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Hollywood Western Building | |
 Hollywood & Western Building, 2012 | |
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| Location | 5504 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood |
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| Coordinates | 34°06′04″N 118°18′35″W / 34.10118°N 118.309751°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | S. Charles Lee |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000378 |
| LAHCM No. | 336 |
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| Added to NRHP | July 7, 2015 |
| Designated LAHCM | January 1, 1988 |
The Hollywood & Western Building, also known as The Mayer Building, and formerly known as the "Hollywood Western Building", is a four-story Art Deco office building in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #336 on January 1, 1988, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
Designed by S. Charles Lee, and built by Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg, the building opened on December 8, 1928. The building was the first location of Motion Picture Association of America, Central Casting, the Hays Office, and The Ben Hecht Company. Hollywood Billiards, Hollywood's oldest pool hall, was located in the lower basement of the building. Over the years its tenants have also included Toppy's (a corner coffee shop), Newman Drug Co., Rexall, Bargain Saver, Hollywood Rehearsal Studios, Studio 9, Rock City Arcade, and Cosmopolitan Book Depository.
By the 1970s, the building was being used to produce pornography and was slowly converted into individual recording studios and music rehearsal spaces as the area where the building was located became increasingly seedy and dangerous. The building was used in the films Double Indemnity, Ruthless People, and Hollywood Shuffle, and was a regular shooting location for numerous TV productions. It was also used as a rehearsal studio for such bands as Guns N' Roses and White Zombie.
The building was heavily damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake and was vacant for several years. It has since been renovated, and its tenants as of 2024 included the local offices of U.S. Representative Adam Schiff.
On July 6, 2021, ABS Properties, Inc. announced plans to convert the building into 79 income-restricted apartments. [1]
References
- ^ Sharp, Steven (May 31, 2022). "Adaptive reuse of historic Hollywood Western Building begins". Urbanize LA. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
External links
Media related to
Hollywood Western Building at Wikimedia Commons
- S. Charles Lee biography
- University of California file photo
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- University of California file photo
- Footage from 1994 on YouTube
- Los Angeles Times article from October 9, 1994
- United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places
- Hollywood & Western to become affordable housing
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- Culture of Hollywood, Los Angeles
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- Art Deco architecture in California
- Office buildings completed in 1928
- Buildings and structures in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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- National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles
- 1928 establishments in California
- Adaptive reuse of industrial structures in Greater Los Angeles