Saban Building

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The Saban Building is a historic Art Deco landmark on Los Angeles’s Wilshire Boulevard, originally built as a May Company department store and now part of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

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Saban Building canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Art Deco building
building
former department store
historic landmark
museum building
adjacentTo Los Angeles County Museum of Art NERFINISHED
architect Albert C. Martin Sr. NERFINISHED
Samuel A. Marx NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Art Deco
Streamline Moderne
constructionEndDate 1939
constructionStartDate 1938
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentUse exhibition space for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument NERFINISHED
donorForRenovationName Cheryl Saban NERFINISHED
Haim Saban NERFINISHED
formerName May Company Building NERFINISHED
hasUse education spaces
galleries
theaters
heritageStatus protected historic structure
historicDesignationDate 1992
historicDesignationNumber 566
locatedInNeighborhood Miracle Mile NERFINISHED
locatedOn Wilshire Boulevard NERFINISHED
location California, United States
surface form: California

Los Angeles
United States of America
surface form: United States
material gold-tile mosaic
limestone
name Saban Building NERFINISHED
namedAfter Cheryl Saban NERFINISHED
Haim Saban NERFINISHED
notableFeature gold-tiled cylindrical corner tower
notableFor prominent presence on Wilshire Boulevard’s Miracle Mile
openedAsDepartmentStore 1939
originalFunction department store
originalOwner May Company California NERFINISHED
owner Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED
partOf Academy Museum of Motion Pictures NERFINISHED
partOfComplex LACMA–Academy Museum campus NERFINISHED
renamed Saban Building NERFINISHED
renamingYear 2017
renovationForMuseumUse 2010s
state California, United States
surface form: California
streetAddress 6067 Wilshire Boulevard

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May Company Wilshire alsoKnownAs Saban Building
May Company Building alsoKnownAs Saban Building