Carr, who lives in the Hollywood Hills, is among those pressing Los Angeles officials to designate the Lautner office as cultural/historic landmark.
Other interior spaces, such as a former chocolate shop at 217-219 W. 6th St. in downtown Los Angeles, have received similar designations, said city planner Jay Oren. Its unusual tile work makes the store special, he said. It's now an electronics shop.
Goldstein's longtime attorney, Richard Close, said he has begged Loeb & Loeb lawyers to accept the free gift of Lautner's office, which cost about $500,000 to design and construct when it was opened in 1989.
"I told them it's been written about and photographed in publications across the world and needed to be preserved," Close said this week. "They told me they were 'not able to incorporate it in their planned improvements.'
"To them it's an obstacle, not an asset. Maybe they're just looking at 10-foot-by-10-foot cubicles. And anything that's not a 10-by-10 cubicle is not one of their 'improvements.' "
Manton, the Loeb & Loeb spokeswoman, said the firm has tried to work with Goldstein.
"We have tried to cooperate and resolve these issues reasonably and amicably," she said.
No specifics were offered. But presumably the new lawyers space will be up to date, if not modern.
