LA Jewelry Center (#0942)

629 S. Hill St, originally the Sun Realty Building, built in 1930-31 with a blue-green terra cotta exterior. The building is one of many in the area of downtown LA that became known as the Jewelry District. While the area had some jewelry stores from the 1920’s, more of the surrounding office buildings (and theaters) were converted into jewelry manufacturing and retail in the 1960’s. The area is purportedly the largest jewelry district in the United States, with over 5000 businesses and sales of close to $3 billion – see the Wikipedia article.

Building description: www.laconservancy.org/locations/los-angeles-jewelry-center
Jewelry district history: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewelry_District_(Los_Angeles)