The Platt Building

Platt Building

The Platt Building (left) and the Orpheum Building (right) on South Broadway in Los Angeles
Alternative names Anjac Fashion Building
General information
Architectural style Gothic Revival
Location Los Angeles, California
Address 834 South Broadway
Opened 1927
Technical details
Material Concrete and steel with terra cotta facade
Floor count 12
Design and construction
Architecture firm Walker & Eisen

The Platt Building is a 1927 highrise at 834 South Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles.[1] The Gothic Revival design was by architects Walker & Eisen. The firm also designed The Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

The building was originally the headquarters of the Platt Music Corporation.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ You-Are-Here.com: The Platt Building
  2. ↑ Doryoku - The Platt Building
  3. ↑ "Broadway Theater and Commercial District nomination form" (PDF). May 9, 1979. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Anjac Fashion Buildings". Retrieved May 9, 2014.
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Coordinates: 34°02′35″N 118°15′19″W / 34.0430°N 118.2552°W / 34.0430; -118.2552


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