A cerebral tenant for a rock and roll landmark

From L.A. Times staff writer Roger Vincent:

The cerebral Discovery Channel will soon take over one of L.A.’s rock and roll landmarks, the former Intersound building at 962 N. La Cienega Blvd. on the edge of West Hollywood just north of Restaurant Row. The two-story Spanish-style post-production facility completed in 1970 was last rented to sports broadcaster ESPN, but previously housed one of the original recording studios for David Geffen’s ElektraAsylum Records.

It was most notably used by the Doors, but other top musicians of that era who also recorded there included the Eagles, Joni Mitchell and Janice Joplin, said real estate broker Scott Roberts of the Piken Group. Piken represented the landlord, Harmony Gold USA, in the lease transaction with Discovery Communications. The Discovery Channel, the nation's most widely distributed cable television network, will use the 21,000-square-foot facility for post production of its shows, which include "Dirty Jobs," "MythBusters" and "Planet Earth."

Discovery is set to move in this September, according to real estate data provider CoStar.

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