Hunt & Chambers: Biltmore Garages (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Description

Parking garages were a new type of building in the 1920s, with the recent invention of the motorized vehicle. Garages of this time period catered to the wealthy, with valet services, fuel stations, and service bays which would work on your car while you stayed in the hotel.

Creator

Myron Hunt, architect

Source

Myron Hunt & H. G. Chambers records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Date

undated

Rights

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Collection

Citation

Myron Hunt, architect, “Hunt & Chambers: Biltmore Garages (Los Angeles, Calif.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed December 5, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/696.