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Bank Of America Building (Los Angeles)
Hollywood's Bank of America Building, also known as the C.E. Toberman and Co. Building, is a historic building located at 6780 W. Hollywood Boulevard and 1668 Highland Avenue (Los Angeles), Highland Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Named after its Bank of America, former tenant, the building currently houses a Ripley%27s_Believe_It_or_Not!#Museums_("Odditoriums"), Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium. History Bank of America Building was built in 1914 as a four-story apartment complex, with a Bank of America branch on the ground floor and apartments above. Charles E. Toberman was the developer. In 1935, Morgan, Walls & Clements remodeled the building into a one-story Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux Arts styled bank. This building, along with Hollywood First National across the street, anchored the corner of Hollywood and Highland. In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles, neighborhood and district in the Central Los Angeles, central region of Los Angeles County, California, within the city of Los Angeles. Its name has become synonymous with the Cinema of the United States, U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios such as Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures are located in or near Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. The North Hollywood, Los Angeles, northern and East Hollywood, Los Angeles, eastern parts of the neighborhood were Merger (politics), consolidated with the City of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter, the prominent film industry migrated to the area. History Initial development H. J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. Whitley shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Historic districts in the United States, districts, and objects deemed worthy of Historic preservation, preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". The enactment of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing property, contributing resources within historic district (United States), historic districts. For the most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. Its goals are to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornice
In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative Moulding (decorative), moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a pedestal, or along the top of an interior wall. A simple cornice may be formed with a crown, as in crown moulding atop an interior wall or above kitchen cabinets or a bookcase. A projecting cornice on a building has the function of throwing rainwater free of its walls. In residential building practice, this function is handled by projecting gable ends, roof eaves, and rain gutter, gutters. However, house eaves may also be called "cornices" if they are finished with decorative moulding. In this sense, while most cornices are also eaves (overhanging the sides of the building), not all eaves are usually considered cornices. Eaves are primarily functional and not necessarily decorative, while cornices have a decorative a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frieze
In classical architecture, the frieze is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic order, Ionic or Corinthian order, Corinthian orders, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Patera (architecture), Paterae are also usually used to decorate friezes. Even when neither column (architecture), columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon the architrave ("main beam") and is capped by the molding (decorative), moldings of the cornice (architecture), cornice. A frieze can be found on many Greek and Roman buildings, the Parthenon Frieze being the most famous, and perhaps the most elaborate. In interiors, the frieze of a room is the section of wall above the picture rail and under the crown moldings or cornice. By extension, a frieze is a long stretch of painting, painted, sculpture, sculpted or even calligraphy, calligraphic decoration in such a position, normally above eye-level. Frieze decorations may depict scenes in a sequence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Architecture
Classical architecture typically refers to architecture consciously derived from the principles of Ancient Greek architecture, Greek and Ancient Roman architecture, Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or more specifically, from ''De architectura'' (c. 10 AD) by the Roman architect Vitruvius. Variations of classical architecture have arguably existed since the Carolingian Renaissance, and became especially prominent during the Italian Renaissance and the later period known as neoclassical architecture or Classical revival. While classical styles of architecture can vary, they generally share a common "vocabulary" of decorative and structural elements. Across much of the Western world, classical architectural styles have dominated the history of architecture from the Renaissance until World War II. Classical architecture continues to influence contemporary architects. The term ''classical architecture'' can also refer to any architectural tradition that has evolved to a highl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaux Arts Architecture
Beaux-Arts architecture ( , ) was the academic architectural style taught at the in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporated Renaissance and Baroque elements, and used modern materials, such as iron and glass, and later, steel. It was an important style and enormous influence in Europe and the Americas through the end of the 19th century, and into the 20th, particularly for institutional and public buildings. History The Beaux-Arts style evolved from the French classicism of the Style Louis XIV, and then French neoclassicism beginning with Style Louis XV and Style Louis XVI. French architectural styles before the French Revolution were governed by Académie royale d'architecture (1671–1793), then, following the French Revolution, by the Architecture section of the . The academy held the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome in architecture, which offered prize winne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Conservancy
