Accessed at URL:
http://www.oscars.org/academy/buildings/fairbanks.html
This link is likely dead, it was inaccessable as of 02/25/2010
Originally accessed:
10/10/2006
Organization:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Notes:
"Built in 1927, the building was abandoned in 1976, when Beverly Hills began to purchase its water from the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District. In March of 1988, the city of Beverly Hills accepted a proposal by the Academy that the Water-works be restored to house the Library and the Academy Film Archive. Work was completed over the next two years and the Center for Motion Picture Study opened in 1991. In May of 2002 the Center was renamed the Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in honor of the first president of the Academy, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr."