"VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GRANT FROM FROM THE RALPH M. PARSON'S FOUNDATION.

>> Huell: HERE WE ARE AT BROADWAY AND WE'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE MOST BUILDINGS IN ALL OF LOS ANGELES CULTURALLY, ECONOMICALLY, EVERY OTHER WAY, THIS IS AN L.A. ICON AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL TOUR GUIDES FOR THIS ADVENTURE.

OUR FIRST GUIDE, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> HI, I'M STEVE HURTS.

>> Huell: THAT SHOULD BE A GIVEAWAY FOR THOSE OF WHO KNOW WHAT THIS BUILDING IS.

STEVE, TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS BUILDING.

>> IT'S "HAROLD EXAMINER" BUILDING AND IT WAS COMMISSIONED BY MY GREAT GRANDFATHER AND OPENED FOR BUSINESS IN 1950.

SO IT'S A OLD NEWSPAPER BUILDING AND YOU KNOW, THE PAPER PUBLISHED UNTIL 1999, AND CLOSED AND SINCE THEN WE'VE BEEN MAKING A MOVIES AND COMMERCIALS AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THE BUILDING.

>> Huell: YOUR GRANDFATHER.

>> GREAT GRANDFATHER.

>> Huell: GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS WILLIAM HERTZ, YOU HAVE A HISTORY HERE AS WELL.

>> YES, I STARTED WORKING HERE JUST BEFORE I WAS 15.

FOR A TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS TORTURE BUT I THINK I HAD 28 DIFFERENT JOBS IN EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS.

>> Huell: WAS THIS PART OF BEING A HERTZ TO WORK IN THE NEWSPAPER TO GET YOUR FEET WET AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON?

>> I WAS TOLD YOU CANNOT MANAGE IT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT.

I HAD JUST ABOUT EVERY JOB IN THE BUILDING.

OTHER THAN UPPER MANAGEMENT.

>> Huell: NOW YOU HAVE ALL HAVE SEEN HERTZ COME AND GO, HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU WORK HERE?

>> 47.

>> Huell: 47 YEARS.

AND WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING EARLIER, YOU TOLD ME THOO THIS BUILDING HAD A DISTINCTION WHEN IT OPENED UP IN 1950.

>> IT WAS THE LARGEST BUILDING DEDICATED SOLELY TO THE PUBLISHING OF A NEWSPAPER.

>> Huell: ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

>> ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

>> Huell: AND THAT WAS PUBLISHED BY THE HERTZ FAMILY.

>> WR SAID THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED TO CALLED.

>> Huell: EVERYBODY CALLED HIM W. R. >> THAT'S WHAT WE REFERRED TO HIM AS.

EVERYBODY CALLED HIM WILLIAM HERTZ.

>> Huell: WE'RE GOING INSIDE BECAUSE THERE IS A WONDERFUL STORY ABOUT THIS BUILDING'S PAST AND THERE IS A GREAT STORY ABOUT ITS FUTURE AS WELL.

AND WEREN'T YOU TELLING ME THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST COLLABORATION BETWEEN WILLIAM RANDOLPH HERTZ AND THE THE FIRST ARCHITECT.

>> YES, SHE HAD A LONG LIFE COULDLLABORATION WITH WILLIAM HERTZ.

SHE DESIGNED THE CASTLE AFTER THE BUILDING.

AND PHOEBE HERTZ WHO'S STEVEN WAS YOUR GREAT GRANDMOTHER?

>> WR'S MOTHER.

HAD A STRONG CONNECTION WITH THE WNC A.

>> Huell: SO JULIA MORGAN WHO DESIGNED THIS BUILDING WENT ON TO BUILDING THE HERTZ CASTLE, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER BUILDINGS.

SO OBVIOUSLY, YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS PLEASED WITH WHAT JULIA MORGAN CAME UP WITH?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SHE BUILT THE CASTLE IN 1919 AND CONTINUED BUILDING ON THAT.

