CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD 1936

Robert V. Derrah
6671 Sunset Boulvard

The theme is set by a Streamline Moderne ship sailing into Sunset Boulvard with a tall, open tower ( supporting a lighted globe) on its prow. Go to the stern and you will find shops in the spanish Colonial, Tudor, and French Provincial modes. The architect has carried the concept of the 1920s pedestrian mall into the new streamline age of the mid-1930s. It is perphaps significant that Derrah is one of the few architects to have two of his buildings declared cultural-his-toric landmarks by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board. The other is the equally remarkable Coca-Cola Bottling Plant near downtown Los Angeles.