Los Angeles Center Studios
| Los Angeles Center Studios | |
|---|---|
  Location within Los Angeles | |
| Former names | Union Oil Center |
| General information | |
| Address | 450 South Bixel Street Los Angeles, California 90017 |
| Coordinates | 34°03′19″N 118°15′40″W / 34.055393°N 118.26109°W |
| Groundbreaking | 1955 |
| Completed | April 1958 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | William Pereira |
| Architecture firm | Pereira & Luckman |
| Main contractor | Del E. Webb Construction Company |
Los Angeles Center Studios, is a 20-acre film production studio located in the City West neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.[1]
History
[edit]The main building opened in April 1958 as the Union Oil Center and served as the headquarters of Union Oil Company of California.[2][3] The tower was designed by architect William Pereira. In 1996, Union Oil vacated the premises.
After the construction of six sound stages and renovation of the Unocal building, the studio opened in 1999. The 20-acre complex includes six film production sound stages, ten buildings, three streets and a private park.[2] The main gate is located at 450 South Bixel Street.[4]
In 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that with Dreamgirls and Numb3rs filming at the studio, the city's decades-old vision for City West was finally being fulfilled.[1] For Numb3rs the studio's distinctive main building and bridge appear as exterior shots of the Los Angeles FBI office.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mia DiMassa, Cara (March 15, 2006). "City West Catches Up With the Vision". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
How the studios went from an abandoned corporate headquarters to a flourishing center of industry is a dramatic example of a transformation unfolding on the west side of Harbor Freeway. The wave of gentrification that started in the rest of downtown in the late 1990s has finally reached the area known as City West.
- ^ a b "City West - Los Angeles Center Studios". DowntownLA.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
Los Angeles Center Studios is a multipurpose facility that includes the former Unocal Center building (opened as Union Oil Center in April 1958) and the surrounding area. In 1999, construction on the six large sound stages and renovation of the Unocal headquarters was complete. The new 20-acre entertainment campus includes 10 buildings and 3 streets. Situated on the west side of the Harbor Freeway, at 5th and Bixel streets, the studio has the amenities of a full-scale Hollywood studio, including office space, a commissary, fitness center, a 350-seat theater, car wash, electric car charging stations, and a private park.
- ^ "Los Angeles Center Studios". Los Angeles Conservancy. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "About Us". Los Angeles Center Studios. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ ""Numb3rs" (2005) - Filming locations". Us.imdb.com. May 1, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- List of titles with Los Angeles Center Studios as their location at IMDb
- "Los Angeles Center Studios". Downtown Los Angeles Walking. Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Science, University of Southern California. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- "Lights, camera, plenty of action at downtown Los Angeles Center Studios". Company Town. Los Angeles Times. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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- Buildings and structures in Downtown Los Angeles
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- Television studios in the United States
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