May Company Department Store Building, 6067 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Summary
Significance: The May Company Department Store on Wilhsire openly indicates how the building's location at the busy corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Fairfax Ave. is to be exploited as a sign in this case as gold mosaic-covered corner portion which suggests an expensive bottle of perfume. The real entrance to the building is to the north off of the extensive ground level parking lot.
Survey number: HABS CA-2031
Building/structure dates: 1939-1940 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1940 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States, 34.06340, -118.36084
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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