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    Architect John D. Parkinson: Eternally Elevating the Los Angeles Skyline
    Architect John D. Parkinson: Eternally Elevating the Los Angeles Skyline
    Architect John D. Parkinson: Eternally Elevating the Los Angeles Skyline
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    Architect John D. Parkinson: Eternally Elevating the Los Angeles Skyline

    By Marques Vickers

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    Author Marques Vickers examines architect John D. Parkinson’s life and creative legacy. Parkinson is most noted for his iconic Los Angeles landmarks. His most recognized works include the Los Angeles City Hall, Memorial Coliseum, Union Station, Bullock’s Wilshire and the nucleus of USC’s campus.

    Vickers photographs thirty-six of his standing projects and provides background details on their origins and design.

    Following four years of steady commissions in Seattle, Parkinson uprooted his practice to Los Angeles in 1894 following a series of financial reversals. Over the next forty years, he was credited with over 200 projects. Fifty remain today creating a blueprint for twentieth century Los Angeles modernism. Despite his achievements, output and recognition during his era, his name is nearly forgotten amongst memorable architects.

    Parkinson died in 1935 and both his son and grandson, who carried on his practice died within in twenty years. Their premature passing contributed towards his name receding from public recognition. Many of his prominent skyscrapers formed the core of Los Angeles’ downtown financial, theatre and shopping districts. The decline of these sectors during the 1960s into squalor and vice further diminished his reputation.

    A current revitalization of Spring and Broadway Streets has renewed appreciation for Parkinson’s classic designs and aesthetic contributions.

    The edition traces the improbable evolution of a master architect from his modest Lancashire, England background. Parkinson left school at thirteen, apprenticed with a Bolton architect while studying evenings at the local Mechanics Institute. His eventual immigration to America included formative stops in Winnipeg, Canada, Minneapolis and Napa. His genius and innovation first emerged in Seattle through Romanesque Revival styling. His classic Los Angeles designs were articulated through Beaux Arts, Spanish Renaissance and Art Deco.

    Photographed and elaborated upon in “John D. Parkinson: Eternally Elevating the Los Angeles Skyline”

    Seattle Years and Projects (1889-1894):
    Interurban Building
    B. F. Day Elementary School
    Alexander Hall
    Garrand Building

    Los Angeles Years and Projects (1895-1939)
    Homer Laughlin Building (Los Angeles’ first steel-reinforced and fireproof structure)
    O.T. Johnson Building
    Brady Building (Los Angeles’ first skyscraper)
    Trustee Building
    Security Bank Building
    Alexandria Hotel
    Bullock’s Department Store
    Yorkshire Apartments
    Pacific Southwest Bank
    Pershing Square Renovation
    Rowan Building
    A.G. Bartlett Building
    Washington Building
    Junipero Serra Building
    Crocker Bank Building
    Rosslyn Hotel and Rosslyn Annex
    Los Angeles Theatre Center
    Security Trust and Savings Building
    Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
    Metropolitan Annex Building
    Hotel Hayward Addition
    Southern California Gas Company Complex
    USC Gwynn Wilson Student Union Building
    Los Angeles City Hall Complex
    Title Insurance and Trust
    USC Zumberge Hall of Science Building
    USC George Finley Bovard Building
    Bullock’s Wilshire Department Store
    Los Angeles Stock Exchange
    Banks and Huntley Building
    Title Guarantee and Trust Building

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMarques Vickers
    Release dateJul 29, 2020
    ISBN9781005125622
    Architect John D. Parkinson: Eternally Elevating the Los Angeles Skyline
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    Marques Vickers

    Visual Artist, Writer and Photographer Marques Vickers is a California native presently living in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington regions. He was born in 1957 and raised in Vallejo, California. He is a 1979 Business Administration graduate from Azusa Pacific University in the Los Angeles area. Following graduation, he became the Public Relations and ultimately Executive Director of the Burbank Chamber of Commerce between 1979-84. He subsequently became the Vice President of Sales for AsTRA Tours and Travel in Westwood between 1984-86. Following a one-year residence in Dijon, France where he studied at the University of Bourgogne, he began Marquis Enterprises in 1987. His company operations have included sports apparel exporting, travel and tour operations, wine brokering, publishing, rare book and collectibles reselling. He has established numerous e-commerce, barter exchange and art websites including MarquesV.com, ArtsInAmerica.com, InsiderSeriesBooks.com, DiscountVintages.com and WineScalper.com. Between 2005-2009, he relocated to the Languedoc region of southern France. He concentrated on his painting and sculptural work while restoring two 19th century stone village residences. His figurative painting, photography and sculptural works have been sold and exhibited internationally since 1986. He re-established his Pacific Coast residence in 2009 and has focused his creative productivity on writing and photography. His published works span a diverse variety of subjects including true crime, international travel, California wines, architecture, history, Southern France, Pacific Coast attractions, fiction, auctions, fine art marketing, poetry, fiction and photojournalism. He has two daughters, Charline and Caroline who presently reside in Europe.

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