At the corner of Figueroa and Adams you’ve got your basic stick-in-the-eye strip mall anchored by a Popeye’s. I didn’t take a picture of it. You know what it looks like. The other three corners are quite fabulous and represented here and below.
Internet clips: “…this historic landmark… designed by architect Roland E. Coate… (the) three-story Spanish Revival office building was constructed in 1921/23 to serve as the headquarters for the largest Automobile Club in the country.
The building reflects the importance of the automobile to Southern California: there is a (then unique) drive-through courtyard facing Figueroa…”