Alternative names Anjac Fashion Building Floor count 12 Floors 12 Architecture firm Walker & Eisen | Address 834 South Broadway Opened 1927 Material Concrete | |
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Location Los Angeles, California Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture | ||
The Platt Building is a 1927 highrise at 834 South Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles. The Gothic Revival design was by architects Walker & Eisen. The firm also designed The Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.
Map of The Platt Building, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA
The building was originally the headquarters of the Platt Music Corporation.
The Platt Building is one of the Anjac Fashion Buildings, and the National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Broadway Theater and Commercial District uses this name to designate the building. Anjac is a portmanteau of the names Annette and Jack Needleman, real estate owners who in 1964 began buying properties in the Fashion District and surrounding area.
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The Platt Building Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA