Dingbat (building) - Wikipedia
A dingbat is a type of apartment building that flourished in the Sun Belt region of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, a vernacular variation of shoebox style "stucco boxes". Dingbats are boxy, two or three-story apartment houses with overhangs sheltering street-front parking. [ 1 ]
LA's famously bizarre apartments could never be built today
2024年11月12日 · These units are known as “dingbat”-style apartments — and that’s not a slight, that’s what they’re called apparently because of the midcentury-esque visual motifs on their exterior. Many even...
Hayworth Avenue Dingbats - LA Conservancy
Hayworth Avenue Dingbats. An entire street full of intact dingbats is a rare and special thing indeed, making Hollywood's wonderful 1956-1965 dingbat cluster on Hayworth Avenue a must-see.
017. Introducing the Dingbat. – The Lower Modernisms
2011年5月30日 · The dingbat is a two-story wood-framed apartment building constructed between 1950 and 1970 on a single-wide lot of approximately 7500 square feet and comprising five to 12 units, each accessed by an individual entry.
Photos: The Charming Mid-Century Dingbats Of Los Angeles
2015年9月7日 · "The dingbat typifies Los Angeles apartment building architecture at its worst," California historian Leonard Pitto once declared.
A Design History of L.A.'s Dingbat Apartment Buildings ...
2021年9月24日 · From the San Fernando Valley to Culver City to La Cienega Heights, developers in the 1950s and ‘60s replaced thousands of older Los Angeles buildings with economical two- or three-story apartment...
The Unique History of Los Angeles Dingbat Apartments
2023年9月7日 · Dingbat apartments are a special relic of a bygone era unique to Los Angeles, although there has been renewed interest in building more dingbat-style units in recent years.
What Is a Dingbat? | Apartment Therapy
2022年1月22日 · By definition, a dingbat is a rectangular structure that sits above an open carport. Though the boxy silhouette is a bit polarizing to Angelenos, many dingbats are swathed in cheery pastel colors and decorative trimmings.
Inside the History of L.A.'s Dingbat Apartment Buildings
2021年9月24日 · Faced with a housing shortage, Los Angeles once had a solution. Developers in the 1950s and ’60s tore down thousands of older buildings and filled in virtually every square foot with aggressively...
How the Iconic Dingbat Took Over Los Angeles - Planetizen
2021年9月28日 · Describing the "aggressively economical" icon of mid- density apartment buildings known as dingbats that pepper Los Angeles from the Valley to the Eastside, Laura Bliss writes that these buildings "were a multifamily answer to that single-family template."