Storefronts located in the 5200 block of Wilshire Boulevard, just west of S. Sycamore Avenue. The Art Deco office building (left), which was once occupied by Security Pacific National Bank, is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument designed by Morgan, Walls & Clements, but the Spanish style building containing the Monaco Beauty Salon and A. Q. Fine Tailoring was later demolished and replaced with a fast food restaurant. (Marlene Laskey Collection; Los Angeles Public Library)