I THINK WR SLOWED DOWN WHEN HE GOT OLDER AND ULTIMATELY DIED IN 1921.

>> Huell: WAS THIS BUILDING CONSIDERED A GEM FROM THE BEGINNING.

>> WELL I WAS NOT THERE, BUT JIM WAS THERE.

[LAUGHTER] NO THIS BUILDING IN ITS DAY WAS A JEWEL AND WE STILL SEE IT AS A JEWEL AND IT'S A MATTER OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING IT BACK AND HAVE AN ADAPTIVE REUSE THAT MAKES SENSE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH LOTS OF TALENTED FOLKS.

>> Huell: THAT'S WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT.

ENOUGH ABOUT THIS, WE'VE BEEN STANDING IN THIS PARKING LOT FOR A LONG TIME.

>> YOU ASKED IF IT STOOD OUT, THE PAVEMENT ENDED HERE.

NOTHING SOUTH OF HERE WAS PAVED.

IT STOOD OUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE END OF THE CITY.

>> IT WAS A GOOD REAL ESTATE DEAL AS WELL.

>> Huell: ALL RIGHT, WE STOOD ACROSS THE STREET LONG ENOUGH.

THESE FELLOWS HAVE THE KEYS TO THE BUILDING AND WE'RE GOING INSIDE TO TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE THIS GRAND OL' LADY THAT'S BEEN SITTING IN THE CORNER OF 11th AND BROADWAY SINCE 1915.

>> Huell: WE'RE INSIDE THE BUILDING, SPECIFICALLY WE'RE INSIDE -- THIS IS ABOUT THE GRANDEST LOBBY I HAVE EVER SEEN.

OBVIOUSLY WILLIAM RANDOLPH HERTZ WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT WHEN YOU WALKED IN?

>> ABSOLUTELY, WHEN YOU WALK IN HERE, THERE IS A NATURAL ASSUMPTION THAT THE REST OF THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED IN THE SAME FASHION.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S NOT.

THIS IS A LOBBY THAT IS WELCOMED THE PUBLIC IN.

WE HAD THE ADVERTISING DESKS OUT HERE SO WHEN PEOPLE CAME IN, THEY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A HUGE AND ELEGANT BUILDING.

>> Huell: IT'S LIKE A PALACE IN HERE.

>> OH IT IS, SOME OF THE DECLARATIONS ARE LIKE THE CASTLE.

YOU SEE THE SAME PILLARS AND ARCH WAYS.

>> Huell: ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT IT SURVIVED ALL OF THESE YEARS BASICALLY IN TACT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S IN THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE BUILDING.

WE'RE MAKING COMMERCIALS AND MOVIES IN HERE.

THIS IS THE HIGHEST USED AREAS.

YOU SEE THIS ON TV ALL THE TIME.

>> Huell: AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE SUBTLEYS, HE'S OUR SETTLE-- SUBTLELY GUY.

>> THIS WILL GO TO OUR BUSINESS OFFICE SZ.

THE 4th FLOOR WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION WAS LOCATED.

AND IT ALSO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WAS AN APARTMENT FOR WR HERTZ.

>> Huell: HE HAD HIS OWN PRIVATE APARTMENT HERE.

>> AND IF WE GET THERE, YOU'LL SEE WELL -- AN UNKNOWN EXIT FROM THAT ELEVATOR INTO THE APARTMENT.

>> Huell: BUT YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.

>> YOU'LL KNOW ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET THERE.

>> Huell: HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE APARTMENT?

>> OH SURE, THAT'S WHERE MY FATHER DSHL THE BUSINESSES UPSTAIRS WERE PUBLISHER AND I THINK LABOR RELATIONS WAS ALSO UP THERE.

IT WAS USED AS OFFICES WHEN I WAS HERE.

>> Huell: AND THIS IS ALL MADE OF WHAT KIND OF STONE HERE?

>> IT'S MARBLE.

