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Finished in 1956, this iconic building was built to house the Capitol Records west coast business operations, and recording studios. It's located on Vine street in Hollywood, just north of Hollywood boulevard. The 13 story building was the first circular office building, and the first record recorded there was one of Frank Sinatra reading tone poems. The needle on the roof has blinking light that blinks "Hollywood" in Morse code. The building has been blown up and attacked by aliens in several movies, and appears in two Grand Theft Auto video games, and Tony Hawk Wasteland. There's a long mural by Richard Wyatt, Jr., on a wall just south of it (towards Hollywood blvd.) that pays homage to American jazz music. Capitol Records was founded in 1942, bought by EMI in 1955, and became part of the Universal Music Group in 2012.
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