Attie Building | |
Location of building in Los Angeles County | |
Location | 6436 W. Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California |
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Coordinates | 34°06′04″N118°19′50″W / 34.1012°N 118.3305°W |
Built | 1931 |
Architect | Henry A. Minton |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
Part of | Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District (ID85000704) |
Designated CP | April 4, 1985 |
The Attie Building, also known as Playmates of Hollywood Building, [1] is a historic two-story building located at 6436 W. Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The building is notable for its second-floor Art Deco exterior [2] as well as the 'You Are the Star' mural painted on its western-facing first floor exterior. [3] [4]
The Attie Building was built as a retail location by Henry A. Minton in 1931. [4] It features an elaborate second-story art deco design, with notable elements that include orange panels carved with flora and fauna designs, decorative tiles set off from the first story and roofline, and a series of piers that project above the roofline, with three sash windows recessed between each pier. [2]
In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Attie Building listed as a contributing property in the district. [2]
In 2006, the Attie Building was sold to an investment group. [5] In 2019, the LeFrak Organization announced plans to preserve and restore the building as part of a larger construction project located beside it. [3] [6] [7]
In 2022, the building was sold for $1.3 million. [8]
The Attie building is famous for the 'You Are the Star' mural located on its western-facing first floor exterior. The mural, painted by Thomas Suriya in 1983, is twenty feet tall by thirty feet wide and depicts a movie theater in reverse, with famous actors including Richard Pryor, Laurel and Hardy, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Woody Allen, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple, W.C. Fields, John Wayne, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Jack Lemmon, Bruce Lee, the Marx Brothers, and more, as well as characters such as Errol Flynn's Robin Hood, Charlie Chaplin's Tramp, Superman, Woody Woodpecker, Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra, Richard Burton's Marc Anthony, King Kong, Frankenstein, R2-D2, and more, all sitting in a theater, watching the viewer on screen. [3] [5] [7] [9]
The Attie Building and its 'You Are the Star' mural have been featured in several films, including The Player , S.W.A.T. , and La La Land . [3] [5]
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