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drkrm.gallery is located at 2121 N. San Fernando
Road, Suite 3 in the Capitol Studios Building
in the Glassell Park section of Northeast Los Angeles. Just minutes
from Chinatown, drkrm. is about a mile from the Figueroa Street
Exit off the 110 N (Pasadena Freeway) and
about a mile
from the San Fernando Road exit off the Glendale
Freeway (Interstate 2)
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owner/curator
John Matkowsky
jmatkowsky@mac.com
gallery director
Jay Lopez 213.595.7419
jay@jaylopez.net
submissions
If you feel your work is typical of the work we show here
at drkrm, send a web link or mail us a disk. Please, photography
or photo based work only. Although we feature a wide range
of styles, we are currently looking at portfolios with a strong
emphasis on documentary and photo-journalistic work.
Hemphill
Diesel School
Architect: Unknown for original building 1923
remodel: Norstrom & Anderson architects, w/ Myer Bros. Engineer,
1932-36
An existing lumber shed was transformed into this modest but striking
1 1/2 story example of industrial Art Deco by adding (to the front
of the existing building) a 17-foot deep section of office spaces.
A pronounced band of glass panes emphasizes the horizontality of
this small structure and sets off a short tower capped by a rocket-like
copper lamp. Above the glass is a narrow, but richly detailed relief,
which spans the entire facade of the building, and which features
trains, planes, ships, highways and even zeppelins, Art Deco favorites.
Note the stylized "2121" above the door.
The building was purchased in 1936 by Hemphill and was used from
1940 to 1946 as a school for mechanics. From 1946 to 1948 it was
used as a recording studio by Scranton records and later by Capitol
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