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J. E. Carr Building
Historic building in Los Angeles, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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J. E. Carr Building, also known as the Joseph E. Carr Building and Brooks Building, is a historic eight story high-rise located at 644 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.
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History
J. E. Carr Building was designed by Robert Brown Young and built in 1908.[1] The building opened in 1909, at which point it housed a furniture company. In the 1940s, the building housed Brooks Clothing, for which the building was later renamed Brooks Building. Other clothing stores were located in the building in the 1970s.[2][3]
In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with J. E. Carr Building listed as a contributing property in the district.[1]
By 2017, the building was mostly empty, with the upper floors vacant since the 1980s. Plans to convert the building to residential with a ground floor bar were announced in the mid-2010s. Previous plans for the building included converting it into an automated parking system.[2][3][4]
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Architecture and design
J. E. Carr Building was built with steel reinforced concrete and an enamelled terra cotta and brick facade. It features a Renaissance Revival design that includes heavy cornice, arched windows, and an unusually high amount of plate glass for its time period.[1][2][5]
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