Earlier this month I signed a lease on a new live / work studio space downtown (only 15 minutes away from my old place). The studio is the south facing wing of the former Southern California Edison Electric Power Station #3 building located within The Brewery Art Colony.
The building is registered as a Historic Cultural Landmark and was designed by John Parkinson in 1903. The space is 4800 square feet (not counting the back patio) with open ceilings 3 stories tall. It even features a roll-up electric door large enough to accommodate tall trucks.
As you can see from the photos below (that I took this morning), everyone is still working furiously to get it ready for a September 1 move date!



















Absolutely beautiful!
Wow, Rob! I am so happy for you and your new endeavor! It looks like the perfect space and I cannot wait to see the finished results. Best of Luck!!
Congratulations on the new space, Rob! It looks completely awesome and I can’t wait to see what you do with it.
Wooooowwww! What a find!
Thanks so much for the comments guys (and gals)!
Utterly fantastic!
Fantastic!!! Hope to see it next year when I’m on your coast. I’ll just look for the Brewery smoke stack.
HOLY BAT CAVE !!!!!! Thats Awesome, I’ll have to drop off some wine for you to kick back and take it all in…
OMG!!!!! Hope you don’t get lost in there!! You could film a movie in there, build sets. wow!!! It takes a lot of confidence to take this on, and you’ve got that in spades! Congratulations. Can’t wait to visit. How bout adding a shot of the two of you??
WOW! Congrats Rob! It looks amazing! Can’t wait to see it. If you need any photography subjects to experiment on in the new space, let us know! Blessings.
WOW! Love your work and love your new space – that is incredible!!!
David said “BIGGGGG” and when he read that it was three stories. He asked where are the other floors. Katie says, “Where is his flat screen TV???” She also thought that the ivy growing up the back side of your house in the patio shot looks like a Giraffe! Suzie says “Wow”! Love from us all!!
Wow! That is really something. Obviously the hard work is paying off. Good luck with the build out.
I am puzzled. Throughout the captions “I” was used, except for one time. “Our” was used only once and it was when referring to the bedroom. Please explain. I love the project. I like old stuff (antiques) with a history (a story). You most certainly have one here! Don’t side step the issue here. I want to know.
I’m impressed!! It looks like it will be perfect for your needs. I’m surprised that you are so into the ‘old’. Be sure and send another set of pix after the construction is complete and you are moved in. My whole apartment (which I love) would fit easily into a tiny corner of your digs. I know that you will ensure that all goes well.
Fantastic! Congrats! I can’t wait to see it finished out!
Great idea! I can’t wait to see the final results! This place is perfect for you!
Rob, this looks better then our phone conversation. When do we start shooting our Nikon D3’s at this great location.
Wow !!!!! This place rocks I think you should have a party for all of us to see the amazing brick work and some of that great loft living life style you will be living !!!!! Congrats
Wow! this place looks great, I can wait until you are done with it……..
Wow! That is insane! I’m sure that you’ll make very good use of the space Rob.