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11/25/14
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Hudson Pacific Properties has begun work to restore and return the landmark radio tower at Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood to its original location on the lot. The radio tower was one of two matching towers erected in 1925 to serve Warner Brothers’ affiliate radio station KFWB. At the time, Warner Brothers housed their west coast operations in the 30k sf, colonial-style office building at the corner of Sunset Blvd and Bronson Ave. The two radio towers flanked the building’s entrance, but in 1950 Warner Brothers removed one and transferred the other to its current site on the lot’s northeast corner.
Today, the former Warner Brothers office building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in part due to the filming of the world’s first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, at the property in 1927. The radio tower’s four-legged, steel skeleton rises approximately 160 feet, and displays “KTLA” and “5” on all sides. KTLA, one of the largest independent television stations in Los Angeles, has been headquartered at the lot and had its call letters on the tower for over 60 years. Following an initial inspection, Hudson intends to move the tower off-site for restoration and structural retrofitting, and then reinstall it with updated KTLA signage in front the office building’s west wing, likely in early 2015.
Hudson also expects to break ground on Icon, a 14-story, 323k sf, high-tech office building on the northwest portion of the lot, in February of next year. Icon’s innovative design by Gensler architects integrates and enhances Sunset Bronson Studios’ historic character by improving site-lines and restoring the landmark office building’s façade, and featuring landscaping and architectural elements, such as free-standing columns and, of course, the former KFWB radio tower.
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