Restoring A Landmark In Los Angeles (And Heading Toward A Museum’s Future)

The details of the Academy of Motion Pictures’ restoration of the old May Company building, now the Saban building, are pretty cool: “Taking apart the steel windows uncovered a bit of architectural archeology. The original depression-era workers dumped plaster, wood, and construction debris inside the walls, and the windows were made watertight with sisal rope, a technique Fidler recognized from ships and buildings of the 18th century.”