The buildings were constructed and built by the Chandler Family. The different sections of the block have different cornerstones set by succeeding generations. – at Los Angeles Times — Twitter
With the news that Patrick Soon-Shiong is moving the LAT’s newsroom from its historic HQ, to El Segundo, Ben Welsh Editor @LATdatadesk took readers on a wander through the interlocking buildings, at 1st and Spring.
The new @latimes owner is moving the newsroom from its historic HQ to El Segundo.
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
I've been lucky enough to inhabit and explore the interlocking buildings at 1st and Spring for over a decade.
I'd like to share it with you. It's a beautiful day in #DTLA. Shall we take a wander? pic.twitter.com/PYnRwVraHf
The buildings wer constructed and built by the Chandler Family.
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
The different sections of the block have different cornerstones set by succeeding generations. pic.twitter.com/9ozuHLkeAe
The lobby at 2nd and Spring with it's beautiful fixtures, including -30-, the traditional newspaper code for a story's end, hung over the exit. pic.twitter.com/h8QR0PU5Vt
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
The other public entrance, on 1st, is called the Globe Lobby. Here's why.
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
Believe it or not. This thing rotates. When it's not broken.
It is now broken. pic.twitter.com/V8xdIXeNeU
The lobby is also home to a 360 degree mural by Hugo Ballin, a tribute to the settlers of California and the nobility of press workers.
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
There's a longer story about why that's a big theme, and why this building even exists. Maybe we'll get to it later. pic.twitter.com/LB0LoLnkvE
There's an old linotype machine. pic.twitter.com/Kows9O29fD
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
Well. My phone died. So I'm going to brew a pot of coffee up in the newsroom while it charges at my desk.
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
Here's my desk by the way.
Everybody makes fun of the monitors I've scrounged through the years. But I'll be honest. I've never seen too much Linux. pic.twitter.com/NqWWAt1Vs1
I guess I can let all this spill now. Below the sill is our secret cache of abandoned computers, monitors, cords and parts. Scavaged during the uncountable layoffs and reorgs.
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
You know @LATdatadesk likes you if we made sure you scored a second monitor out here. pic.twitter.com/Y3fDVVErxs
Back inside on the floor you can find plates commemorating the three previous homes of the @latimes, one of which was dynamited by union activists.
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
That event shaped the Chandlers' politics for generations and is embedded in much of the art and rhetoric we see here. pic.twitter.com/ngppFHXy12
Before we leave, here are a few more artsy doodads from this beautiful room. pic.twitter.com/PeoXNl2Cy5
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
Outside above the entrance there is a wonderful, and often overlooked, grid of 12 plates celebrating the many aspects of life and culture covered in the @latimes.
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) April 14, 2018
My favorite is the position of respect of given to the game of Bridge. pic.twitter.com/hPjBgnm09t
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I love the photo of that New Deal-era, "Daily Planet"-like lobby. Where's a broom closet when you need to change into the cape?
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