Saban Building
The Saban Building, formerly the May Company Building, on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, is a celebrated example of Streamline Moderne architecture.Photo: MichaelJLocke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: building on Miracle Mile in Los Angeles; corner of Wilshire and Fairfax
- Also known as: “LACMA West”, “May Company Building”, “May Company Department Store Building”, “May Company Wilshire”, and “May Company Wilshire Branch”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Petersen Automotive Museum and Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Petersen Automotive Museum
Museum
Photo: Mbodell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Petersen Automotive Museum is an automobile museum located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest collections, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a nonprofit organization specializing in automobile history and related educational programs. Petersen Automotive Museum is situated 360 feet south of Saban Building.
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Museum
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is a film museum that opened in 2021 located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The first large-scale museum of its kind in the United States, it houses part of the Academy Collection, the largest film-related…
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits. Los Angeles County Museum of Art is situated 620 feet east of Saban Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carthay and Park La Brea.
Carthay
Neighborhood
Carthay is a half-square-mile neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. It contains Carthay Circle, Carthay Square and South Carthay. There are three Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zones in Carthay.
Park La Brea
Neighborhood
Park La Brea is an apartment community in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles, California developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1944.
Little Ethiopia
Neighborhood
Photo: Ucla90024, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Ethiopia(Amharic; ትንሿ ኢትዮጵያ; is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles. It is known for its collection of Ethiopian restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques and thrift stores.
Saban Building
- Categories: low-rise building, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.06328° or 34° 3′ 48″ northLongitude
-118.36084° or 118° 21′ 39″ westElevation
282 feet (86 metres)Inception
September 7th, 1939Levels
7Height
114 feet (35 metres)Operator
Academy Museum of Motion PicturesOpen location code
85633J7Q+8MOpenStreetMap ID
way 426357430OpenStreetMap feature
building=museumWikidata ID
Q18151426
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Saban Building” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “薩班大廈”
- French: “May Company Building”
- German: “May Company Building”
- Spanish: “May Company Building”
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Highlights include Ted Mann Theater and Walt Disney Company Piazza.
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