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WE WERE ASKED TO CREATE A SPACE REMINISCENT OF AN UPSCALE LONDON PUB. THE SHELL WAS STRIPPED DOWN TO ITS STRUCTURE WHILE THE SIMPLICITY OF THE EXTERIOR WAS PRESERVED. THE ARTWORK ON THE WALLS OF THIS CLASSICALLY DESIGNED RESTAURANT AND BAR HAS BEEN CURATED TO COMPLEMENT THE TIMELESS INTERIOR, WITH TONGUE-IN-CHEEK REFERENCES TO THE RESTAURANT'S NAME AND HISTORIC IMAGES OF ITS PLACE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE IN LA. IN 1967, FORTY FIVE YEARS OR SO BEFORE THE RENOVATION, IT WAS THE SITE OF ONE OF THE FIRST DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES PROTESTING POLICE BRUTALITY AGAINST THE LGBT COMMUNITY, PRECEDING THE STONEWALL RIOTS IN NEW YORK MORE THAN TWO YEARS.