AKA: Prudential Insurance Company of America, Western Home Office, Los Angeles, CA; Museum Square, Los Angeles, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings

Designers: Shellhorn, Ruth P., Landscape Architect (firm); Wurdeman and Becket, Architects (firm); Welton David Becket (architect); Ruth Patricia Shellhorn (landscape architect); Walter Charles Wurdeman (architect)

Dates: constructed 1948

5757 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036-5822

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5757 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036-5822

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Located in the base of Welton Becket's Prudential Square Building;

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Landscape architect Ruth Shellhorn (1909-2006) worked on the landscaping surrounding the Prudential Square Building.

PCAD id: 673

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Publications

"Three Shoe Stores: Open front store in Los Angeles", Architectural Forum, 91: 6, 92-93, 12/1949. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 193, 1994. Comras, Kelly, "Ruth Shellhorn: Landscape Architect of Fantasy", View, 12, 14-16, Summer 2012.