Thanks,
CityBoyDoug and
radio63, for your further NBC Radio City info!
Across the street from NBC Radio City:
I happened to find a blog that, as the blog writer, who calls himself Pop Culture Fanboy, states, "contains gathered information about the history of Capitol Records" and related topics.
It's been mentioned on NLA previously that, before the iconic Capitol Records Building was built on Vine, Capitol Records had it's location at two previous addresses, 1483 Vine Street and 1507 Vine Street, which was above Wallich's Music City.
Below: Capitol's 1st office at 1483 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA. The entry is highlighted in blue. Detail from a photo by Otto Rothschild.
Below: Capitol's 2nd office at 1507 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA. The offices took up the entire 2nd floor above Glenn Wallichs' Music City. Detail from a photo by Gene Lester.
What interests me, too, is that there's an inclusive, clear and readable shot of the
Coffee Dan's at 1511 North Vine Street.
(Call HOllywood 4-2290!)
And a related photo, below: This is the back of Music City from a proof by Sid Avery
Back of photo:
Here's a photo of the THIRD Capitol Records location, under construction, on Vine Street. Opened in 1956.
This image was taken after the ground level that contains the lobby and the recording studios was finished, but the top level and spire are still under construction and the protective louvres have yet to be installed.
I think this info is worth posting from the article:
Capitol Tower Facts and Figures:
* The Tower was Hollywood's first air-conditioned high-rise office building.
* The circular floors of the building are approximately 92 feet in diameter.
* The gross area is 93,000 square feet.
* The Tower is 150 feet tall
* The second floor has a diameter of only 78 feet to give the rest of the Tower the appearance of "floating."
* The 82 foot trilon spire atop the Tower is just for looks except during the holiday season, when it supports the strands of lights that turn the top of the Tower into an award-winning giant Christmas tree display.
* The Tower is 13 stories tall because that was the height limit in Los Angeles at the time for commercial buildings. Wallichs had wanted to build higher, and it was the one sour note of the construction experience for him when, the year after the Tower was completed, the ordinance was changed.
* There are 72 windows on each floor and the Tower's distinctive porcelain enameled louvres protect the glass area from excessive heat and glare of the sun.
[AND SOME CONTEMPORARY (1956) LEVITY!]
An article in the June, 1956 issue of Record and Sound Retailing listed "as a service to Capitol and a warning to gagsters" the following good-natured jokes that had already been heard too many times:
"It's round like a record, but what are they going to do if the industry changes to tape?"
"There are no squares in the Capitol Tower."
"You ought to put a coin machine in front of the building so tourists can drop in fifty cents and watch the Tower revolve."
"Secretaries are going to love the new building because their bosses can't corner them there!"
"I hear they're changing the speeds on the Freeway lanes behind the Capitol Tower to 78, 45, and 33 1/3 MPH!"
Song Publisher's Lament: "I went to Capitol and they gave me the run-around."
"We hear there's a huge record changer on the roof that ejects floors."
"After they put an Italian restaurant on the roof, they're going to call the building the Tower of Pizza."
"Now that the intersection of Hollywood and Vine has the ultra-modern Capitol Tower, the name's being changed to Hollywood and Vinyl."
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...rim shot!
Lots of other information
HERE.