At the northeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax is the former May Company department store building, which has been converted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
May Company California, a defunct California department store that merged with J. W. Robinson's to create Robinsons-May
Two well-known stores were located on the corners of 8th Street and Broadway, and Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue.
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The Wilshire location has been featured in several vintage films including Behave Yourself!
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano and innovative contemporary architect Zoltan Pali, the Academy Museum will be located next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) campus in the landmarked 1939 May Company building on Wilshire Boulevard.
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Originally anchored by a May Company that had opened in late 1966 and Sears, the initial phase of the center was designed by Victor Gruen.