>> IT'S ALL MARBLE?

>> YEAH.

>> Huell: AND OVER THE ELEVATOR, WHAT ARE THE INITIALS?

>> YOU HAVE AN L AND AN A, AND E FOR L.A.

EXAMINER.

>> Huell: AND THAT'S THE H, WAS THAT FOR HAROLD OR HERTZ?

>> I HAVE TO BELIEVE IT WAS FOR HERTZ.

>> I THINK IT WAS.

>> I'M SURE IT WAS.

NOW EVERYBODY WAS MARBLE HERE.

THOSE STAIRS WERE ALL MARBLE BUT THE SAFETY CODE MADE US COVER THEM UP THAT GO TO THE SECOND FLOOR.

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THIS IS GORGEOUS.

>> YES, IT IS.

>> AND THIS WAS ALL JULIA'S MORGAN'S DOING?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Huell: DID SHE HAVE A KIND OF STATEMENT OF WHAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE?

>> I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'VE GOT SOME FILES OF WR WHEN HE WAS PLANNING THESE TYPES OF VENTURES, AND HE ALWAYS SAID HE WANTED TO HAVE THE MOST ELABORATE AND LARGEST.

AND ALWAYS TRIED TO HAVE A BUILDING THAT WAS LARGER THAN HIS COMPETITOR HE'S BUILDINGS.

THERE WERE LETTERS WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE MONEY FROM HIS MOTHER TO BUILD THE HERTZ BUILDING IN SAN FRANCISCO.

THAT SAID THIS BUILDING MUST BE LARGER THAN A CHRONICLE BUILDING AND IT MUST MAKE A HUGE STATEMENT.

AND I THINK IT HELD THAT STATUS FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

>> Huell: WELL WHEN IT WAS BUILT, IT WAS.

>> YES, IT WAS.

>> I WANT TO POINT OUT THESE CARVED PERCHS.

THEY LOOK LIKE IT'S ORIGINAL BUT THEY'RE NOT -- >> I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT AT ONE TIME THEY HAD ALL IN GLASS AND YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE NEWS ROOM.

>> Huell: SO IT HAS CHANGED THROUGH THE YEARS?

>> IT HAS.

WHEN THIS BUILDING WAS FIRST BUILT IN 1913 THROUGH 15, THE PRESSES WERE LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING.

AND SUBSEQUENTLY ANOTHER BUILDING WAS BUILT.

>> Huell: SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF WORK IN PROGRESS.

>> FROM WHEN DEVIN SAID, WHEN I -- LET'S SEE ABOUT TWELVE YEARS OLD?

ROLLER SKATING DOWN THIS SIDEWALK I CAN SEE THE PRESSES RUNNING IN HERE.

I COULD SEE THE SUNDAY COMICS GOING IN HERE.

>> Huell: SO YOU REMEMBER THIS BUILDING WHEN YOU WERE TWELVE?

>> YES, I CAME DOWN HERE WHEN I WAS NINE YEARS OLD AND I LIVED DOWNTOWN.

>> Huell: AND WHAT IMPRESSION DID THIS MAKE ON A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD KID?

>> IT HAD PRESSED.

THE ARCHITECTURE DID NOT MEAN A THING BUT THE PRESSES DID.

IT WAS INTERESTING.

>> Huell: WE HAVE COME UP TO THE 4th FLOOR TO THE INNER SANKUM, A FEW PEOPLE GOT UP HERE UNLESS THEY WERE IN BUSINESS OR TROUBLE.

>> YES, AND I WAS NEITHER.

>> Huell: AND CAN WE GO -- >> THIS WAS THE PUBLISHER'S OFFICE.

>> Huell: WE'RE INSIDE THE PUBLISHER'S OFFICE.

OBVIOUSLY IT WAS NOT PAINTED BLACK AT THE TIME.

THIS HAS BEEN DONE RECENTLY.

