CITY REPORT +
PLACES TO GO IN
Modernist Hollywood
Residences
Crossroads of the World (1936) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
6671 West Sunset Blvd. Sciences: Pickford Center for Motion
VDL Research House (1932–66)
Hollywood, CA 90028 Picture Study (1947)
2300 East Silver Lake Blvd.
323/463-5611 1313 Vine St., Hollywood, CA 90028
Los Angeles, CA 90039
Designed by Robert V. Derrah. Endangered Originally the Don Lee Theater, the Mutual
323/953-0224, www.neutra-vdl.org
Streamline Moderne offices with a steamship Broadcasting System, and designed by Claude
Designed by Richard Neutra. Open for
motif, originally built as a shopping/restau- Beelman. The oldest structure in Los Angeles
tours by appointment.
rant complex. designed specifically for television production.
No public tours; visible from street.
Neutra Colony (1948–61)
The Hollywood Museum (1938)
Neutra Place, Silver Lake
Originally the Max Factor Building CBS Television City (1952)
Los Angeles, CA 90039
1660 North Highland Ave. 7800 Beverly Blvd.
Ten residences designed by Richard Neutra,
Hollywood, CA 90028 Los Angeles, CA 90036
all still privately owned. Visible from street;
323/464-7776 Designed by Pereira & Luckman Architects.
not open for tours.
www.thehollywoodmuseum.com Formerly the home of The Carol Burnett Show
Designed by S. Charles Lee. One of and other TV classics. No public tours, but
MAK Center R.M. Schindler Houses
Hollywood’s signature Art Deco buildings, sitcom tapings open to the public are available
The R.M. Schindler House is open for tours;
built for the company of Hollywood’s premier through Audiences Unlimited, 818/753-3470.
the Fitzpatrick-Leland House and the Mackey
makeup wizard, now housing a museum of
Apartments are used for MAK’s programs and
Capitol Records Building (1954)
film-industry memorabilia.
artists-in-residence; call for information on
1750 Vine St., Hollywood, CA 90028
occasional tours. 323/651-1510,
Walt Disney Studios Designed by Welton Becket and Associates.
www.makcenter.org
500 South Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521 Lobby is open to the public; no tours.
No regular public tours, but Disney offers
– MAK Center at the
Cinerama Dome (1963)
a six-day “Backstage Magic” vacation
R.M. Schindler House (1922)
6360 Sunset Blvd.
package that includes a tour of the studio
835 North Kings Rd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
and lunch in its commissary. For reservations,
West Hollywood, CA 90069
323/464-4226, www.arclightcinemas.com
contact Disney at 877/728-7282,
Designed by Welton Becket and Associates.
– Fitzpatrick-Leland House (1936)
http://abd.disney.go.com. The public can
A geodesic dome designed to house the
8078 Woodrow Wilson Dr.
also attend tapings of Disney television
panoramic screen required for showing
Los Angeles, CA 90046
sitcoms. For reservations, contact Audiences
Cinerama movies. Restored recently, thanks
– Mackey Apartments (1936)
Unlimited, 818/753-3470.
to the L.A. Conservancy; currently operated
1137 South Cochran Ave.
– Offices and Studio (1939–40) by Arclight Cinemas.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Designed by Kem Webber. Originally
Hollyhock House (1921)
designed solely for production of animated
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
cartoons and feature films; later expanded
Auctions
Los Angeles, CA 90027
for production of live-action films.
Open during auctions and at other times
323/644-6269, www.hollyhockhouse.net
– Team Disney Building (1991)
by appointment only.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Construction
Designed by Michael Graves. A playful
A.N. Abell Auction Company
supervised by R.M. Schindler.
postmodernist structure featuring a façade
2613 Yates Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90040
of classical columns topped by the Seven
323/724-8102, www.abell.com
Commercial Buildings
Dwarfs from Disney’s 1937 animated film,
Bonhams & Butterfields
Snow White.
7601 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046
Hollywood Bowl (1927–29, rebuilt 2003)
Hollywood Palladium (1940)
323/436-5445, www.bonhams.com
2301 North Highland Ave.,
6215 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028
Hollywood, CA 90068
LA Modern Auctions
Designed by Gordon B. Kaufmann. Recently
323/850-2058, www.hollywoodbowl.com
16145 Hart St., Van Nuys, CA 91406
restored, the Palladium is a famed Streamline
Famous amphitheater designed by Lloyd
323/904-1950, www.lamodern.com
Moderne structure, originally built as one
Wright in 1927; remodeled by Allied Design
of Hollywood’s most lavish nightclubs. It
in 1929; restored in 2003 by Hodgetts +
reopened in October as a major venue for
Fung Associates.
rock and hip-hop artists.