In 1940, the Associated Press opened its Los Angeles bureau in this building as well, and the building was also home to the headquarters of Betty Blanc Company and Tailwagger Guide Dog Institute, with Betty Blanc Company also operating a retail store on the ground floor.

Throughout the year, multiple police raids evicted non-leased tenants, and in September 2018, a final raid evicted everyone from the building, which was supposed to be vacant but was found to have 66 individuals inside, four or six of whom were minors, all 66 of whom were cited for trespassing and ten of whom were arrested for parole violations or other unrelated crimes.

[9] Palmer Building was built with concrete, with upper floors that feature Renaissance Revival detailing, including full entablature with architrave and friezes, dentils, spandrels, and shields.

The ground floor originally featured bays defined by pilasters with molded capitals, and while the Hollywood Blvd.

This building, built in 1921, is a four-story brick and stucco commercial structure whose primary facade has been stripped of ornament and refaced, and whose fenestration has been changed.