Capitol Records Building
Capitol Records Building | |
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Los Angeles, California | |
Coordinates | 34°06′11″N 118°19′34″W / 34.103085°N 118.326189°W |
Construction started | 1955 |
Completed | 1956 |
Owner | Argent Ventures 50% Universal Music Group 50%[1] |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 46 m (151 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 13 |
Lifts/elevators | 3 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Welton Becket and Associates |
Designated | November 15, 2006 |
Reference no. | 857 |
References | |
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The Capitol Records Building, also known as the Capitol Records Tower, is a 13-story tower building in
The building is known as "The House That Nat Built"[7][8] due to the vast numbers of records and amounts of merchandise Nat King Cole sold for the company.
Design
The building's design is on the graduate school drawings of Lou Naidorf who, as the primary architect, designed the first circular office building when he was 24 years old.
The 13-story conforms to the 150-foot (46 m) zoning height limit in place at the time of its construction. Height restrictions were lifted in 1956.[13] The thirteenth floor of the tower is the "Executive Level" and is represented by an "E" in the building's two elevators.[14]
Notable features
The blinking light atop the tower spells out the word "Hollywood" in
In April 2011, Capitol Records and artist Richard Wyatt Jr. restored his Hollywood Jazz Mural on the south wall of the Capitol Records building.[17] Restored in hand-glazed ceramic tile, the mural spans 26 by 88 feet (7.9 by 26.8 m)[18] Entitled "Hollywood Jazz: 1945-1972", it presents "larger than life" images of a number of notable jazz musicians.
Capitol Studios
The building houses the Capitol Studios, a recording facility which includes eight echo chambers engineered by guitarist
Recent history
In September 2006, EMI sold the tower and adjacent properties for US$50 million to New York developer
In November 2012, Steve Barnett was announced as the new Chairman and CEO of the Capitol Music Group and the company stated his office would be in the building.[21] This coincided with Capitol Music Group becoming part of Universal Music Group, assuring its new parent company two Los Angeles headquarters.
Gallery
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An aerial view of the Capitol Records Building
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Viewed from Hollywood and Vine, 1997
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Parking lot mural titled Hollywood Jazz
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Taken on 2006-03-28
References
- ^ Universal Music Group Buys 50% Stake in Owner of Hollywood's Iconic Capitol Records Building Archived February 10, 2023, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved from CoStar.com news service on 16 October 2023)
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- ^ Capitol Records Building at Glass Steel and Stone (archived)
- ^ "Capitol Records Building". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Hawthorne, Christopher (May 29, 2011). "Critic's Notebook: Hollywood landmark at a crossroads". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
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- ^ Congressional Record. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ Seetoo, John. "A Visit to Capitol Studios". PS Audio. PS Audio. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ^ MillenniumHollywood (October 23, 2012). "Millennium Hollywood: Lou Naidorf" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ Hundley, Jessica (January 16, 2003). "A star was born". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ a b Huell Howser; Sue Satriano (1988). Exploring L.A. with Huell (video). Hollywood, California: KCET. Archived from the original (mp3) on December 8, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ Myers, Marc. "The Truth About The Tower". Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ Masters, Nathan (May 23, 2012). "L.A.'s Changing Skyline: A Brief History of Skyscrapers in the City of Angels". KCET. KCETLink. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
- ^ "About". Capitol Records Building. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ "Capitol Records Building Morse Code". Atlas Obscura. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ "Capitol Records Jazz Mural restored!". Millennium Hollywood. Millennium Hollywood Partners. January 30, 2013. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
- ^ Lewis, Randy (February 18, 2013). "'Hollywood Jazz' mural lives on more brightly". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
- ^ Brown, August (November 1, 2012). "Capitol Studios". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
- ^ Pool, Bob (June 18, 2008). "Capitol Fears For Its Sonic Signature". Los Angeles Times. p. B2.
- ^ Brown, August (November 26, 2012). "Steve Barnett to lead Capitol Music Group". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 29, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2013.