5900 Wilshire
5900 Wilshire, known originally as the Mutual Benefit Life Building, is a 132-metre, 32-story skyscraper completed in 1971 in Los Angeles, California, United States.- Type: Commercial building
- Description: skyscraper in Los Angeles, California
- Also known as: “Mutual Benefit Life”, “SBE”, and “Variety Building”
- Address: 5900 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90036
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Los Angeles County Museum of Art and La Brea.
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 580 feet north of 5900 Wilshire.
La Brea
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
La Brea Tar Pits comprise an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years. La Brea is situated 780 feet northeast of 5900 Wilshire.
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 780 feet west of 5900 Wilshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miracle Mile and Park La Brea.
Miracle Mile
Neighborhood
Photo: DaveofCali, CC BY 2.0.
Miracle Mile is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California. It contains a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard known as Museum Row. It also contains two Historic Preservation Overlay Zones: the Miracle Mile HPOZ and the Miracle Mile North HPOZ.
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.
5900 Wilshire
- Categories: skyscraper, building, and office
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.06212° or 34° 3′ 44″ northLongitude
-118.35861° or 118° 21′ 31″ westElevation
607 feet (185 metres)Inception
1971Levels
32Height
433 feet (132 metres)Open location code
85633J6R+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 913314873OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialWikidata ID
Q4640949
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“5900 Wilshire” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “5900 ويلشاير”
- French: “5900 Wilshire”
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