Washing Away a Century

Ed Fuentes

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — The project's not slated to open until early 2009, but the end of the year saw 756 S. Spring get a facelift as power washers removed decades of grime from the building's brick exterior.

Last summer 810 S. Spring, under construction just across the street, got its own cleaning and revealed just how different decades of dirt can make brick colors appear.