May Company Building (Wilshire, Los Angeles)

May Company Building (Wilshire, Los Angeles)
May Company Wilshire Building
Location	6067 Wilshire Blvd. at Fairfax Ave., Wilshire district, Los Angeles
Coordinates
Built	1939
Architect	Albert C. Martin, Sr.
Architectural style(s)	Streamline Moderne
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Designated	September 30, 1992
Reference no.	566
Location in Western Los Angeles

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.

External links

• Photo gallery of the building at the Oscars website

• Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission (July 1994). Historic-Cultural Monuments. City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.
• Academy Museum of Motion Pictures official website