2022 Preservation Awards (Chair) Winner: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Now the home of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, this former premiere department store building is the grandest example of Streamline Moderne architecture remaining in Los Angeles.
The Conservancy’s Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) designation of the May Company building paved its adaptive reuse as the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

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Having visited that May Company since 1964 as a two-year-old with my mother, my pediatrician in a medical building just to the west, and lunching at Johnny's across the street, this area has a very dear place in my heart. THANK YOU to the LA Conservancy for rescuing our beloved building. And thank you to the Motion Picture Academy for creating a phoenix moment for that structure with a new purpose and an even greater connection to our community. The physical and metaphorical bridge between the Life Star and the renewed structure is not lost on us. Now, if we could bring back Johnny's and Callenders. Notwithstanding the drumbeat of change, we'll Always Love L.A.