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Power to the People: Your Favorite Sixties Buildings in Los Angeles County

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Friend Paper Building, Peoples Choice Industrial winnerThanks to everyone who's voted to help create the People's Choice Top 60 of the '60s! We've completed the fifth round of voting, for industrial buildings -- meet the winners below. The people have spoken, giving the top industrial spot to… Friend Paper Building -- currently The Sofa Company (1965)!

Top Ten Industrial Buildings
(in order of popularity)

Friend Paper Building (currently The Sofa Company) (photo at right courtesy Pasadena Heritage)
IBM Aerospace Headquarters (currently Otis College of Art and Design)
Vincent Thomas Bridge
Lawry's California Center (currently Los Angeles River Center & Gardens)
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Communications Center
Space Flight Operations Facility
THUMS Oil Platforms
TRW Space Park Campus (currently Northrop Grumman)
Santa Monica Freeway
Scientific Data Systems (currently Xerox Building)

Scroll down for slideshow with photos and descriptions, plus a Google map for exploring on your own.

Please note that this poll is completely unofficial and strictly for fun!

Green arrow for e-news jump linkIndustrial Winners
Green arrow for e-news jump linkBy the Numbers
Green arrow for e-news jump linkResidential Winners
Green arrow for e-news jump linkEcclesiastical Winners
Green arrow for e-news jump linkCommercial/Retail Winners
Green arrow for e-news jump linkCivic/Institutional Winners
Green arrow for e-news jump linkGoogle Map of All the Winners


Round 5: "People's Choice Top Ten" Industrial Buildings

 

By the Numbers

The graph below shows how the twenty industrial contenders ranked. You can see how close some of the voting was --
it's clear that every vote counts!

Industrial Winners graph


Round 4: "People's Choice Top Ten" Residential Buildings

 


Round 3: "People's Choice Top Ten" Ecclesiastical Buildings



Round 2: "People's Choice Top Ten" Commercial/Retail Buildings

 

Round 1: "People's Choice Top Ten" Civic/Institutional Buildings


Go See These Gems for Yourself!

Round 1: Civic/Institutional - Blue
Round 2: Commercial/Retail - Red
Round 3: Ecclesiastical - Green
Round 4: Residential - Not listed due to privacy issues
Round 5: Industrial - Fuschia



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