Penthouse of the Oviatt Building Visit

Kim Cooper

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On August 30, 2012, a few lucky subscribers to the LAVA newsletter gathered in the lobby of the art deco Oviatt Building on Olive Street for a very special free private evening tour of the Penthouse from the building’s historian, Marc Chevalier.

If you weren’t fortunate enough to join us on the tour, you will enjoy these photographs of this unique and mysterious place above the city. For more info on this event see lavatransforms.org/oviattrooftop1

Kim Cooper is the creator of 1947project, the crime-a-day time travel blog that spawned Esotouric’s popular crime bus tours, including The Real Black Dahlia. She is the author of The Kept Girl, the acclaimed historical mystery starring the young Raymond Chandler and the real-life Philip Marlowe, and of The Raymond Chandler Map of Los Angeles. With husband Richard Schave, Kim curates the Salons and forensic science seminars of LAVA- The Los Angeles Visionaries Association. When the third generation Angeleno isn’t combing old newspapers for forgotten scandals, she is a passionate advocate for historic preservation of signage, vernacular architecture and writer’s homes. Kim was for many years the editrix of Scram, a journal of unpopular culture. Her books include Fall in Love For Life, Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth, Lost in the Grooves and an oral history of Neutral Milk Hotel.

Penthouse of the Oviatt Building Visit

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