Former Beverly Hills Water and Power building

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Designed by Los Angeles architects Salisbury, Bradshaw and Arthur Taylor and built in 1927, the building at 333 N. La Cienega Blvd. was affectionately called the "Public Water Cathedral" because of its monumental Spanish Romanesque style. In January 1991, it became the Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study, home of the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Photograph caption dated September 3, 1987 reads, "Beverly Hills waterworks complex won't face wrecking ball, at least for now."