Shiny New Exterior at the Rosslyn Lofts
Eric Richardson
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Black neeting was removed from the 5th street face of the Rosslyn Lofts today, revealing a shiny restored exterior.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — It's amazing what a little scrub will do for a historic building.
The crew at work on lower floors of the Rosslyn Lofts today began removing the black net that has shrouded the structure for the past month. Unveiled are bright, creamy terra cotta details previously covered in a deep layer of sooty grime.
The transformation becomes even more clear when one looks at the Rosslyn's 1923 annex, located across 5th street. It once matched its 1912 sibling, but today sports a dirty gray instead of the healthy cream color.
Affordable housing provider The Amerland Group began renting lower-floor units in the Rosslyn Lofts building in July. The company was in escrow to purchase the southern annex, but as of blogdowntown's most recent information that deal has not been finalized and the building was no longer in escrow.
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Oscar on September 09, 2009, at 10:58AM – #1
Can somebody with a little time in their hands put together a "before/after" compilation? Please? Pretty please? Thank you.
Los Angeles lofts on September 26, 2009, at 03:48PM – #2
It is so nice to see that work is still being put into real estate in Los Angeles. The last 15 years have seen some great developments and taking an older building and reinventing it is what has been so special over that period of time.