Saban Building
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The Saban Building is a historic Art Deco landmark on Los Angeles’s Wilshire Boulevard, originally built as a May Company department store and now part of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saban Building canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5000897 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saban Building Context triple: [May Company Wilshire, alsoKnownAs, Saban Building]
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A.
Mudd Building
The Mudd Building is an academic facility at Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus that primarily houses the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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B.
LeVeque Tower complex
The LeVeque Tower complex is a historic mixed-use skyscraper development in downtown Columbus, Ohio, known for its distinctive Art Deco architecture and prominent place in the city’s skyline.
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C.
Samuel B. and David Rose Building
The Samuel B. and David Rose Building is a major facility within New York City’s Lincoln Center complex that houses rehearsal, performance, and administrative spaces for several resident arts organizations.
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D.
Sullivan Center
The Sullivan Center is a historic Chicago building renowned for its Louis Sullivan–designed architecture and prominent role as a former department store, now housing retail and educational spaces.
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E.
Sanford Building
The Sanford Building is the main academic and administrative facility that houses Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saban Building Target entity description: The Saban Building is a historic Art Deco landmark on Los Angeles’s Wilshire Boulevard, originally built as a May Company department store and now part of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
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A.
Mudd Building
The Mudd Building is an academic facility at Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus that primarily houses the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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B.
LeVeque Tower complex
The LeVeque Tower complex is a historic mixed-use skyscraper development in downtown Columbus, Ohio, known for its distinctive Art Deco architecture and prominent place in the city’s skyline.
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C.
Samuel B. and David Rose Building
The Samuel B. and David Rose Building is a major facility within New York City’s Lincoln Center complex that houses rehearsal, performance, and administrative spaces for several resident arts organizations.
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D.
Sullivan Center
The Sullivan Center is a historic Chicago building renowned for its Louis Sullivan–designed architecture and prominent role as a former department store, now housing retail and educational spaces.
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E.
Sanford Building
The Sanford Building is the main academic and administrative facility that houses Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Art Deco building
ⓘ
building ⓘ former department store ⓘ historic landmark ⓘ museum building ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Los Angeles County Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect |
Albert C. Martin Sr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samuel A. Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Art Deco
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Streamline Moderne ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1939 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse | exhibition space for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ⓘ |
| designated | Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| donorForRenovationName |
Cheryl Saban
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Haim Saban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName | May Company Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
education spaces
ⓘ
galleries ⓘ theaters ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected historic structure ⓘ |
| historicDesignationDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| historicDesignationNumber | 566 ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | Miracle Mile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Wilshire Boulevard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| material |
gold-tile mosaic
ⓘ
limestone ⓘ |
| name | Saban Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Cheryl Saban
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Haim Saban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | gold-tiled cylindrical corner tower ⓘ |
| notableFor | prominent presence on Wilshire Boulevard’s Miracle Mile ⓘ |
| openedAsDepartmentStore | 1939 ⓘ |
| originalFunction | department store ⓘ |
| originalOwner | May Company California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Academy Museum of Motion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfComplex | LACMA–Academy Museum campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamed | Saban Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamingYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| renovationForMuseumUse | 2010s ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| streetAddress | 6067 Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saban Building Description of subject: The Saban Building is a historic Art Deco landmark on Los Angeles’s Wilshire Boulevard, originally built as a May Company department store and now part of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.