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Here’s a little Los Angeles oil history as reflected in the historic lobby of the Downtown Standard. The Los Angeles Times recently recounted LA’s oil history in its article about the current capping of some of LA’s oldest oil wells: The sealing of the long-abandoned wells by Allenco Energy to make way for a 45-unit affordable housing project marks the end of an era for the Los Angeles City Oil Field, which sparked Southern California’s oil boom 120 years ago. The photo above is of the ceiling relief in the historic lobby of the Downtown Standard, built by architect Claud Beelman in 1955 for the Superior Oil Building.

Here’s a little Los Angeles oil history as reflected in the historic lobby of the Downtown Standard. The Los Angeles Times recently recounted LA’s oil history in its article about the current capping of some of LA’s oldest oil wells:

The sealing of the long-abandoned wells by Allenco Energy to make way for a 45-unit affordable housing project marks the end of an era for the Los Angeles City Oil Field, which sparked Southern California’s oil boom 120 years ago.

The photo above is of the ceiling relief in the historic lobby of the Downtown Standard, built by architect Claud Beelman in 1955 for the Superior Oil Building.

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