Bullocks Wilshire, located at 3050

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, is a

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building. The building opened in September 1929 as a luxury

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for owner John G. Bullock (owner of the more mainstream

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). Bullocks Wilshire was also the name of the department store chain of which the Los Angeles store was the flagship; it had seven stores total; Macy's incorporated them into and rebranded them as

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in 1989, before closing I. Magnin entirely in 1994. The building is currently owned by

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History

Design

The building was designed by Los Angeles architects

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; the

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was by Eleanor Lemaire and Jock Peters of the Feil & Paradise Company; the ceiling

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of the

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was painted by Herman Sachs.

Exterior

The exterior is notable for its tower whose top is sheathed in copper, tarnished green. At one time, the tower peak had a light that could be seen for miles around. The stylized relief, above the Wilshire Boulevard entrance, was designed by

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, designer of the ''Oscar''. Bullocks Wilshire's innovation was that it was one of the first department stores in Los Angeles to cater to the burgeoning automobile culture. It was located in a then-mostly residential district, its objective to attract shoppers who wanted a closer place to shop than Downtown Los Angeles. Traditional display windows faced the sidewalk, but they were decorated to catch the eyes of motorists. Since most customers would arrive by vehicle, the most appealing entrance was placed in the rear. Under the city's first department store

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s in

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welcomed patrons and parked their cars.

Interior

Shoppers entered the

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which had

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floors and elevators finished in

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, and

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On the first floor was the

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Perfume Hall, awash in natural light muted by walls of St. Genevieve

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. Other floors displayed clothes and accessories in low glass cases on

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stands or on live

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, to prevent hanging racks from cluttering sight lines. Upstairs showrooms and salons functioned almost as discrete

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. The Louis XVI Room sold designer dresses, the Directoire formal wear and later furs. Later still came the

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Chanel Room and the Irene Salon, enclave of future Hollywood costume designer

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, reputed to be the first boutique devoted to a single designer inside a major U.S. department store. Lentz designed custom wardrobe for celebrities, leading to a career in

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at major

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, including

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. Other departments included toys, a

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Doggery for canine accessories, and the city's first leisurewear merchandise on the Playdeck.Roderick, p. 71 The women's shoe salon was paneled with the wood from a single

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tree.

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in exotic shades lined the walls in the furs

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. The Saddle Shop featured vermillion floor tiles, wall cases of deep red oak, and a life-size plaster likeness of a horse, Bullock's Barney. Light_Fixture_detail

For refreshment, there was a top-floor desert-themed

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and the adjoining lounge where society women gathered for luncheon

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s. Truly elite service was reserved for the selected men invited to shop in the privacy of J.G. Bullock's wood-paneled private suite on the fifth floor. Titans of business and politics relaxed over cocktails and

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as sales associates modeled potential gifts.Roderick, p. 75

Clientele and notable employees

The department store served the upper crust of Los Angeles society. In its heyday, Bullocks Wilshire patrons included celebrities

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, and

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. While struggling to become an actress, a teen-aged

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worked as a sales clerk. Future

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Patricia Nixon also served a stint on the floor. From his studio, next to the

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department, Neil Gittings photographed many celebrities who frequented Bullocks Wilshire. Bullocks Wilshire, rear

Decline

In the early 1970s, this sub-division of Bullock's dropped its apostrophe and began opening separate branch locations so as to separate its decidedly luxury identity from its larger yet more upper-moderate/better parent. Branches were located in

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(1947), Woodland Hills ( The Promenade) (1973; 80,000 square feet),

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) (1977; 80,000 square feet),

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(1979),

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(1981), and

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(formerly

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; 1987; 50,000 square feet). The branches of Woodland Hills and Newport Beach were designed by the Los Angeles firm of Welton Becket and Associates. Over the years, a shift by other luxury stores and boutiques to the west side of the city/county resulted in the primary Bullocks Wilshire trading area's fall, yet the main store held on as a destination until 1988, when it began its own precipitous decline, hastened under operation by its final owners,

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, who had acquired the chain from the

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. The Wilshire Boulevard store suffered severe damage during the

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; looters broke in and shattered every display case on the first floor.Roderick, p. 76 The upper floors were not damaged because fleeing staffers shut off the elevators; the original decision to build the store without escalators may have actually saved the landmark from ruin. At least three fires were set by

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ists, but they did not spread. Bullocks Wilshire finally closed in 1993 with legal battles ensuing as Macy's stripped the store of its historic artifacts, furnishings and fixtures for other locations (bowing to pressure, almost all the 1929 fixtures were returned). Its locations had been converted around 1990 to

, a

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-based luxury chain which in turn was shuttered by

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in January 1995 upon its acquisition of Macy's.

Current use of building

In 1994, the building was acquired by

, its long-time neighbor. The school restored the building to its original 1929 state, adapting the building for use as an integral part of the school. The building is a historic-cultural monument of the

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, and was listed in the

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Appearances in popular culture

Scenes filmed at the building include: * A scene in the 2004 film '' The Aviator'' was filmed near the entrance * Featured in the 1996 film ''

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'' as The Majestic Hotel * The mall scenes from 1984's ''

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'' were filmed after hours * A scene in the season premiere of the second season (episode "Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?") of ''

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* Featured in

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's 1989 "

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" was filmed in front of the school * Part of the background on the set of ''

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'' * ''Visiting... with

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Bullocks Wilshire chain

Bullocks Wilshire was one of the more important divisions of Bullock's, Inc. until it was consolidated into I. Magnin by Macy's in 1989. The division could be traced to the opening of a single luxury branch store of Bullock's in 1929.Alternate Link
via

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. In 1968, The Bullock's store in Palm Springs (built in 1947) was transferred to the control of Bullock's Wilshire to be its first branch store.Link
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. Four years later, in 1972, Bullock's Wilshire store was separated from Bullock's as a separate division with its own, president, chairman, buyers and staff with Walter Bergquist, former president of Bullock's, assigned as the division's first president.Link
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Bullocks Wilshire locations

Source: ''Bullock's Department Store'' by Devin T. Frick * Wilshire (freestanding), opened September 24, 1929 – now occupied by

* Palm Springs (freestanding), opened October 18, 1947 * Woodland Hills Promenade, opened August 20, 1973 * Newport Beach (

), opened August 1, 1977 – razed, now site of

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, San Diego, opened August 20, 1979 * Palos Verdes (

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), (The Courtyard, now Promenade on the Peninsula), opened September 28, 1981 – now individual retail stores and cinema * Palm Desert Town Center, opened February 7, 1987 * Bullocks Lakewood Center- razed- Now a Home Depot

References

External links

Southwestern's Official page
about the Bullocks Wilshire building, complete with virtual tour and historic pictures
National Register of Historic Places listing
* {{History of Retail in Southern California Art Deco architecture in California John and Donald Parkinson buildings Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles Defunct department stores based in Greater Los Angeles History of Los Angeles Commercial buildings completed in 1929 Macy's Towers in California Koreatown, Los Angeles Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places 1929 establishments in California Bullock's