Capitol Records Building

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high-rise building historic building office building recording industry landmark

The Capitol Records Building is an iconic, circular high-rise in Hollywood, Los Angeles, famous for its resemblance to a stack of vinyl records and its role as a historic recording industry landmark.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Capitol Records Tower	3
Capitol Records Building was financed significantly by Nat King Cole’s record sales	1
Capitol Records studios	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-rise building ⓘ historic building ⓘ office building ⓘ recording industry landmark ⓘ
architect	Welton Becket ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Googie ⓘ Mid-century modern ⓘ
associatedWith	Frank Sinatra ⓘ Nat King Cole ⓘ The Beatles ⓘ
category	Landmark in Hollywood ⓘ Music industry building ⓘ Skyscraper office building in Los Angeles ⓘ
city	Los Angeles ⓘ
completionDate	1956 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Los Angeles County ⓘ
culturalSignificance	Hollywood landmark ⓘ symbol of the American recording industry ⓘ
designerOfEchoChambers	Les Paul ⓘ
function	office headquarters ⓘ recording facility ⓘ
hasFeature	lighted spire ⓘ neon lights ⓘ recording studios ⓘ underground echo chambers ⓘ
hasLightingPattern	spire lights used for special occasions ⓘ
height	approximately 150 feet ⓘ approximately 46 meters ⓘ
location	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Hollywood ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ
management	Capitol Studios ⓘ
material	reinforced concrete ⓘ
near	Hollywood Boulevard ⓘ Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ
neighborhood	Hollywood ⓘ
nickname	The House That Nat Built ⓘ
notableFor	association with Capitol Records ⓘ recording studios ⓘ resembling a stack of vinyl records ⓘ
numberOfFloors	13 ⓘ
occupant	Capitol Records ⓘ
opened	1956 ⓘ
owner	Capitol Records ⓘ
partOf	Hollywood entertainment industry ⓘ
roofType	flat roof with spire ⓘ
shape	cylindrical ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
streetAddress	1750 Vine Street ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The House That Nat Built → alsoKnownAs → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

Welton Becket → designed → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

1750 Vine Street → hasLandmark → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

Hollywood → hasLandmark → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

Vine Street → hasNearbyLandmark → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

1750 Vine Street → hasStructure → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Records Tower

Capitol Records → headquartersLocation → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

The House That Nat Built → implies → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Records Building was financed significantly by Nat King Cole’s record sales

Capitol Studios → locatedInBuilding → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Records Tower

Pantages Theatre → near → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

Hollywood/Vine station → nearbyAttraction → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

1750 Vine Street → notableFor → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

Welton Becket → notableWork → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

Capitol Studios → partOf → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Records Tower

Voice of the Xtabay → recordedBy → Capitol Records Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Records studios

The House That Nat Built → refersTo → Capitol Records Building ⓘ