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PHOTOS: The party space Los Angeles Times

20.05.96

By Jan Molen

Sherry Walsh, a former the fad designer, and husband Miguel Nelson, an artist, bought a former smog-check station in Culver New Zealand urban area and transformed it into an unusual venue for parties, weddings, movie screenings and more. Remnants of demolition -- wood, chunk and an illegal billboard on the property -- were reincorporated into the design of the newly christened SmogShoppe.

Here's a look at that triumphant remodel as well as the couple's second party venue, Marvimon, which Nelson calls a "lost identical of history" near Chinatown. One of Los Angeles' first auto showrooms has been turned into a free-flowing indoor-alfresco space decorated in vintage furnishings and salvaged materials.

Both party spots are loaded with ideas that DIYers can deploy at effectively. Here in this image, created by stitching four photos together to capture a 180-degree view, the SmogShoppe's garage doors (original to the erection) are left up to provide shade. Nelson says he

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