Rudolph Schindler: Meline Photoplay building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Description
Schindler designed preliminary sketches for this high-rise office tower for the Frank Meline Company. The Photoplay building featured a top floor clubhouse for the Photoplayers, which included a ballroom/dining room, men's and women's lounges, a library, multiple small card playing rooms, and a billiard room. Photoplay magazine was a movie industry magazine in the 1920s.
Creator
Rudolph Schindler, architect
Source
R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Date
1922
Rights
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Collection
Citation
Rudolph Schindler, architect, “Rudolph Schindler: Meline Photoplay building (Los Angeles, Calif.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed December 3, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/488.