# Attie Building

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{{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](/source/Hollywood%2C_California) 
| coordinates = {{coord|34.1012|-118.3305|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Los Angeles 
| map_caption = Location of building in [Los Angeles County](/source/Los_Angeles_County)
| built                    = 1931
| architect                = [Henry A. Minton](/source/Henry_A._Minton)
| architecture             = [Art Deco](/source/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](/source/Los_Angeles_Public_Library) |accessdate=October 6, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>  is a historic two-story building located at 6436 W. [Hollywood Boulevard](/source/Hollywood_Boulevard) in [Hollywood, California](/source/Hollywood%2C_California). The building is notable for its second-floor [Art Deco](/source/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](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior) - [National Park Service](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Government_of_Los_Angeles)}}</ref>

In 1984, the [Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District](/source/Hollywood_Boulevard_Commercial_and_Entertainment_District) was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places), with Attie Building listed as a [contributing property](/source/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](/source/Gainesville_Sun) |date=July 14, 2007 |language=en-US}}</ref>  In 2019, the [LeFrak Organization](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Pier_(architecture)) that project above the roofline, with three [sash windows](/source/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](/source/Richard_Pryor), [Laurel and Hardy](/source/Laurel_and_Hardy), [Humphrey Bogart](/source/Humphrey_Bogart), [Lauren Bacall](/source/Lauren_Bacall), [James Dean](/source/James_Dean), [Marilyn Monroe](/source/Marilyn_Monroe), [Woody Allen](/source/Woody_Allen), [Judy Garland](/source/Judy_Garland), [Mickey Rooney](/source/Mickey_Rooney), [Shirley Temple](/source/Shirley_Temple), [W.C. Fields](/source/W.C._Fields), [John Wayne](/source/John_Wayne), [James Cagney](/source/James_Cagney), [Edward G. Robinson](/source/Edward_G._Robinson), [Jack Lemmon](/source/Jack_Lemmon), [Bruce Lee](/source/Bruce_Lee), [the Marx Brothers](/source/the_Marx_Brothers), and more, as well as characters such as [Errol Flynn](/source/Errol_Flynn)'s [Robin Hood](/source/Robin_Hood), [Charlie Chaplin](/source/Charlie_Chaplin)'s [Tramp](/source/The_Tramp), [Superman](/source/Superman), [Woody Woodpecker](/source/Woody_Woodpecker), [Elizabeth Taylor](/source/Elizabeth_Taylor)'s [Cleopatra](/source/Cleopatra), [Richard Burton](/source/Richard_Burton)'s [Marc Anthony](/source/Marc_Anthony), [King Kong](/source/King_Kong), [Frankenstein](/source/Frankenstein), [R2-D2](/source/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](/source/The_Player_(1992_film))'', ''[S.W.A.T.](/source/S.W.A.T._(2003_film))'', and ''[La La Land](/source/La_La_Land)''.<ref name=beverlypress/><ref name=gainsevillesun/>

==See also==
* [List of contributing properties in the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District](/source/List_of_contributing_properties_in_the_Hollywood_Boulevard_Commercial_and_Entertainment_District)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Greater Hollywood}}
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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

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