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Save Buildings with Restoration Coatings A historic Southern California building gets a new lease on life with APV Engineered Coatings. BY MIKE THOMAS
Spending a half-century in the blazing Southern California sun without proper protection can do some serious damage. That’s true for people and buildings alike. In the case of a historic property in Hawthorne, California, what was once sparkling and eye-catching upon completion in 1972 had grown dull and unremarkable in the ensuing years. Fortunately APV Engineered Coatings and its longtime restoration partner Stuart Dean Company were able to restore the structure— one of the nation’s most significant examples of 1970s late modernism, according to the Los Angeles Conservancy—to its former glory. But before we get to that, a bit of history about the project, plus a closer look at how it shines today.
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