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At left, SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer Amy Aquino and Executive Vice President Gabrielle Carteris. At right, SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard, center, officially dedicates SAG-AFTRA Plaza with, right, Los Angeles Local President Clyde Kusatsu, and, from left, Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge, SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local Executive Director Ilyanne Morden Kichaven, Jerome Snyder of Oschin Snyder Partnership, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director David White and SAG Foundation President JoBeth Williams. A BRIEF HISTORY OF 5757 WILSHIRE 1997: AFTRA's West Coast National Office and Los Angeles Local move in. 2012: SAG and AFTRA merge to form SAG-AFTRA. 28 SAG-AFTRA | Spring 2015 | SAGAFTRA.org done some really terrific things and we are going places that were beyond imagining when these doors first opened," he said. "I personally can't wait to see what's next for our union and our members." *Note: This copy has been updated from the print edition to better reflect the board's action. A Miracle Mile landmark since it opened in 1948 as Prudential Square, 5757 Wilshire Blvd. was designed in the International Style by architects Walter Wurdeman and Welton Becket. It was once the tallest privately owned structure in the city of Los Angeles. Built as the western home office of Prudential Insurance Company, the building featured Ohrbach's department store on the east side, occupying three floors of what is now the promenade. A piece of Prudential's symbol, the Rock of Gibraltar, remains in the lobby. By 1982, Prudential relocated to a larger location and 5757 became known as Museum Square. Screen Actors Guild moved into the building in 1993 and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists followed in 1997. The two merged in 2012. The building at 5757 Wilshire Blvd. officially became SAG-AFTRA Plaza on April 16, 2015. 1993: SAG's national headquarters moves into Museum Square. VALERIE MACON ANGELA WEISS CLICK HERE for more photos.