BUT TALK ABOUT YOUR MEMORIES OF COMING IN HERE WHEN YOUR DAD WAS PUBLISHER?

>> WELL THE ROOM NEVER APPEARED SO SMALL.

IT WAS THE BIG OFFICE AND HIS DESK WAS OVER HERE IN THE CORNER AND I WOULD TYPICALLY FIND MYSELF SITTING IN ONE OF THE TWO CHAIRS HAVING LUNCH OR GETTING SOME STRUCTURE OR LECTURE ABOUT MY PERFORMANCE.

WE USED TO EAT LUNCH HERE EVERY DAY.

ACROSS THE STREET WAS CASE'S DELI AND WE HAD LUNCH.

>> Huell: YOU SEE WHEN YOU HAVE A TOUR BY THE RIGHT PEOPLE, YOU FIND OUT THE RIGHT STUFF.

TO ME THIS IS JUST A WINDOW IN THE WALL BUT THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY?

>> THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, MY FATHER DID NOT LIKE THE WINDOW.

THERE WAS A PICTURE OF WR, AND WHEN WE LEFT HERE, HE TOOK THAT PAINTING WITH HIM AND NOW IT'S IN HIS OFFICE STILL UP IN HIS RANCH.

HE SAID HE HAD BEEN STARING AT HIM FOR SO LONG, HE COULD NOT LEAVE IT BEHIND.

>> Huell: THIS IS A SFRAING PLACE TO HAVE A WINDOW ANYWAY.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW THE WINDOW EXISTED UNTIL I CAME BACK HERE IN 1998.

>> Huell: AFTER THE PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HERTZ WAS TAKEN DOWN?

>> CORRECT.

>> Huell: NO PUBLISHER'S OFFICE WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT -- WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THIS?

JUST KIND OF A BALCONY?

>> YES, A BEAUTIFUL BALCONY.

>> Huell: WOULD YOU USE THIS?

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS?

>> IN THE YEARS THAT I WAS HERE, THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAME OUT HERE, WAS ME.

THERE WAS NO REASON TO COME OUT HERE, EXCEPT TO ACCESS THE 5th FLOOR.

>> Huell: YOU WERE INVESTIGATING ALL OVER THIS BUILDING?

>> OH YEAH.

WE TRIED TO FIND NEW PLACES ALL THE TIME AND I'M SURE THERE ARE PLACES WE DIDN'T FIND.

>> Huell: BOY, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE AND IT GIVES YOU A GREAT VIEW OF THE CITY WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT?

>> WELL THE LARGE BUILDINGS START TO DROP OFF AND THIS WAS THE EDGE OF THE CITY AS JIM WAS MENTIONING EARLIER.

THIS IS THE APPROACH THAT VISITORS WOULD TAKE, THIS IS THE EAST AND THE TRAINS WOULD ARRIVE THIS WAY, WITH HOTELS THAT FACE THE DIRECTION TO WELCOME THE TRAVELERS.

>> Huell: WOW, YOU REALLY HAVE AN EXPANSIVE VIEW.

THESE ARE ORIGINAL TILES?

>> THEY ARE.

A COUPLE OF FACING THIS WAY AND IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE BUILDINGS FOUR MORE.

>> Huell: SO IT WAS A COLORFUL BUILDING FROM THE BEGINNING?

>> YES, DID Y'ALL FLY FLAGS OVER HERE?

>> EVERY DAY.

>> FOR THE NEWSPAPER OR AMERICAN FLAGS?

>> AMERICAN, ABSOLUTELY.

>> Huell: OKAY, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE STEVE WE'RE IN WHAT USED TO BE?

>> THE EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT.

>> Huell: WHAT WOULD GO ON HERE?

>> LOTS OF PAPERS BEI THAT TOOK.

AND IT WAS A VERY NOISY PLACE.

>> Huell: WELL IT'S QUIET HERE, THERE ARE NO TYPE WRITERS GOING ON HERE TODAY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S KIND OF SAD TO THINK OF WHAT USED TO BE HERE.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT THERE THAT.

