Crossroads of the World

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Crossroads of the World
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 134
Crossroads of the World in 2005
Location	6671 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°5′53.48″N 118°20′8.27″W / 34.0981889°N 118.3356306°W / 34.0981889; -118.3356306
Built	1936
Architect	Robert V. Derrah
NRHP reference No.	80000805
LAHCM No.	134
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1980
Designated LAHCM	December 4, 1974

Crossroads of the World is an open-air mall on Sunset Boulevard and Las Palmas in Los Angeles. The mall features a central building designed to resemble an ocean liner surrounded by a small village of cottage-style bungalows. It was designed by Robert V. Derrah, built in 1936, and has been called America's first outdoor shopping mall.

Once a busy shopping center, the Crossroads later became private offices, primarily for the entertainment industry with a variety of music publishers and producers, television and film script writers, film and recording companies, novelists, costume designers, publicists, and casting agencies. The owner is planning a new development surrounding the site.