Sears, Roebuck and Company Mail Order Building, 1989

USA

This 1989 photo shows the 9-story Art Deco Sears store in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, at 2650 E. Olympic Boulevard and Soto Street. Built in 1927 in just six months at a cost of $5 million, this mail order distribution center, designed by George Nimmens Company, boasted a 226-foot tower and 11 acres of floor space. One of the city's largest buildings, it drew over 100,000 visitors in its first month. After 64 years, Sears closed this iconic Eastside landmark in 1992, resulting in the loss of .. Read more »over 1,300 jobs. Since the mid-1990s, several renovation proposals have been considered.