>> Huell: AND IT WAS AN EXCITING PLACE.

>> VERY EXCITING.

>> Huell: BUT IT HAS A NEW LIFE?

AND HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT, COME OUT AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF, YOU JUST KIND OF HOOKED UP WITH US.

>> I'M CHRIS.

>> Huell: FROM.

>> FROM THE HOLLYWOOD LOCATION HISTORY.

>> Huell: AND HOW DOES THAT FIT IN HERE?

>> WHEN THE BUILDING CLOSED AS A PAPER, MY PARTNER BRIAN SAW THE CORPORATION BACK IN NEW YORK AND HE HAD A GREAT IDEA TO HELP KEEP THE BUILDING SAFE.

IT HAS BEEN A NON STOP BACK LOT EVER SINCE.

WE'VE DONE CSI, "MURDER SHE WROTE" IN THE PAST, "CHRISTINA AGUILERA WAS JUST HERE.

>> Huell: SO THIS WAS SET UP TO BE WHAT?

>> THIS IS A POLICE PRECINCT, THE DESK ARE ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING ALONG WITH THE FILES.

OH THEY'RE ROLLING.

>> Huell: SO THEY'RE FILMING NEXT DOOR?

>> YES, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING FROM HOMELAND SECURITY.

>> Huell: CAN WE GET THROUGH THIS DOOR AND GETAWAY.

WOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY WERE FILMING SOMETHING TODAY.

>> THERE IS SOMETHING ALWAYS GOING ON.

>> Huell: WHAT DO WE HAVE DOWN HERE?

>> WHEN WE FIRST TOOK OVER THE BUILDING, WE DECIDED TO CREATE SOME NEW RIDES IF YOU WILL, MAKE IT EXCITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME HERE.

WE HAD A LINE UP ROOM THAT WAS USED IN MOVIES LIKE "USUAL SUSPECTS" >> Huell: OH LOOK WE HAVE A COURTROOM OVER HERE.

>> THIS IS A MUNICIPAL COURTROOM.

>> Huell: SO THIS WAS SET UP TO LOOK LIKE A COURTROOM.

>> AND IT'S A PLACE OR TWO IN HERE, IT WORKS.

AND THEN DOWN THE HALL, WE PUT IN ELEVEN JAIL CELLS THAT WERE EXPANDED INTO -- >>+Eç: THIS IS INTERESTING.

>> A JAIL COMPLEX.

IN THIS DOOR HERE, IS A A LITTLE VISITATION AREA.

>> Huell: OH.

>> SO WE WASTED NO SPACE.

WE TRIED TO FIND SOMETHING FOR EVERY AREA.

>> Huell: HERE'S THE JAIL.

>> WE BUILT THE ELEVEN CELLS, IT'S RECONFIGURED A LOT.

BUT WE PUT THIS IN AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MISSING WAS A JAIL THAT HAD THE SPACE IN BETWEEN EACH SIDE OF THE JAIL THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER.

SO TO GET THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE INSIDE FROM THE OTHER SIDE -- >> Huell: THIS REAL?

>> NO THIS IS CONDUIT.

>> Huell: AND THESE ARE ALL FAKE?

>> RIGHT.

AND THIS IS THE REAL BUILDING.

SO WE TIED IT FROM THE CEILING HERE AND THE FLOOR IS JUST BASICALLY A PAINTED WOODEN FLOOR.

>> Huell: WOW.

>> AND WE'VE HAD EVERYTHING FROM "MURDER IN THE FIRST" USE THIS AND OH IT GOES ON.

I CAN GIVE YOU A LIST LATER.

>> Huell: SO THIS BUILDING IS ALWAYS BEING BOOKED OUT FOR MOVIES AND TV SHOWS?

>> THIS IS THE OLD MAIL ROOM.

