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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/06/2026 22:34:00

Clad in blue-green glazed terra-cotta and set diagonally to the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue, the Wiltern is widely regarded as one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States. The theatre forms part of the twelve-storey Pellissier Building, commissioned in 1929 by developer Henry de Roulet and the Pellissier family, whose land it occupies, and the distinctive turquoise tile has come to be known as Pellissier Green. Designed by Stiles O. Clements of M...