R.M. Schindler Church (rear)
By Sam Durant
Located in New York, NY
Sam Durant photographed this rear view of a church designed by architect R.M. Schindler. The Bethlehem Baptist Church in Los Angeles was designed by architect R.M. Schindler, and built in 1944. Located in the Central-Alameda district of Los Angeles on the corner of Compton Avenue and 49th Street, it is the only example of a church designed by Schindler, and "the lone example of Modernist architecture to cross Los Angeles economic and racial boundaries in the era of Jim Crow...
Early 2000s Sam Durant Photography
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color





