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Hancock Park

1924 establishments in CaliforniaCalifornia Historical LandmarksCommons category link is locally definedFossil parks in the United StatesMid-Wilshire, Los Angeles
National Natural Landmarks in CaliforniaPaleontology in CaliforniaParks in Los AngelesProtected areas established in 1924
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Hancock Park is a city park in the Miracle Mile section of the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. The park's destinations include the La Brea Tar Pits; the adjacent George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, which displays the fossils of Ice Age prehistoric mammals from the tar pits; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) complex. They are among the most popular tourist attractions in Los Angeles.

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Hancock Park
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles Mid-Wilshire

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Wilshire Boulevard
90036 Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire
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Museum Square or the SAG-AFTRA Building, originally the Prudential Building is a landmark building at 5757–5779 Wilshire Boulevard, spanning two city blocks along that street, on the Miracle Mile, Los Angeles housing SAG-AFTRA. It was opened in 1949 and was the tallest and, at 517,000 sq ft (48,000 m2), the largest privately owned structure in Los Angeles at that time. Welton Beckett of Wurdeman & Becket was the architect who designed it in the International Style. The building was part of the decentralization program by Prudential (1948-1965), with Rubin arguing that it included a "deliberate" urban-shaping policy: dazzling office buildings with large parking lots were constructed at the edges of established business districts. Arts & Architecture magazine described the building as a symbol of Los Angeles and the western way of life. During the 1930s and 1940s, the Miracle Mile had become one of the most important shopping districts in the city, with several large department stores and several junior department stores. This building was symbolic of the district's addition function as a major office district. Prudential Insurance Los Angeles offices were located here as was an Ohrbach's department store until it moved down the street in 1965, and a branch of Security-First National Bank. Addition of an office building by Prudential furthered the spread of office space along Wilshire Boulevard, with the land around turning into a high-density office district by 1960s.