Los Angeles Times building

Five sites housing regional newspaper

The Los Angeles Times building refers to five buildings that have housed the Los Angeles Times newspaper offices since 1881. The fourth site, Times Mirror Square, is currently composed of four structures but in the absence of other specifics "Los Angeles Times building" usually refers to the 1935 building there.

Mirror Building, home of Mirror Printing Office and Book Bindery (1881–1887), located near Spring and Temple^[1]
Los Angeles Times building (1887–1910), located on the northwest corner of 1st and Broadway; this is the building that was destroyed in the deadly Los Angeles Times bombing of 1910^[1]
Los Angeles Times building (1912–1934), new construction on the same site as previous,^[1] rebuilt as a four-story building with "castle-like" clock tower^[2]
Los Angeles Times building (1935–2018), street address 202 W. First Street,^[3] original structure on the southwest corner of 1st and Spring designed by Gordon Kaufmann.^[4] Construction began 1931.^[5] Eventually the Times expanded to fill the whole block as Times Mirror Square, bounded by 1st, 2nd, Spring and Broadway.^[1]^[5] Later Times Mirror Square additions included the 1948 Rowland H. Crawford expansion, the 1973 William Pereira addition, and a parking structure.^[1]^[5]
Los Angeles Times building (2018— ), a mid-century eight-story building on Imperial Highway in El Segundo, located near the Los Angeles International Airport^[1]

Gallery

The 1886 Times building, northeast corner 1st/Broadway
Times 1886 building after bombing on October 1, 1910
1912 Times building, demolished in 1938
Los Angeles Times Building, corner of 1st and Spring
1948 Crawford Addition (or Mirror Building), NW corner 2nd/Spring, 2020
1973 Pereira Addition, southeast corner 1st and Broadway
Newspaper banner in 1923 featured the clock-tower building
Fifth Los Angeles Times building, adjacent to LAX in El Segundo, California

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Elebee, Lorena Iñiguez; Simani, Ellis; Curwen, Thomas; Owens, Charles Hamilton (2018-07-20). "Inside the historic buildings that have defined the Los Angeles Times". www.latimes.com. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
^ Los Angeles Times Building, Water and Power Associates
^ "Times Mirror Square | Los Angeles Conservancy". www.laconservancy.org. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
^ "LA Times Building (Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour)". USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c "PCAD - Times-Mirror Company, Los Angeles Times Building #4, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-05.