Entertainment

Photo from Tom Gardner Collection/Conservancy archives

CBS Television City

CBS' Television City was one of the first and largest complexes built expressly for television production and broadcasting, and clearly signified L.A.'s intent to become the capital of television broadcasting.

Circus Disco, 2015. Photo by Laura Dominguez/L.A. Conservancy.

Circus Disco (Demolished)

Architect Unknown

From 1975 to 2016, Circus Disco was a significant social and cultural anchor for LGBTQ Latinxs in Los Angeles.

Photo by Laura Dominguez/L.A. Conservancy

Crossroads of the World

Robert V. Derrah

Completed in 1936, Crossroads of the World was one of the first outdoor shopping centers in the country.

Earl Carroll Theatre, now Nickelodeon Studios. Photo by Laura Dominguez/L.A. Conservancy

Earl Carroll Theatre

Gordon B. Kaufmann

Designed by master architect Gordon B. Kaufmann, the Earl Carroll Theatre exemplifies the optimism and grandeur of pre-war Hollywood.

Photo by Hunter Kerhart

El Rey Theatre

Clifford A. Balch

A beloved landmark of the Miracle Mile.

Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy

Hollywood Palladium

Gordon B. Kaufmann

Hollywood wouldn't be what it is today without the Palladium, a popular venue for dance, live music, and special events since 1940.

Photo by Devri Richmond

Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study

Claud Beelman

Architecturally self-assured, unmistakably modern, and undeniably Hollywood, upon its completion in 1948 the former Don Lee Mutual Broadcast Building was the then-largest studio built for simultaneous television and radio transmission.