The Los Angeles Conservancy is a historic preservation organization in Los Angeles, California that works to document, rescue and revitalize historic buildings, places and neighborhoods in the city. The Los Angeles Conservancy is the largest membership based historic preservation organization in the country. The group was formed in 1978 to preserve Los Angeles Central Library, which was threatened with demolition. The organization has over 7000 members and 400 volunteers. There used to be a volunteer Modern Committee, dedicated to the preservation of post-war architecture as well as a Historic Theaters Committee that produces the annual "Last Remaining Seats" film series of classic films in the historic movie palaces in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is the central business district of the city of Los Angeles. It is part of the Central Los Angeles region and covers a area. As of 2020, it contains over 500,000 jobs and has a population of roughly 85,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Drug
Lee Drug is a historic commercial building located at 6800 W. Hollywood Boulevard and 1669 N. Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California. During its heyday, Lee Drug housed a drugstore that, due to its proximity to major Hollywood studios, sold a large selection of TV and screen make-up to actors. The building takes its name from this store. Architecture Lee Drug synthesizes Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles, and features horizontal banding, deco detailing, and a pronounced vertical sign projected above the roof. History Lee Drug was built by B. D. Bixby in 1935, and in 1985, when the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, Lee Drug was listed as a contributing property in the district. In 1993, Lee Drug and its neighboring building were sold for $18.9 million . In 2024, Lee Drug was one of four Hollywood and Highland buildings proposed for demolition to make way for a metro entrance on the K Line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Theater (Los Angeles)
Hollywood Theater is a historic former movie theater located at 6764 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. History Hollywood Theater opened on December 20, 1913, the second theater to open in Hollywood's emerging theater district. A 700-seat Nickelodeon, it was owned by H.L. Lewis and designed in the Romanesque style by Krempel and Erkes. In 1927, the theater was remodeled by Clifford Balch and in 1936, it was remodeled a second time by S. Charles Lee. In the second remodel, the building's original white brick façade was replaced with an art deco version, and a neon marquee was added, the marquee angled to catch the eye of passing motorists. By 1938, the theater was operated by Fox West Coast Theatres as a second run move-over house for the Chinese Theatre. The theater was remodeled a final time in 1977. In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Hollywood Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6806 Hollywood Boulevard
6806 Hollywood Boulevard is an Art Deco structure at 6806 West Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. History 6806 Hollywood Boulevard was built in 1922 as a three-story stucco commercial building, with some art deco ornament in its design. In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with 6806 Hollywood Boulevard listed as a contributing property in the district. In 1993, 6806 Hollywood Boulevard and its neighbor were sold for $18.9 million . In 2024, 6806 Hollywood Boulevard was one of four Hollywood and Highland buildings proposed for demolition to make way for a metro entrance on the K Line Northern Extension. The other buildings are Bank of America Building, Hollywood Theater, and Lee Drug. See also * List of contributing properties in the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District The properties on this list are contributing properties to the Hollywo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K Line Northern Extension
The K Line Northern Extension, formerly known as the Crenshaw Northern Extension, is a planned Los Angeles Metro Rail light rail extension connecting Expo/Crenshaw station to Hollywood/Highland station in Hollywood. The corridor is a fully underground, north–south route along mostly densely populated areas on the western side of the Los Angeles Basin; it would be operated as part of the K Line. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is prioritizing the project along with pressure from the West Hollywood residents. Construction is slated to start in 2041 and begin service by 2047 unless means to accelerate the project are found. On July 23, 2024, LA Metro released the draft of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the K Line Northern Extension, putting the price tag of the project between $11 billion and $14.8 billion (including a 40% contingency cost). Overview The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) budgeted $2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PropertyShark
PropertyShark is an online real estate database and property research tool that provides building details, ownership information, comparable sales, and foreclosure data to real estate professionals in New York and other major U.S. markets. Launched in January 2003 by Matthew Haines, the real estate database and research website was acquired by Yardi Systems and integrated into its suite of software in 2010. History PropertyShark was founded by real estate investor and software developer Matthew Haines following his work on renovating a five-family brownstone in Harlem. The initial website launched on New Year's Day in 2003 and was first named MatthewHaines.com and later changed to NYCpropertyresearch.com. Haines reportedly created PropertyShark to make real estate data more accessible and help potential homeowners become more comfortable in investing in the neighborhood. In 2004, Haines was joined by his college friend, Ryan Slack, who became co-owner and CEO A chief executiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
