
TypeLive/Work Lofts
Architectural style Beaux Arts
Location219 West 7th Street and 660 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°2′43″N118°15′11″W / 34.04528°N 118.25306°W / 34.04528; -118.25306
Completed1915
Technical details
Floor count12
Lifts/elevators2
Design and construction
Architect(s) Morgan Walls & Morgan
Structural engineerCharles Tan, S.E.
Main contractorGabriel Frig & Big Star Builders, Inc

Haas Building, also known as the Broadway Exchange Building, is a historic twelve-story building located at 219 West 7th Street and 660 South Broadway, in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of Downtown Los Angeles. It was originally owned by Abraham Haas and was completed in 1915. [1]

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History

Hass Building was designed by Morgan Walls & Morgan for Abraham Haas and was built in 1915. [1] [2]

The building was modernized in 1974, and in 1979, when the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, Hass Building was listed as a non-contributing property in the district. [3]

In 2009, Haas Building was converted into 68 apartment units, including a rooftop penthouse. [1] The building houses the Haas Trademark Collection by Wyndham as of 2024.

Tenants

In the building's early years, it was the location of so many realty buyers, sellers, leasers, and lessees, that it was said to be "an excellent place to diagnose financial conditions in and around Los Angeles." During December 1915, the Bank of Italy secured a 25-year lease on the ground floor and the basement of the building, with 6,550 feet (2,000 m) of ground floor space and safe deposit and coin vaults in the basement. W J Pearson & Co. also occupied a large part of the 3rd floor. [4]

Other major occupants of the Haas Building over the years include:

Architecture and design

Haas Building was made to be one of the finest and most modern buildings of the time, built fireproof and with the latest steel frame, and featuring Beaux Arts architecture and terra cotta ornamentation. [1] Architectural firm Morgan, Walls & Clements designed this building facing the street with a frontage of 55 feet (17 m) on Broadway by 150 feet (46 m) on Seventh. The building was 50 feet (15 m) by 75 feet (23 m) on the ground floor as well as the basement.

The building's corridors were floored with marble and seven-foot wainscoting, while the lobby's floors, walls, and ceiling were all marble. The interior woodwork was made in solid mahogany. The building's fixtures and interiors, including three high-speed elevators, cost $100,000. [8]

The building was modernized in the 1970s, with the classic exterior lost to a metal skin. Despite this, a small portion of the original terra cotta is still visible on the 7th Street facade. [1]

Haas Building is shown briefly in the final episode of Season 3 of Squid Game . However, the name on the building was changed to "NAAS BLD'G".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Strolling on 7th Street: downtown's historic thoroughfare (PDF). LA Conservancy. November 7, 2010. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 11, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  2. ↑ Historic-Cultural Monument Application for the MILLION DOLLAR THEATER BUILDING (PDF). Los Angeles Department of City Planning. February 7, 2019. p. 72. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  3. ↑ "California SP Broadway Theater and Commercial District". United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. May 9, 1979.
  4. ↑ "Lease as reported." Los Angeles Times December 6, 1914: II13. Retrieved on March 9, 2009.
  5. ↑ Ray (February 7, 2022). "Inglewood used to be a Ku Klux Klan haven. A raid in the neighborhood changed everything". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Deny office to Klan." Los Angeles Times May 28, 1922: I1. Retrieved on March 9, 2009.
  7. ↑ Unterman, Phoebe (July 30, 2012). "What's in My Loft?: Rabbi Moshe Greenwald, Haas Building". DT News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Rushing work on skyscraper." Los Angeles Times December 13, 1914: V1. Retrieved on March 9, 2009.
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