Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p 5900 Wilshire, or the Variety Building is a 32-storey 132 m (433 ft) skyscraper completed in 1971 in Los Angeles, California. It is the tallest building in the Miracle Mile district, the 2nd tallest in the Wilshire Area, and the 30th tallest in Los Angeles, and . The International style building was designed by architect Gin Wong of William L. Pereira & Associates. The building, which includes tenants occupying entire floors all the way down to executive suites, is across Wilshire Boulevard from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Ratkovich Co spent $34 million on a renovation which began in 2005 and was still in process in the second quarter of 2008. The renovation will include a new lobby. The placement of a bus zone across the street at LACMA and the subsequent removal of the crosswalk that would have fed traffic to a proposed cafe, caused a rethinking of those plans. It was built for the Mutual Benefit Life by the Shorenstein Co. of San Francisco. The 491,000-square-foot (45,600 m2) building was acquired by The Ratkovich Company in December 2005.In December 2008, the building became the official westcoast headquarters for the entertainment newspaper Variety. The newspaper's name now adorns the top of the building's north face in red letters.. }
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- 5900_Wilshire abstract "5900 Wilshire, or the Variety Building is a 32-storey 132 m (433 ft) skyscraper completed in 1971 in Los Angeles, California. It is the tallest building in the Miracle Mile district, the 2nd tallest in the Wilshire Area, and the 30th tallest in Los Angeles, and . The International style building was designed by architect Gin Wong of William L. Pereira & Associates. The building, which includes tenants occupying entire floors all the way down to executive suites, is across Wilshire Boulevard from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Ratkovich Co spent $34 million on a renovation which began in 2005 and was still in process in the second quarter of 2008. The renovation will include a new lobby. The placement of a bus zone across the street at LACMA and the subsequent removal of the crosswalk that would have fed traffic to a proposed cafe, caused a rethinking of those plans. It was built for the Mutual Benefit Life by the Shorenstein Co. of San Francisco. The 491,000-square-foot (45,600 m2) building was acquired by The Ratkovich Company in December 2005.In December 2008, the building became the official westcoast headquarters for the entertainment newspaper Variety. The newspaper's name now adorns the top of the building's north face in red letters.".