{{Short description|Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Attie Building | nocat = yes | nrhp_type = cp | partof = Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District | partof_refnum = 85000704 | image = Attie bldg.jpg | image_size = | caption = The building in 2024 | location = 6436 W. Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California | coordinates = {{coord|34.1012|-118.3305|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Los Angeles | map_caption = Location of building in Los Angeles County | built = 1931 | architect = Henry A. Minton | architecture = Art Deco | area = {{convert|9000|sqft|sqm}} | designated_nrhp_type = April 4, 1985 }}
'''Attie Building''', also known as '''Playmates of Hollywood Building''',<ref name=lapl>{{Cite web |title=Thomas Suriya's "You are the star" mural, Hollywood |url=https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/3690/ |publisher=Los Angeles Public Library |accessdate=October 6, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> is a historic two-story building located at 6436 W. Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The building is notable for its second-floor Art Deco exterior<ref name=NRHS1>{{Cite web |title=Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/236d3254-47ee-4b31-9045-c2999cc465f2/ |publisher=United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service |date=April 4, 1985 |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as the 'You Are the Star' mural painted on its western-facing first floor exterior.<ref name=beverlypress>{{Cite web |title=Hollywood development to restore historic building |url=https://beverlypress.com/2020/03/hollywood-development-to-restore-historic-building/ |publisher=Beverly Press Park Labrea News |author=Cameron Kiszla |date=March 25, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=hollywoodpartnership>{{Cite web |title=An Art Deco Treasure, a Famous Mural, and a New Development |url=https://hollywoodpartnership.com/post/art-deco-treasure-famous-mural-new-development |publisher=Hollywood Partnership |author=Richard Bence |date=October 12, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== History == Attie Building was built as a retail location by Henry A. Minton in 1931.<ref name=hollywoodpartnership/> The building is {{convert|9000|sqft|sqm}} in size.<ref name=ceqa>{{cite web |title=Hollywood & Wilcox Project |date=July 31, 2020 |url=https://ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2017051079/4 |publisher=City of Los Angeles}}</ref>
In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Attie Building listed as a contributing property in the district.<ref name=NRHS1/>
In 2006, Attie Building was sold to an investment group.<ref name=gainsevillesun>{{Cite news |title=Hollywood mural gets touchup 24 years later |url=https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2007/07/14/hollywood-mural-gets-touchup-24-years-later/31529614007/ |newspaper=Gainesville Sun |date=July 14, 2007 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, the LeFrak Organization announced plans to preserve and restore the building as part of a larger construction project located beside it.<ref name=beverlypress/><ref name=ceqa/><ref name=urbanizela>{{Cite web |title=New Look for 15-Story Hollywood Wilcox Development |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/new-look-15-story-hollywood-wilcox-development |publisher=Urbanize Los Angeles |author=Steven Sharp |date=August 3, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Architecture and design== Attie Building features an elaborate second-story art deco design, with notable elements that include orange panels carved with flora and fauna designs, decorative tiles set off from the first story and roofline, and a series of piers that project above the roofline, with three sash windows recessed between each pier.<ref name=NRHS1/>
=='You Are the Star' mural== thumb|'You Are the Star' mural on the Attie Building, 2007 Attie building is famous for the 'You Are the Star' mural located on its western-facing first floor exterior. The mural, painted by Thomas Suriya in 1983, is twenty feet tall by thirty feet wide and depicts a movie theater in reverse, with famous actors including Richard Pryor, Laurel and Hardy, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Woody Allen, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple, W.C. Fields, John Wayne, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Jack Lemmon, Bruce Lee, the Marx Brothers, and more, as well as characters such as Errol Flynn's Robin Hood, Charlie Chaplin's Tramp, Superman, Woody Woodpecker, Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra, Richard Burton's Marc Anthony, King Kong, Frankenstein, R2-D2, and more, all sitting in a theater, watching the viewer on screen.<ref name=beverlypress/><ref name=ceqa/><ref name=gainsevillesun/><ref name=muralconservancy>{{Cite web |title=You Are the Star |url=https://www.themcla.org/murals/you-are-star |publisher=Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles |accessdate=July 15, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Filming location== Attie Building and its 'You Are the Star' mural have been featured in several films, including ''The Player'', ''S.W.A.T.'', and ''La La Land''.<ref name=beverlypress/><ref name=gainsevillesun/>
==See also== * List of contributing properties in the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:1930s architecture in the United States Category:Buildings and structures in Hollywood, Los Angeles Category:Buildings and structures in Los Angeles Category:Hollywood Boulevard Category:Art Deco architecture in California Category:Historic district contributing properties in California