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Saban Building

1930s architecture in the United States1939 establishments in CaliforniaAcademy Museum of Motion PicturesBuildings and structures in Los AngelesCommercial buildings completed in 1939
Historic department store buildings in the United StatesLos Angeles Historic-Cultural MonumentsMay Company CaliforniaMay Company buildingsMid-Wilshire, Los AngelesRetail buildings in CaliforniaStreamline Moderne architecture in CaliforniaUse mdy dates from July 2021Wilshire Boulevard
The May Company Building 2021
The May Company Building 2021

The Saban Building, formerly the May Company Building, on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, is a celebrated example of Streamline Moderne architecture. The building's architect Albert C. Martin, Sr., also designed the Million Dollar Theater and Los Angeles City Hall. The May Company Building is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. The building was operated as a May Company department store from 1939 until the store's closure in 1992, when May merged with J. W. Robinson's to form Robinsons-May. The building has been the home of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures since 2021. The Los Angeles Conservancy calls it "the grandest example of Streamline Moderne remaining in Los Angeles". It is especially noted for its gold-tiled cylindrical section that faces the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard at Fairfax Avenue, of which it occupies the northeast corner.

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Saban Building
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles Mid-Wilshire

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Wilshire Boulevard
90036 Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire
California, United States
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