I just found another piece of the puzzle and almost fell off my chair! Here is the base of the Walter P. Story Building as it appeared in the 1950s.
Is this Clement's
streamline moderne renovation from 1934...or is this yet another makeover?
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1335237065143
I'd give anything to see a color photograph of this facade. If this is indeed Clement's design...I am visualizing a reflective silver metal!
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