Back in 2006, I happened upon this collection of empty offices on the western perimeter of Van Nuys Airport.

They were built in the functional style of post-WW II buildings, with little ornament, and a severity that must have appealed to those brillantined men in starched shirts who returned from the service and went into the workplace to feed their growing families.

The other day, I was driving up to Home Depot, at Roscoe and Balboa, and passed this area.

All the buildings have been demolished.