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5801 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
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5801 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 934-7243
The Pan-Pacific Auditorium, a landmark structure in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California, once stood at 7600 West Beverly Boulevard near the site of Gilmore Field, an early Los Angeles baseball venue predating Dodger Stadium. It was located within sight of both CBS Television City on the southeast corner of Beverly and Fairfax Avenue and the Farmers Market on the northeast corner of Third Street and Fairfax. For over 35 years it was the premier location for indoor public events in Los Angeles. The facility was closed in 1972, beginning 17 years of steady neglect and decay. In 1978 the Pan-Pacific Auditorium was included in the National Register of Historic Places, but 11 years later the sprawling wooden structure was destroyed in a fire.Architectural iconBuilt by event promoters Phillip and Cliff Henderson and designed by Los Angeles architects Wurdeman & Becket, the Pan-Pacific Auditorium opened to a fanfare of Boy Scout bugles on May 18, 1935 for a 16-day model home exhibition. Noted as one of the finest examples of Streamline Moderne architecture in the United States, the green and white facade faced west, was 228ft long and had four stylized towers and flagpoles meant to evoke upswept aircraft fins. The widely known and much photographed facade belied a modest rectilinear wooden structure resembling an overgrown gymnasium inside and out. The auditorium sprawled across 100000sqft and had seating for up to 6,000.
Johnie's Coffee Shop is a former coffee shop and well known example of Googie architecture located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Architects Louis Armét and Eldon Davis of Armét & Davis designed the building, contributing to their reputation as the premier designers of Space Age or Googie coffee shops—including the landmark Pann's coffee shop in Ladera Heights, Norms Restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard, and several Bob's Big Boy restaurants.HistoryJohnie's opened in 1956 as Romeo's Times Square. Romeo's was in business a few years, becoming Ram's in the early 1960s, and Johnie's shortly thereafter."Johnie's" is spelled in massive neon lights and flashing incandescent lightbulbs on the building's striped roof. The roof sits on rock columns, sloping down toward the back of the restaurant, ending in a sharp decline that gives the illusion of movement like a spaceship ready to take off. Alan Hess, author of two books on Googie architecture, said, "Johnie's, and the style it represents, tells us as much about that period in L.A. history as the bungalows of Pasadena told us about the 1900s or the missions told us about 19th century Southern California." He also noted that "The building embodies all of the changes in L.A.: becoming suburban, auto-oriented, also becoming a city of the future."
Completed in 1939 the May Company Building on the Miracle Mile in the Wilshire district, 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 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.In 1994 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) acquired the building and, as "LACMA West", used it as exhibition space for the museum.The building will be repurposed and The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is set to open in the building in 2017.
"When the Pan-Pacific was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, followed by its onscreen transformation in 'Xanadu,' many locals were hopeful that the old building would be rehabilitated. However, due to arguments regarding the future of the site, it continued to lay vacant and deteriorate until May 24, 1989, when it burned to the ground in a fire that could be seen throughout the L.A. basin." "Eventually the site became Pan-Pacific Park, which includes a recreation center (above) on the footprint of the old auditorium, whose design it echos -- complete with a 45-foot tall fin-shaped spire. The rec center is less than a fifth of the size of the former Pan-Pacific."
The Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building, also known as the AT Heinsbergen & Company Building, is a historic building on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.ArchitectureThe castle-like building was built in 1928 for noted muralist Anthony Heinsbergen (1894-1981), and designed by Curlett & Beelman in a Late Gothic Revival and Romanesque style. The building's notable features include the prominent cylindrical tower, a Renaissance-style mural in the tower arch, and the detailed friezes displaying artisans at work. At least 11 buildings designed by architect Claud Beelman have been listed on the National Register. The building was constructed while Heinsbergen was employed to create murals for Los Angeles City Hall, and he had his building on Beverly Boulevard built using bricks from the old city hall.HistoryThe building served as the office for Heinsbergen's mural-painting business for more than 50 years. Heinsbergen's company, called Heinsbergen Decorating Company or A.T. Heinsbergen & Company, employed 185 artist painters, and created murals for movie palaces and many important buildings, including the U.S. Department of Commerce Building in Washington, D.C. and the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. In Los Angeles, Heinsbergen's murals can still be seen at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles City Hall, the Wiltern Theatre, the ceiling of El Portal de La Paz Mausoleum at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier and the Park Plaza Hotel.
The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of tar pits around which Hancock Park was formed in urban Los Angeles. Natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, pitch or tar—brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered with dust, leaves, or water. Over many centuries, the bones of animals that were trapped in the tar were preserved. The George C. Page Museum is dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens from the animals that died there. The La Brea Tar Pits is a registered National Natural Landmark.The modern name is an example of a tautological place name; "the La Brea Tar Pits" literally means "the tar pits."Location and formationThe La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park are situated within what was once the Mexican land grant of Rancho La Brea, now part of urban Los Angeles in the Miracle Mile district, adjacent to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Craft and Folk Art Museum.The tar pits visible today are actually from human excavation. The lake pit was originally an asphalt mine. The other pits visible today were produced between 1913 and 1915, when over 100 pits were excavated in search of large mammal bones. Various combinations of asphaltum and water have since filled in these holes. Normally, the asphalt appears in vents, hardening as it oozes out, to form stubby mounds. These can be seen in several areas of the park.
Die La Brea Tar Pits, auch Rancho La Brea Tar Pits, sind eine Ansammlung von mit natürlichem Asphalt gefüllten Gruben unterschiedlicher Größe im Hancock Park inmitten der US-amerikanischen Großstadt Los Angeles. Sie sind namensgebend für die La Brea Avenue.Die Lokalität ist bekannt als eine der reichhaltigsten Fossillagerstätten des Pleistozäns. Es handelt sich um eine Konzentratlagerstätte, in der ein vollständiges Ökosystem aus der Zeit vor 40.000 bis 10.000 Jahren überliefert ist. Insbesondere Säugetiere sind dort vertreten – vom beinahe vier Meter hohen „Kaisermammut“ bis zur Kalifornischen Taschenmaus – aber auch Vögel wie die Gelbschnabelelster, Knochenfische, Amphibien, Reptilien, Weichtiere, Gliederfüßer sowie zahlreiche Pflanzen, Pollen und Samen. Insgesamt wurden bisher vier Millionen Fossilexemplare aus den Asphaltgruben geborgen, die von rund 600 verschiedenen Arten stammen.
We offer Holistic Nutrition sessions, Boot Camp classes, Personal Training, Gyrotonic training, a free walking club while creating a strong healthy community. Our mission is to guide you on the journey to discovering a healthier you by creating new habits through conscious eating and purposeful activity. Boot Camp Classes Monday - 10:30am - La Brea Tar Pits Tuesday - 7am - Pan Pacific Park Wednesday - 10:30am - La Brea Tar Pits Thursday - 7am - Pan Pacific Park Friday - 10:30am - La Brea Tar Pits Saturday - 9:30am - La Brea Tar Pits Weight Lifting Class Saturday - 11am - In Training Gym Walking Club Tuesday & Thursday - 12pm - Museum Square Building