Title supplied by cataloger. Capitol Records, located at 1750 Vine Street, is a unique 13-story, 150 ft high-rise cylindrical building that was built in 1956 by architect Welton David Becket and contractor C. L. Peck Co. The wide curved awnings over the windows of each floor and the tall spike emerging from the top of the building combine to give it the appearance of a stack of vinyl 45s on a turntable, although it was not originally designed with that idea in mind. The blinking red light on the tip of the rooftop spire spells out the word "Hollywood" in Morse code every few seconds, and has done so since the building's opening in April of 1956. Aerial view of Hollywood with the Capitol Records Building in the center surrounded by other buildings near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street; view is looking southeast. The visible streets are (diagonally, r to l): Vine Street, Argyle Avenue, Gower Street, and Bronson Avenue and (l to r): Yucca Street, Hollywood Boulevard, and Sunset Boulevard. Other visible buildings are Yucca Vine Building (corner of Yucca and Vine), Equitable Building (corner of Vine and Hollywood), Pantages Theater (corner of Hollywood and Argyle), and Charles E. Skinner Studios (corner of Argyle and Yucca). Photograph dated February 17, 1956.
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1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Capitol Records, Inc Buildings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Round buildings--California--Los Angeles Music trade--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Sound recording industry--California--Los Angeles Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) United States Highway 101 Aerial photographs Becket, Welton
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