Los Angeles Center Studios

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]

^ 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.

[Times-1] 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.

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