Bullocks Wilshire building

E187933

Art Deco building building former department store historic landmark

The Bullocks Wilshire building is a historic Art Deco former luxury department store in Los Angeles, renowned for its iconic tower and role in the city’s early 20th-century retail and architectural history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bullocks Wilshire	4
Bullocks Wilshire Building	1
Bullocks Wilshire building canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1650292 — 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: Bullocks Wilshire building
Context triple: [Wilshire Boulevard, hasLandmark, Bullocks Wilshire building]

A. Wilshire Center
Wilshire Center is a dense, transit-oriented commercial and residential district along Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, known for its high-rise offices, apartments, and diverse urban community.
B. Ahmanson Building
The Ahmanson Building is a major gallery and exhibition space within the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, housing significant portions of its art collections.
C. Wilshire Grand Center
Wilshire Grand Center is a prominent skyscraper in Los Angeles known for being one of the tallest buildings in the city and a major mixed-use commercial hub.
D. Wrigley Building
The Wrigley Building is a historic, white terra-cotta skyscraper in Chicago renowned for its clock tower and prominent position at the gateway to the Magnificent Mile.
E. City Hall of Beverly Hills
The City Hall of Beverly Hills is a historic Spanish Revival-style civic building that serves as the iconic seat of government for the affluent Los Angeles-area city.
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: Bullocks Wilshire building
Target entity description: The Bullocks Wilshire building is a historic Art Deco former luxury department store in Los Angeles, renowned for its iconic tower and role in the city’s early 20th-century retail and architectural history.

A. Wilshire Center
Wilshire Center is a dense, transit-oriented commercial and residential district along Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, known for its high-rise offices, apartments, and diverse urban community.
B. Ahmanson Building
The Ahmanson Building is a major gallery and exhibition space within the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, housing significant portions of its art collections.
C. Wilshire Grand Center
Wilshire Grand Center is a prominent skyscraper in Los Angeles known for being one of the tallest buildings in the city and a major mixed-use commercial hub.
D. Wrigley Building
The Wrigley Building is a historic, white terra-cotta skyscraper in Chicago renowned for its clock tower and prominent position at the gateway to the Magnificent Mile.
E. City Hall of Beverly Hills
The City Hall of Beverly Hills is a historic Spanish Revival-style civic building that serves as the iconic seat of government for the affluent Los Angeles-area city.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Art Deco building ⓘ building ⓘ former department store ⓘ historic landmark ⓘ
architect	Parkinson & Parkinson ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Deco ⓘ
city	Los Angeles ⓘ
cityRegion	Mid-Wilshire ⓘ
constructionMaterial	steel frame ⓘ terra cotta cladding ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1928 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryOfLocation	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalSignificance	important example of luxury retail architecture in Los Angeles ⓘ landmark of Los Angeles Art Deco architecture ⓘ
currentUse	educational facility ⓘ law school campus building ⓘ
designedBy	John and Donald Parkinson ⓘ
designedFor	automobile-age shoppers ⓘ
eraOfSignificance	early 20th century ⓘ
hasCategory	Art Deco architecture in California ⓘ Buildings and structures in Los Angeles ⓘ Former department stores in the United States ⓘ
height	approximately 241 feet ⓘ
historicDesignation	Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument ⓘ
historicUse	flagship store for Bullocks Wilshire ⓘ
locatedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Los Angeles ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedInCity	Los Angeles ⓘ
locatedInCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedInState	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
namedAfter	Bullocks department store ⓘ
neighborhood	Koreatown ⓘ
notableFeature	automobile-oriented rear entrance ⓘ iconic tower ⓘ ornate Art Deco detailing ⓘ streamlined vertical façade ⓘ
numberOfFloors	13 ⓘ
openingDate	1929 ⓘ
originalFunction	luxury department store ⓘ
owner	Southwestern Law School ⓘ
partOf	Wilshire Boulevard architectural corridor ⓘ linked to: Wilshire Boulevard theatre district (historic)
recognizedAs	Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument ⓘ
region	Southern California ⓘ
roofFeature	copper-clad tower ⓘ
situatedOn	Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
streetAddress	3050 Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ
usedBy	Southwestern Law School ⓘ

How these facts were elicited