May Company Building (Wilshire, Los Angeles)

May Company Building (Wilshire, Los Angeles)

May Company Wilshire Building
Location 6067 Wilshire Blvd. at Fairfax Ave., Wilshire district, Los Angeles
Coordinates 34°03′48″N 118°21′40″W / 34.0633°N 118.3610°W / 34.0633; -118.3610Coordinates: 34°03′48″N 118°21′40″W / 34.0633°N 118.3610°W / 34.0633; -118.3610
Built 1939
Architect Albert C. Martin, Sr.
Architectural style(s) Streamline Moderne
Designated September 30, 1992[1]
Reference no. 566[1]
Location in Western Los Angeles

Completed in 1939 the May Company Building on the Miracle Mile in the Wilshire district, Los Angeles, is a celebrated example of Streamline Moderne architecture. The building's architect Albert C. Martin, Sr., also designed the Million Dollar Theater and Los Angeles City Hall. The May Company Building is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.[2]

The Los Angeles Conservancy calls it "the grandest example of Streamline Moderne remaining in Los Angeles". It is especially noted for its gold-tiled cylindrical section that faces the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard at Fairfax Avenue, of which it occupies the northeast corner.[3]

In 1994 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) acquired the building and, as "LACMA West", used it as exhibition space for the museum.[4][5]

The building will be repurposed and The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is set to open in the building in 2017.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments". Department of City Planning. City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
  2. ↑ Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission (July 1994). Historic-Cultural Monuments. City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.
  3. ↑ "May Company Wilshire". Los Angeles Conservancy.
  4. ↑ "Overview". Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
  5. ↑ "May Co. Building to Reopen as LACMA West". Los Angeles Times. October 22, 1998.
  6. ↑ Academy Museum of Motion Pictures official website
  7. ↑ Boehm, Mike (2014-06-02). "Film academy to pay LACMA $36.1 million for movie museum lease". Los Angeles Times.
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