broadway hollywood building broadway hollywood building broadway building building hollywood district building situated monument area southwest corner intersection referred hollywood vine marking intersection hollywood boulevard vine street originally built referred main address hollywood boulevard address vine street broadway hollywood building contributing property national_register_of_historic_places historic district listed listed historic district contributing property individually registered historic property city los_angeles state california building neon sign considered notable historic broadway hollywood building built department store refurbished commercial office space current form residential decades hosted broadway building annex built west associated address hollywood boulevard residential building building units numerous famous owners details sources describe building story building building described story building hollywood boulevard national_register_of_historic_places nomination form atop story building story serves base metal neon sign says broadway hollywood original department store designed annex designed local architects originally built architecture style reinforced concrete brick upper stories street level include bulk detailing notable details include classical capitals result described effect repeated upper stories building capped heavy structure highly facade includes decorative stories styled columns situated projecting sources describe annex storeys nomination calls story international style addition noted banded windows simple exterior time nomination showcase windows altered according annex style characterized absence ornamentation emphasis smooth wall surfaces rounded corners flat roofs linear elements horizontal emphasis exterior element original structure annex ground level recognition building included national_register_of_historic_places historic district listed covers hollywood boulevard designated april building located area designated designated july building neon sign individually designated city monument september april building entire recognized status code designations respectively building covered mills act contract number case number history classical revival style building built local businessman company department store construction continued marked department store branch outside main downtown los_angeles central business district led similar large scale commercial developments outside downtown great depression consolidate operation original store broadway purchased year lease prime location million million dollars broadway hollywood building quickly found niche serving hollywood film finance industries demand high end products store profits able expand square feet retail space story modern annex designed built immediately west served tenant 1970s 1980s building office use building abandoned having vacant years renovation began convert story building adding floors annex july residents sued bar floor building noise pollution resulting relocation bar february current past owners building
Broadway Hollywood Building