Jensen's Recreation Center (Electric Sign) E.E.B. Meinardus, Architect 1924

Jensen's Recreation Center (Electric Sign) E.E.B. Meinardus, Architect 1924
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The Jensen Recreation Center was one of several buildings built by German immigrant Christian Jensenone in the 1920s.. Jensen made a fortune making bricks for the rapidly growing city. The center orginially had shops, a bowling alley, and a pool hall at street level, and apartments on the top two levels.

The building was declared Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 652 in 1998. Located at 1706 W. Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park.