L.A.'s Toy Factory Lofts making denim history

NOBODY knows exactly how the converted 1924 toy factory, lodged between cold storage facilities and an abandoned railroad spur in downtown L.A. became the global epicenter of premium denim, but somewhere along the line, the building at the corner of Industrial and Mateo streets got seriously tangled up in blue.

By Adam Tschorn

May 6, 2007