AND IN HERE, PEOPLE BUILD SETS AND WHEN THEY NEED EXTRA SPACE.

SO WE ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.

THERE IS A LOFT DEPARTMENT HERE.

>> Huell: THESE ARE ORIGINAL FLOORS, LOOK AT THE CHARACTER.

>> THAT'S WHY THE JAIL WORKED AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS HERE.

THERE IS A LITTLE ELEVATOR, SO WE PUT A WINDOW IN AND WE -- >> Huell: THIS BUILDING WAS MADE TO BE USED FOR ALL THESE PURPOSES?

>> OH YEAH.

IT'S JUST BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPRESSION OF CREATIVITY BY THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

>> Huell: BOY, THIS IS NON ENDING HERE.

>> THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT IS THE MORE COMPLEX -- >> Huell: THE MORGUE?

AND -- >> Huell: OH IT GETS -- >> AND IT GETS MORE COMPLEX.

THE BEGININGS OF THE IDEAS SO THEY COME IN AND AUGMENT IT.

I FOUND THIS AT A HOSPITAL THAT WAS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS AND THEY GAVE ME THIS AND THE LIGHT.

>> Huell: LOOK IN HERE, THE WAY YOU'VE GOT THE SETS FIXED UP, YOU WOULD NOT KNOW WHERE YOU WERE.

>> AND ALL THIS TEXTURING BRINGS YOU TO ANOTHER WORLD.

>> Huell: THESE ARE JUST FLATS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT ISN'T?

>> AND PART OF ANOTHER LITTLE HOSPITAL OVER HERE.

>> Huell: THIS IS THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

>> THIS IS A NURSE'S STATION AN OLD HOSPITAL.

AND IT JUST XEEPG GETTING REWORKED AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY TIMES EVERYTHING IN LOS ANGELES GETS USED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

>> Huell: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THE USE OF THIS BUILDING FOR MOVIES, TV SHOWS AND THE LIKE?

>> WELL OF COURSE HE WAS IN THE COMMUNICATION AND ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS, HE WOULD SAY THAT IT'S A CREATIVE WAY TO USE THE BUILDING UNTIL WE CAN BRING HER BACK.

>> Huell: I THINK WE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST.

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AS WE GO ALONG.

STEVE, THIS ROOM, IT'S EMPTY AND ECHOY TODAY BUT IT REALLY TELLS THE STORY OF THE "HAROLD EXAMINER" IN ITS HEYDAY.

TELL EVERYBODY WHERE WE ARE?

>> WE'RE IN THE REAL ROOM AND YOU UP ABOVE WAS THE PRESS ROOM.

I THINK THERE WERE NINE PRESSES -- >> NINE PRESSES AND 48 UNITS.

>> Huell: TELL US WHAT WOULD BE GOING ON HERE ON A GOOD DAY.

>> WE WOULD HAVE THREE FOLDINGS RUNNING STRAIGHT PRODUCING ABOUT 13,000 AN HOUR.

>> Huell: SO THIS WAS THE ROOM WHERE EVERYTHING HAPPENED AS FAR AS GETTING THE PAPER OUT, ACTUALLY PUTTING THE PRINT ON THE PAPER?

>> THIS WAS THE ACTUAL MANUFACTURING OF THE PAPER.

>> Huell: AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STAND HERE HAVING A CONVERSATION LIKE THIS.

>> YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR A THING YOU MAY FEEL IT IN YOUR BODY.

>> Huell: WHAT DO YOU THINK FEEL IT?

>> THE VIBRATIONS GOING THROUGH YOU.

>> Huell: SO THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MACHINES ALL THROUGH HERE.

>> THREE COMPLETE ROLLS.

THAT'S A REAL PRESS FOR A PRESS UNIT AND EACH ROW, WE WOULD HAVE EIGHT UNITS AND ANOTHER EIGHT, AND THAT'S 16, 32 PER ROWS.

