Los Angeles bows at the altar of the almighty highway. The gods of ever-expanding asphalt require the sacrifice of all in their path, including the parks, the gardens, and the homes. Several Schindlers fell victim to the hopeless hope of shorter commutes across the ever-expanding suburban nothingness. Such was the fate of Schindler's Breacher Apartments from 1925.
Or was it?
I received an email earlier this week from Dan Caroselli, a fellow Schindler-head, that, miracle-of miracles, reported that he had located the Breacher Apartments!
"I couldn't believe my eyes at first," Caroselli said. He just happened to be gawking at structures along South Sherbourne Drive on Google Streetview when he noticed the building's distinctive “Schindlerian” characteristics. "At first glance I assumed it must have been a later construction inspired by Schindler," Caroselli said. "But as I looked at more of it there was no doubt in my mind this had to be done by him!"
Indeed, the building, as seen from Google Streetview, looks exactly like the one Schindler designed, :
It appears remarkably original outside of the doors and windows:
To remove any doubt that this is a Schindler, Caroselli found the relocation permit for moving the building from its original location at 5806 Carlton Way in Hollywood to 2045 South Sherbourne Drive:
"It honestly felt like finding a gold nugget," Caroselli said. Indeed! Besides reaching out to us, Caroselli has notified the MAK Center and US Modernist. "I just wanted to pass along this find and hope that it may help the building be preserved and appreciated," he said.
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