Heritage preservation 1, Telecom 0 in Los Angeles

State-of-the-art technology was frequently celebrated in the Art Deco decoration.

So, isn't it a delicious irony that a bid by the U.S. cellular telephone company T-Mobile was denied its request to place four unsightly cell transmission towers atop the 1930-31 La Marquise Apartment Tower at 535 South Gramercy Place in Los Angeles, designed by architect Paul Kingsbury?

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