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The Ebell works to uplift the Los Angeles community through arts, learning, and service. The campus has been owned and operated since 1927 by the Ebell of Los Angeles women's organization, which was formed in Los Angeles in 1894. [3] Since 1927, the Wilshire Ebell Theatre has hosted musical performances and lectures by world leaders and top ...
The Saban Theatre (/ s ə ˈ b ɑː n / sə-BAHN) is a historic theatre in Beverly Hills, California, formerly known as the Fox Wilshire Theater. [2] It is an Art Deco structure at the southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Hamilton Drive designed by architect S. Charles Lee and is considered a classic Los Angeles landmark.
The Wiltern Theatre is located at the western edge of the Los Angeles neighborhood of Koreatown, at the southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue. The Koreatown district is served by bus and Metro Rail; the Wiltern Theatre sits directly across from the Wilshire/Western Station, currently the westernmost station of the D Line subway.
Since 1986, ACE Gallery Los Angeles has occupied the entire second floor of the Wilshire Tower. This 11-story Art Deco structure fills an entire block of Wilshire Boulevard’s Miracle Mile. The building first opened on March 15, 1929 with Desmond Department Store that signaled the start of this becoming an important retail district. [ 2 ]
Wilshire Boulevard originated as one of the central pathways constructed by the Tongva tribes residing in the region prior to the exploration of the conquistadores. [6] At the time of the founding of Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard was one of the main arteries connecting the largest Tongva village in the area, then known as Yaanga, which eventually became Union Station, to the Pacific Ocean.
The Samuel Goldwyn Theatre is a screening-only movie theater named after filmmaker Samuel Goldwyn. [citation needed]It is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California, at headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Map of Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles. (as delineated by the Los Angeles Times). According to the Los Angeles Times Mapping L.A. project, Mid-Wilshire is bounded on the north by West Third Street, on the northeast by La Brea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, on the east by Crenshaw Boulevard, on the south by Pico Boulevard and on the west by Fairfax Avenue.
Scottish Rite Masonic Temple in Los Angeles, California was purchased by The Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation in July 2013. It opened as a contemporary art museum from 2017. The Marciano Art Foundation (formally named the Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation ) is a non-profit arts foundation located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Mid ...