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Johnny Grant Building, also known as Arthur Murray, is a historic two-story building located at 7024 W. Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. It was formerly home to a Arthur Murray Dance Studio [ 1 ] and is currently part of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel complex.
Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration (abbreviated HOA), formerly the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration, completed 1960, is the seat of the government of the County of Los Angeles, California, United States. The seat houses the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, meeting chambers, and the offices of several County departments. [1]
Built in 1935, Hollywood's S. H. Kress and Co. Building was designed by Edward F. Sibbert, [1] one of fifty or so S. H. Kress & Co. buildings he designed across the United States. [2] Like most S. H. Kress and Co. locations, this building features an Art Deco design, with this specific location being "a prime example of the Art Deco style." [3]
The street was lined mostly with houses and also a few establishments, most notably at Prospect and Cahuenga Boulevard, where the Paul de Longpré Residence (1901-1927) drew not only Hollywood society, but also property buyers and tourists, and Sackett Hotel (1888-1905) served as the area's first hotel and was also home to its first post office ...
[2] The building served as the inspiration for the Celebrity 5 and 10 Building at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. [ 3 ] In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places , with this building listed as a contributing property in the district.
[2] [3] Made of brick and two-stories in height, the building was built on the site of the former Sackett Hotel and cost $30,000 to construct. [4] Its primary tenant was Hollywood National Bank. [1] In 1931 or 1934, architect B. B. Homer enlarged the building to four stories and added an Art Deco facade. [1] [3]
The Four Ladies of Hollywood sculpture on Hollywood Boulevard in 2018. The 2000 U.S. census counted 77,818 residents in the 3.51-square-mile (9.1 km 2) Hollywood neighborhood—an average of 22,193 people per square mile (8,569 people/km 2), the seventh-densest neighborhood in all of Los Angeles County. In 2008 the city estimated that the ...
The architecture firm Walker and Eisen, known for the Fine Arts Building, James Oviatt Building, and Beverly Wilshire Hotel, amongst others, designed the building, which features Classical Revival architecture. [2] The building was constructed in 65 days and opened in 1924, [3] making it the first high-rise office tower in Los Angeles. [4]