Talmadge Apts

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Movie producer Joseph M. Schenck built The Talmadge in 1922 as a present for his wife, the silent screen actress Norma Talmadge.

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Apartment 103 is where the lifeless body of Mehrdad Cohen-Shohet was found in January 2021. He was 43 years old.

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The historic building is known today as the Talmadge Luxury Apartments. The Los Angeles County assessor lists the building as a “concrete frame” structure. The building permit, filed in 1923, refers to concrete as well as brick and “metal lath and plaster.” The Times found no public building record of a seismic retrofit.

Eleven stories. Built in 1923.

Assessed value: $13,479,420

The cross street is Berendo. The Immanuel Presbyterian Church is across Berendo from the Talmadge.

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