Capitol Records Building Hollywood

I am sure you have all seen this building. It's the Capitol Records building on Vine Street in Hollywood. Of all the buildings that Los Angeles has, it has to be my personal favorite. I have seen it from a distance many times, but yesterday I had the time to actually make a right turn off of Hollywood Blvd and drive up Vine for about a half block and there it was.

Proudly screaming to me that it was built at the very time I was born, it wears it's 50's Architecture well. It is truly a giant of a building.

I stopped right in front of the building and got out to take a closer look. Unfortunately, getting a closer look, gave me very interesting pictures, but none of it from a distance. So you dear readers, get the long shot from someone else. :-)







My pictures are from the front door. The bottom picture in particular explains what it was designed to look like...duh, it looks like a stack of 45 rpm records.

Well, I guess to this generation, they haven't a clue, but to us who remember something of the 50's or 60's, a 45 record was a big deal.

The top of the building has a large piece of metal in the shape of a stylus, again giving a nod to the business that occurs in this building, every day.








There is so much that is being torn down and revitalized, right now, even just down the block. There have even been rumors that they might eventually get rid of this building, or build things nearby. Ruining the recording studio sonics of the Capitol Records Building is one of the possibilities, so I definitely wanted to make my pilgrimage to it, before anything like that takes place.

A really cool piece of history, all wrapped up in a 45.

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Photo #2 is
right out front
of the building.


Photo #3 Is a
sign explaining
the building for
tourists and others
who stop by to see
it.