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tv star collector · 03-16-2006, 08:55 AM

Stacks of Wax
Posted by Mark Evanier at 9:02 AM · Permalink

Ladies...are you tired of cleaning corners? Or being cornered by some lecherous acquaintance? Then maybe you need to live in a round building.

And soon, that may be possible. The historic Capitol Records building, located not far from Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood, California is up for sale and the interested parties are all talking Condo Conversion. Designed by Wilson Becket and built in 1956 as the home of the most powerful record company on the west coast, it was intended to resemble a stack of records...reportedly, a suggestion made by Nat King Cole, who recorded for the label. For a long time there, you either recorded for Capitol or you just quite weren't in the music business.

The 13-story building always kind of said "Hollywood." In fact, there's a red light atop the building that blinks on and off all night, spelling out "Hollywood" in Morse Code -- a fact known only to any very old telegraph operators who happen to wander by. It's a structure that has been much photographed and of course, whenever anyone makes a movie about a disaster in Los Angeles, it's one of the first things we see destroyed.

I guess I'm glad no one is proposing its implosion. There are precious few things in Hollywood worth snapping a picture of, and tourists are always disappointed that the physical area is so lacking in glamorous sights. I don't think I ever walked through the intersection of Hollywood and Vine without noticing some outta-towners with cameras standing there and muttering, "This is it?" I used to think the Chamber of Commerce should hire a good Marilyn Monroe impersonator and have her stand there over a grate with air blowing up her skirt...just to give shutterbugs something to shoot. But at least the Capitol Records building was just up the street, and it looks like it'll remain that way. So the tourists will have something to take pictures of, and all they'll have to do is explain to their children what a "record" was.

03-16-2006, 08:55 AM	#1
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,487	Capitol Records Building Stacks of Wax Posted by Mark Evanier at 9:02 AM · Permalink Ladies...are you tired of cleaning corners? Or being cornered by some lecherous acquaintance? Then maybe you need to live in a round building. And soon, that may be possible. The historic Capitol Records building, located not far from Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood, California is up for sale and the interested parties are all talking Condo Conversion. Designed by Wilson Becket and built in 1956 as the home of the most powerful record company on the west coast, it was intended to resemble a stack of records...reportedly, a suggestion made by Nat King Cole, who recorded for the label. For a long time there, you either recorded for Capitol or you just quite weren't in the music business. The 13-story building always kind of said "Hollywood." In fact, there's a red light atop the building that blinks on and off all night, spelling out "Hollywood" in Morse Code -- a fact known only to any very old telegraph operators who happen to wander by. It's a structure that has been much photographed and of course, whenever anyone makes a movie about a disaster in Los Angeles, it's one of the first things we see destroyed. I guess I'm glad no one is proposing its implosion. There are precious few things in Hollywood worth snapping a picture of, and tourists are always disappointed that the physical area is so lacking in glamorous sights. I don't think I ever walked through the intersection of Hollywood and Vine without noticing some outta-towners with cameras standing there and muttering, "This is it?" I used to think the Chamber of Commerce should hire a good Marilyn Monroe impersonator and have her stand there over a grate with air blowing up her skirt...just to give shutterbugs something to shoot. But at least the Capitol Records building was just up the street, and it looks like it'll remain that way. So the tourists will have something to take pictures of, and all they'll have to do is explain to their children what a "record" was.