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Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069
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Hours | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; select Saturdays 10am-4pm | |
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Location | At San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, L.A.'s Westside & Beverly Hills | |
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Phone | 310/657-0800 | |
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Web site | www.pacificdesigncenter.com | |
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Other | Parking varies; daily max typically $14 | |
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The bold architecture and overwhelming scale of the Pacific Design Center, created by Argentine architect Cesar Pelli, aroused controversy when it was erected in 1975. Sheathed in gently curving cobalt-blue glass, the six-story building houses more than 750,000 square feet of wholesale interior-design showrooms and is known to locals as "the Blue Whale." In 1988 a second boxlike structure, dressed in equally dramatic Kelly green, was added to the design center and surrounded by a protected outdoor plaza. The long-delayed Red Building towers are scheduled to finally open in the summer of 2011. Visitors are welcome during regular business hours and one designated Saturday each month (except June-August). There are two casual Wolfgang Puck restaurants, Red 7 and Spectra.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.
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Frommer's Los Angeles, 18th Edition
Author: Tara de Lis 
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