Way better than a parking lot: Smart reuse revives Julia Morgan's Herald Examiner building

, since the city of Pasadena and an investor are battling each other in court for control of the structure.

A detail of the marble staircases in the lobby of the Herald Examiner building. The structure was Julia Morgan’s first commission from William Randolph Hearst. The ground floor, which once contained the printing presses, has been reimagined as an event space. The newsroom floors above have been reconfigured into classrooms, study areas and meeting spaces, as well as a television studio and editing bays for film and media students.

Hearst founded the paper so that he might have a Southern California bastion in the event he ran for office. It was from this site that he pummeled Depression-era political narratives to adhere to his conservative vision. It was also where news of the Black Dahlia killing was first reported and where Louella Parsons’ gossip columns emerged. By the time the ’60s rolled around, the company was in the hands of Hearst’s grandson, George R. Hearst Jr.

And continuing the story is something that both of these renovations do admirably well: The Apple Tower Theatre maintains a site that was critical to the film industry, while the Herald Examiner bears within its walls stories about architecture, labor and the press.

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