The Beaux Arts Building (since 1992, Crescent Arms) is a historic American building on Eighth at Beacon Streets in the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Constructed in 1927, in the Beaux-Arts style, it was completed in less than a year, at a cost of US$1,000,000.
- Venue
- Beaux Arts Building
- Address
- 1709 W. 8th Street
- Town
- Los Angeles, US
The Beaux Arts Building (since 1992, Crescent Arms) is a historic American building on Eighth at Beacon Streets in the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Constructed in 1927, in the Beaux-Arts style, it was completed in less than a year, at a cost of US$1,000,000. It was designed as a studio building and auditorium, devoted entirely to music and the allied fine arts. A lyre over the dramatic entrance identified its original musical and dramatic purpose. It later became an office building for an insurance company. Vacant by the early 1990s, it was converted into senior housing in 1992 and renamed Crescent Arms. In 1926, Max Weil was living in Los Angeles and conceived the idea of building there one of the largest and finest studio buildings in the country. A temporary office of the building, at 816 South Figueroa Street was used while the Beaux Arts Building was under construction. Groundbreaking occurred in June 1926 to a design by Stanton, Reed and Hibbard, architects, with Forve-Pettebone Company in charge of construction. The Beaux Arts Building opened on February 16, 1927, with Weil serving as Studio and Auditorium Director. Later, it was converted into offices for an insurance company. Vacant by the early 1990s, the Beaux Arts Building was renamed "Crescent Arms" when it was renovated and converted by the Santa Monica-based Crescent Bay Company, into senior housing units to a design by Killefer Flammang Architects. The Crescent Arms project team was composed of several organizations, including the Crescent Bay Company, the Los Angeles Neighborhood Development Corporation, Morley Construction Company, and Killefer Flammang Purtill architects. The structure was constructed to the height limits of that day, but instead of the usual thirteen stories of height limit buildings, it had eleven stories, sacrificing two stories to give additional height to the rooms. There was a recital hall on the ground floor, with entrance on Beacon street. The hall