Chapman Lobby Is Indeed Quite Marble-y

By Eric Richardson
Published: Sunday, January 27, 2008, at 04:18PM

Chapman Lobby Eric Richardson [Flickr]

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — When plans were first announced for the conversion of the Chapman at 8th and Broadway, much was made of how the building’s lobby was so extensively decked in marble. At the time I was a bit skeptical that much of it would have survived the building’s intervening periods.

Now that the Chapman lobby has again returned to view, though, I can see that there is indeed quite a bit of marble looking to be in pretty good shape in there.

This sort of thing always makes you wonder what other unassuming Downtown buildings have treasures sitting hidden inside. While we’ve seen amazing restorations over the past few years, you know there have to be a few more gems waiting to get their chance to return to the spotlight.



Comments

1
affrojuice writes:

do you know when people are going to start moving into the chapman?

# on Jan.27.2008 AT 09:46 PM
2
Tyler writes:

The roof is really starting to take shape too, as I just visited the Chapman today.

# on Jan.27.2008 AT 09:58 PM
3
downtowner writes:

Tyler - did you take any pics of the rooftop..does it look like the renderings?

# on Jan.28.2008 AT 12:35 AM
4
Tyler writes:

The roof is really starting to take shape too, as I just visited the Chapman today. They quote anywhere from March to April as move-in possibilities.

They passed electric and plumbing inspections and are waiting for the big one (fire).

# on Jan.28.2008 AT 07:46 AM
5
Tyler writes:

Yeah, I have pictures of the roof and can share later this evening. The roof is still pretty bare in terms of landscape, etc, but they have the hot tub installed (with glass walls surrounding), a fountain, and elevated tile (better to see in picture than describe).

# on Jan.28.2008 AT 07:49 AM
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fdiaz writes:

Tyler,

have you gotten a chance to post the roof top pictures by any chance?

# on Jan.30.2008 AT 11:37 AM
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jimmy writes:

would love to see pictures

# on Feb.01.2008 AT 12:11 AM
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David Kennedy writes:

My wife actually has a lot of personal history with this building. When she first came to L.A. as a little girl from Mexico, her mom worked in the building in garment manufacturing. She recalls a long-gone pizza joint. There was a toy store where she got her first real Barbie doll. She always remembered the lobby. She’s very curious to see the new lobby.

# on Feb.01.2008 AT 12:01 PM

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