E. Clem Wilson Building
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E. Clem Wilson Building | |
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Former names | Mutual of Omaha Building General Insurance Building General of America Building |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial offices |
Architectural style | Art Deco / Art Moderne |
Location | 5225 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates | 34°03′45″N 118°20′34″W / 34.0625°N 118.3427°W |
Completed | 1929 |
Height | |
Roof | 55.64 m (182.5 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 13 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Meyer & Holler |
References | |
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The E. Clem Wilson Building, also called the Samsung Building, is a 55.64 m (182.5 ft) Art Deco / Art Moderne midrise building at 5225 Wilshire Boulevard at La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, California.
History
[edit]The building has had multiple different names from signage rights, starting with Mutual of Omaha, then becoming Asahi Breweries in 1992 and Samsung in 2001. It now remains a blank blue sign.
The building is currently managed by VisionQuest Ventures.
In popular culture
[edit]This building was used as the headquarters of Daily Planet in the first season of Adventures of Superman.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Emporis building ID 237204". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "E. Clem Wilson Building". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-daily-planet-in-film-and-television-468536/
Further reading
[edit]- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll44/id/90043
- http://losangelespast.blogspot.ca/2009/11/old-civic-center-south-to-city-hall.html
- ^ "E. Clem Wilson Building | Los Angeles Conservancy". www.laconservancy.org. Retrieved 2021-01-22.