10 Iconic Los Angeles Buildings That Could Be Demolished at Any Moment The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd. The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd. The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd. The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library East Los Angeles) The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library A new county landmarking ordinance could provide some protection The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library A new county landmarking ordinance could provide some protection The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library West Hollywood) The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library Hiding in plain sight at the western end of West Hollywood is a gorgeous streamline moderne glass brick palace (Wurdeman and Becket The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library built for the pampered pets of Hollywood’s gilded age and threatened by the Charles Company’s Melrose Triangle development.; Credit: Courtesy Bruce Becket Archives The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library Dr. Jones Dog & Cat Hospital today (9080 Santa Monica Blvd. The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library Dr. Jones Dog & Cat Hospital today (9080 Santa Monica Blvd. The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library tagging The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library dogged preservation activists Krisy Gosney and Kate Eggert of West Hollywood Heritage Project and the Los Angeles Conservancy fight on to save Boystown’s coolest building.; Credit: Courtesy West Hollywood Heritage Project The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library The Los Angeles Times compound circa 1937 (First and Spring The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library The Los Angeles Times compound circa 1937 (First and Spring The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library Canadian developer Onni Group seeks permission to demolish William Pereira’s masterful The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library 1973 late modern addition of a pair of enormous glass residential towers.; Credit: Herman J. Schultheis / Los Angeles Public Library Collection The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library The Los Angeles Times Pereira compound today (First and Spring The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library The Los Angeles Times Pereira compound today (First and Spring The Tamale (6421 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles) A rare survivor from the era of oddball restaurants shaped like their specialty, the 1920s tamale storefront with a house behind is currently vacant, and listed at what preservationists fear is a teardown price.; Credit: Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library