The Charmont Apartments in Santa Monica allow you to live in a piece of history that's also not far from the beach.

As part of our ongoing Art Deco ... Los Angeles Conservancy. Los Angeles Times critic Christopher Hawthorne declared the building "one of the most beautiful pieces of architecture in the city".

(Getty Images)| Think art deco, and the first structures that spring to mind are New York City's Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center. The 1930 Chrysler Building is ...