Demolition of 1965 Columbia Savings Building

This final compilation shows the full progression of demolition of the 1965 Columbia Savings Building. This important example of postwar bank architecture - which later served as Wilshire Grace Church - stood at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue on Los Angeles' Miracle Mile. Its demolition began on December 4, 2009, hours after the Los Angeles City Council approved a large mixed-use development for the site. Demolition was completed in late January 2010. For more information, visit http://laconservancy.org/issues/issues_columbia.php4

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• columbia savings building
• 1960s
• modernism
• los angeles
• demolition
• preservation
• modern architecture
• miracle mile

[laconservancy]

It later served as a church.

[6969Wolf6969]

very funny. hahaha. good one nick.

[nickrambus]

Too bad you couldn't have been standing

in front of the wrecking ball in full action

[cheche225]

Was the skylight removed for installation somewhere else? It would be a shame to have lost that, too.

[6969Wolf6969]

some pretty cool hits with the wrecking ball. and love those big track hoes ready to make mince meat out of the building. what a cool wrecking job. who was the contractor who did this? The operators look really skillful too. what an ugly building. glad it's down on the ground now, buried in the dump where it belongs.

[garycalgary]

why is there a cross on the building if it's a bank?