Fleetwood Center Los Angeles Scan

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One of the last examples of photogrammatic architecture in los angeles. For more information check out the LA conservatory https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/fleetwood-center Overview On a street renowned for its “carchitecture,” is there any more literal form than a building shaped like the front of a Cadillac? This is the unlikely face of a strip mall in Tarzana that was completed in 1987 and apparently never held any Cadillac-related business, let alone the car dealership you might expect. Lee Oakes of architectural firm Matlin and Dvoretzky designed the two-story building for developer CBS Realcorp. In a 1987 Los Angeles Times article, he admitted the Mimetic style was outside his usual purview: “Very rarely do I have creative impulses like this. I was just walking around and saw this Cadillac grille. It just clicked.”