Firestone Boulevard office building: B+U’s 2009 plan for a Downey retail palladium would have featured ornately braided layers of semi-transparent fabric. (B+U Architects)
Steven Holl’s 2002 plan would have wrapped the building in a new glass facade and added a tower with commanding city views. (Steven Holl Architects)
Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright, offered Los Angeles a futuristic “acropolis for the city” with his entry in a 1925 contest to reconceive downtown. (Eric Lloyd Wright)
No lines on a map convey a greater sense of civic loss than the red routes of Kelker, De Leuw & Co.'s 1925 plan for an L.A. subway system. (L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
A lattice of steel would have supported a four-story pyramid in Helmut Jahn’s vision for an office complex near City Hall. (Murphy/Jahn)
This early 1960s idea for traffic relief on Pacific Coast Highway originated with Santa Monica businessman John Drescher. (City of Santa Monica)
Donald R. Warren’s plan for a 1,290-foot high tower for the proposed 1939 World’s Fair would have given Los Angeles the world’s then-tallest structure. (Huntington LIbrary)
