Broadway Hollywood Building

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Broadway Hollywood Building

The Broadway Hollywood Building sits at the southwest corner of Hollywood and Vine, at 6300 Hollywood Boulevard and 1645 Vine Street in Los Angeles’ Hollywood district. It’s part of the Hollywood Walk of Fame area and a key piece of the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District.

History and design
- Built in 1927–1928 as the B. H. Dyas Building, designed by Frederick Rice Dorn in a Classical Revival style. It was the first major department store branch outside downtown Los Angeles.
- In 1939, an eight-story annex to the west was added by architects John and Donald Parkinson. The annex is a simpler Streamline Moderne style, while the original building remained highly ornamented at the street level with terra cotta pilasters, a heavy cornice, and Corinthian columns.
- The two parts are linked by ground-floor colonnades, creating a unified street presence. A two-story penthouse atop the building supports a prominent neon sign reading “The Broadway Hollywood.”

The Broadway era and later changes
- The Broadway acquired a long-term lease in 1931 and expanded in 1938 with 52,000 square feet of new retail space.
- The department store operated in the building until 1982, after which it was converted to office space.
- Beginning in 2005, the building was renovated to add 96 loft condominiums, while the annex received two additional floors.

Current facts and significance
- The building is a designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 664) and is part of the National Register-listed Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District.
- The two streetscape areas—Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street—are within the Hollywood Walk of Fame monument area (designated 1978). The building and district received recognition from the California Office of Historic Preservation in 1985.
- The property has been covered by the Mills Act, and it has had several high-profile owners and residents, including Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Dave Navarro, and Danny Masterson.
- The neon sign and the building’s distinctive façade have made it a local landmark and a familiar backdrop in film history, including appearance in Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.
- In 2016, the building sold for about $14.2 million, with a later value around $18.6 million in 2024.