Editorial Review

Disappointed that nightlife just hasn't seemed, well, as trashy as it used to be? LA's Salvage Bar & Lounge was literally built from a pile of rubble--though it was as much an ecological concept as an aesthetically ideological one. Located on the ground floor of a landmark 1926 building, Solomon Mansoor envisioned the entire interior in the rather elegant debris left behind in the wake of the renovation. Opulent elevator friezes are now cocktail tables, salvaged door panels have been converted into a bartop, original brickwork has been dug out, and some rather prized 1920's era Carrarra marble pop ups throughout.