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Future Looks Bright for Wilshire and Fairfax

The current architectural rendering for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - looking south from 6th and Fairfax towards Wilshire. Photo credit ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop
The current architectural rendering for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures – looking south from 6th and Fairfax towards Wilshire. Photo credit ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop

The corner of Wilshire and Fairfax will be undergoing major transformation over the next several years – both below and above the surface.

Below the Surface – Purple Line Subway Station

The corner of Wilshire and Fairfax will be home to one of three subway stations along the first phase of the Purple Line Extension – a Metro project that will eventually take the subway from Western, along Wilshire, to La Cienega. In phase 2, the Purple Line Extension continues out west to the VA Hospital in West LA.

On Thursday, it was revealed that President Obama’s proposed 2014 budget includes $65 million in Federal Funds for the Purple Line Extension. Those funds are especially welcome as they represent the first payment for more federal dollars that will flow to the project in future federal budgets via the federal New Starts program that helps local transit agencies pay for big, pricey transit improvements — such as new rail lines. The first phase of the Purple Line Extension (Western to La Cienega) is scheduled to be complete in 2020.

Metro’s The Source – President Obama’s proposed budget calls for $130 million for two Metro projects: Purple Line Extension and Regional Connector

 

The current architectural elevations for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo credit ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop/©Studio Pali Fekete architects/©A.M.P.A.S.
The current architectural elevations for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo credit ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop/©Studio Pali Fekete architects/©A.M.P.A.S.

Above the Surface – The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Announces Naming of The David Geffen Theater and Shares Photos of the Academy Museum

The David Geffen Foundation for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures commits $25 million to the Academy Museum capital campaign. Photo courtesy of the Academy of Motion Pictures.
The David Geffen Foundation for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures commits $25 million to the Academy Museum capital campaign. Photo courtesy of the Academy of Motion Pictures.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday that it has received a $25 million commitment from The David Geffen Foundation for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The gift was made as part of the Academy Museum’s $300 million capital campaign and is the largest commitment received to date. In recognition of this gift, the Academy will name the Museum’s premiere-sized theater The David Geffen Theater.

Designed by architects Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali, the Academy Museum will be located next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in the historic Wilshire May Company building. Slated to open in early 2017, the Academy Museum will contain nearly 300,000 square feet of state-of-the-art galleries, exhibition spaces, theaters, screening rooms, education centers, and special event spaces.

The design for the Academy Museum fully restores the Wilshire and Fairfax street-front facades of the original 1939 Streamline Moderne building. It also includes a spherical wing at the northern end of the original building that will replace an extension made to the structure in 1946. Designed to represent the marriage of art and technology, the wing will house The David Geffen Theater and will be a spectacular new piece of contemporary architecture that will perfectly complement the historic building.

The current architectural model for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures looking east from Fairfax. Photo credit ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop/©Studio Pali Fekete architects/©A.M.P.A.S.
The current architectural model for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures looking east from Fairfax. Photo credit ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop/©Studio Pali Fekete architects/©A.M.P.A.S.
The current architectural model for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures looking north from Wilshire. Photo credit ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop/©Studio Pali Fekete architects/©A.M.P.A.S.
The current architectural model for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures looking north from Wilshire. Photo credit ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop/©Studio Pali Fekete architects/©A.M.P.A.S.

 

 

 

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Mary has lived in the Hancock Park area for over 20 years - including homes in Larchmont Village and Windsor Square. Mary has lived in some great places in her life - but none compare to the convenience and majesty of our neighborhood. For Mary, the neighborhood has been a wonderful home to her large, extended family...at one time she had family members living on seven different Hancock Park area blocks! Larchmont Buzz is a labor of love - built to celebrate the neighborhood and to elevate the conversation in the area.

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