The Elysian is a mod apartment building originally designed in the 1960s by architect William Pereira . The original LACMA campus also numbered among Pereira’s projects, as did my favorite skyscraper on the planet, the TransAmerica Building in San Francisco. This one sits on a hill, overlooking Sunset Boulevard, in Victor Heights, the small neighborhood abutting Elysian Park and bordering Echo Park and Chinatown.

I timed my drive to a lull in traffic after the start of a Dodgers game this week to visit the Elysian’s new ground-floor tenant, Morihiro, and a couple major shifts the relocation brings: a walk-in cocktail bar and an a la carte component to the menu.

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