35 FEET TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING.

>> Huell: WELL WE'VE HAD QUITE A TOUR OF THE BUILDING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ITS PAST.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT IS BEING USED TODAY FOR LOCATION FILMING.

DEVIN, YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE OL' "HAROLD EXAMINER".

>> RIGHT, WE'RE DEVELOPERS AND WORKING WITH THE HERTZ CORPORATION TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST USE FOR THE BUILDING AND ITS FUTURE.

WE SEE THIS AS REMARKABLE TREASURE THAT IS A PART OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND WE THINK IT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL IN ITS FUTURE.

>> Huell: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A DEPARTMENT WHERE THE PUBLISHER USED TO HAVE HIS OFFICE OR COMMERCIAL?

>> IT COULD BE ANY OF THOSE.

AND WE'VE CONSIDERED ALL OF THEM.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR COMMERCIAL TENANTS BUT THAT COMMERCIAL DEFINITION MAY BE AS WIDE AS CREATIVE OFFICE SPACE TO MAYBE AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM TO AN UNIVERSITY COMING IN TO RESPONSE?

OR ARE PEOPLE JUST OVERWHELMED?

>> THEY'RE NOT OVERWHELMED BY ITS BEAUT BUT NOT BY THE TASK.

WE'LL WORK WITH THEM.

>> Huell: SO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE?

>> WE'RE VERY ENCOURAGED.

THIS PART OF DOWNTOWN IS FULL OF ACTIVITY.

WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO STAPLES AND ALL THAT HAS GENERATED INTEREST IN THE BUILDING.

>> Huell: AND STEVE, WHAT DOES THE FAMILY THINK ABOUT THIS?

AND THE WAY THIS WORKS IN TO THE HISTORY?

>> I THINK WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD ON TO THE BUILDING UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET IT BACK TO ITS FORMER GRANDEUR.

THIS IS WITH WR BEING IN THE BUILDING, THE APARTMENT UPSTAIRS, MY FATHER'S WAS PUBLISHER FOR 15 YEARS.

MY BROTHER WORKED HERE, I WORKED HERE AND MY LITTLE SISTER WORKED HERE AND AS WELL AS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.

WE HOPE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE BUILDING THAT REALLY BRINGS IT BACK AND HAS A GRAND ENTRY.

>> Huell: BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BRINGING IT BACK, THE LAST ISSUE OF THE "HAROLD EXAMINER" CAME OUT WHEN?

>> NOVEMBER 2nd, 1989.

>> Huell: SO IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS, IT'S JUST BEEN HERE FOR LOCATION SHOOTING BUT BASICALLY NOT USED FOR MUCH ELSE.

SO THE FAMILY DOES HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THE BUILDING OR YOU HAVE SOLD IT YEARS AGO.

>> ANYBODY COULD HAVE SOLD IT, AND WE DON'T INTEND TO.

>> Huell: ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN WE TALK TO THE PEOPLE REPRESENTING THE BUILDING, WE HAVE VERY POSITIVE RESPONSES.

LOTS OF PEOPLE NIBBLING AT IT.

AND I THINK DOWNTOWN IS MAKING A HUGE COMEBACK.

>> Huell: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FAMILY FOR HOLDING ONTO IT UNTIL THE RIGHT USE COMES ALONG.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOURS.

THANKS FOR SHOWING US THE MORGUE AND POLICE STATION AND ALL THE WONDERFUL SETS THAT YOU HAVE BUILT HERE.

THIS IS AS WE SAID AT THE BEGINNING, A REAL PART OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE RIGHT HERE.

IT'S BEEN HERE SINCE 1915.

IT'S STILL HERE TODAY.

IT HAD A VERY INTERESTING PAST AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME.

WE'RE NOT SURE HOW IT'S GOING TO BE USED.

BUT HOWEVER IT'S USED, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A JEWEL RIGHT HERE AT THE CORNER OF 11th AND BROADWAY DOWNTOWN.

IT'S STILL ALIVE AND WELL.