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Children's Museum of Los Angeles, closed in 2000; Hollywood Erotic Museum, closed in 2006; Sports Museum of Los Angeles, closed in 2016 [5] VIVA Art Center – Valley Institute of Visual Art, closed in 2011 [6] [7] [8] Wells Fargo History Museum (Los Angeles), closed in 2020 [9]
The Brockman Building is a 12-story Classical and Romanesque Revival building located in Downtown Los Angeles. Built in 1912, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Built in 1912, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
In 2010 the Hammer announced its inaugural biennial devoted exclusively to Los Angeles artists. [11] [12] Though the museum has routinely featured California artists as part of its ongoing exhibition program, the Made in L.A. series has emerged as an important and high-profile platform to showcase the diversity and energy of Los Angeles as an emerging art capitol.
MOCA's permanent collection exhibitions show how, when the museum was founded in the late 1970s, it represented something wholly new: the beginning of L.A. art's full-scale institutionalization.
[1] [2] The building is also notable as the site of a 1971 bombing that killed an 18-year-old worker. [3] The building holds offices for a number of federal agencies, including the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Internal Revenue Service. [4]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977, one of only four office buildings in Los Angeles to be so honored. [5] It was also designated a landmark by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission [6] and is the city's oldest landmarked building. [7]
The National Building Museum's gift shop was honored in 2007 as the "Best Museum Store" in the country by Niche magazine, "Best All-Around Museum Shop" in the region by The Washington Post, [7] a "Top Shop" by the Washingtonian, [8] and named best museum shop in D.C. by National Geographic Traveler's blog, Intelligent Travel, in July 2009. [9]
Woolworth's occupied the building in 1937, with the business and building featuring a 100 yd (91 m) lunch counter, the longest in the world at the time. [2] In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Wilson Building listed as a contributing property in the district. [1]