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The Eastern Columbia Building, a thirteen-story Art Deco landmark in downtown Los Angeles, opened on September 12, 1930 as the headquarters and thirty-ninth store of Adolph Sieroty’s combined Eastern and Columbia department stores. Designed by Claud Beelman, it became one of the city’s most recognizable buildings for its turquoise terra-cotta exterior, blue and gold trim, and exempted clock tower. After serving as a major retail flagship, it closed as a department store in 1957 and was converted to office use. Its preservation and later residential redevelopment helped secure its status as a symbol of downtown Los Angeles’s commercial and architectural history.
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