[plinko]

I remember as a kid being very excited at the prospect of the world's tallest building in LA. And of course it would not have been downtown, but in the Mid-Wilshire area. It would have been built on the site of the Ambassador Hotel, most notable for being the site of the RFK assassination. It would have been 1 block from the Wilshire/Normandie Metro station. I wonder if any of the other LA forumers have more info on this?

Source: Antelope Valley Press, April 15, 1990
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/plinko923/Richard%20Keating/W-AMB05.jpg

The article mentions the LAUSD wanting to take over the site, which they eventually did. The hotel was demolished in 2006, but I am unsure whether or not the new high school has opened on the site as of yet.

Richard Keating of SOM designed the winning scheme for Trump, a 125 story monster of a tower (there would have been a hotel component as well).

Source of images below: Master Architect Series II: Richard Keating
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/plinko923/Richard%20Keating/W-AMB01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/plinko923/Richard%20Keating/W-AMB02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/plinko923/Richard%20Keating/W-AMB03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/plinko923/Richard%20Keating/W-AMB04.jpg

[Aleks]

Looks like a giant column. I was expecting this blocky, setback full of, dark blue tower. Not bad for that time but I wonder if it could've been built back then?

[Dac150]

I don't like the location.

[Busy Bee]

Looks like Taipei 101.

[JDRCRASH]

Please, Please don't give up Donald!!:fingerscrossed:

[Westsidelife]

So glad this one didn't get built. It would've been so out of place.

[latennisguy]

If only it was built. More than likely, it would have spurred more development in mid-wilshire. And, I actually like the way the tower looks.

[ThreeHundred]

Thank God this wasn't built. It belongs in New York.

[Tanster]

^^Thats a good way of thinking (sarcasm)

[Patrick]

I've always wondered how it looked like, Well I'm mixed with this tower, I really like the design, but LA? I dont know, it would have been cool, but tottaly out of place.

[plinko]

^I think it would have been absolutely fitting for LA. The city of nodes builds the world's tallest building at yet another one. At least it was proposed next to a subway station and not say...at the 405 and Santa Monica?

I think it would have been a great project (though I do wonder about FAA clearances given the approach to the northern runways at LAX).

[10101000]

Ugly

[ethereal_reality]

Surprised me, I've never heard of this proposal.

It would be cool if someone with photoshop (or whatever)
placed it in it's local in a overview of L.A.

Wouldn't it be about halfway between downtown and Century City
...a bit closer to downtown no doubt....but still west of Bullock's Wilshire?

[ThreeHundred]

^ It would be about a block or 2 from the Wilshire/Normandie subway station. Itself about 3 or 4 miles from downtown LA.

Anyway, while looking for more info for this tower, I found some pics of a failed plan to redevelop the Ambassador Hotel from 1957.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/351161044_047a887b3c.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/351161043_6f828ccabc.jpg

It would've been called Ambassador International.

[Nowhereman1280]

^^^ Yummy


The subject of this thread however is gross. I'm glad it didn't get built...

[canucklehead2]

So what if anything is on the site now? I remember some people wanting to save the hotel, while the city wanted to build a new high school on there...

[JDRCRASH]

^^^ Yummy


The subject of this thread however is gross. I'm glad it didn't get built...

WHAT?! It looks great!

[Patrick]

I actually might have liked this if this was built in the LA Live Spot, just imagine!

[ThreeHundred]

So what if anything is on the site now? I remember some people wanting to save the hotel, while the city wanted to build a new high school on there...

A vast majority of the hotel has been destroyed and the LAUSD school complex is under construction.

[DowntownCharlieBrown]

.

It would be cool if someone with photoshop (or whatever)
placed it in it's local in a overview of L.A.

Wouldn't it be about halfway between downtown and Century City
...a bit closer to downtown no doubt....but still west of Bullock's Wilshire?

My estimates for placement and height put it here:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2612999842_18bca9a2f0_o.jpg

[NDPhilly]

what is the top used for .

[JDRCRASH]

Threehundred, that isn't so bad, actually; but then again, I can see why residents probably would have whined about it. It would've been an eyesore; which is why I think they should've build up the surround Residential blocks.

[philip]

I wouldn't mind having this tower in my city.

[ethereal_reality]

Good job placing the tower in it's locale DownTownCharlieBrown.

[ThreeHundred]

what is the top used for .

Helipad

[CGII]

what is the top used for .

Human sacrifice.

[ThreeHundred]

That too.

[JDRCRASH]

Human sacrifice.

To the aliens....

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

what terrible supertall. a few more months or years on he drawing board might have helped.

[Roadcruiser1]

It's the top of the building, and the upper floors that makes the building look horrible. Along with some parts of the facade if it were to go up today it would need some major reworking. The top parts of the building sort of reminds me of the Freedom Tower when it's top floors were left to be a standing skeleton.

[StethJeff]

Looks like a crappier version of Baiyoke II in Bangkok.

[Plokoon11]

The top reminds me of a boxing ring, maybe they could use it for special boxing/fights.

[unanimity]

i actually adore the style. very art deco. i also dig the intended location, it doesn't take away from library tower's dominance in true downtown. sad it didn't happen.

[THE BIG APPLE]

It would've been away from the main LA skyline, and would be like Hong Kong's two supertalls away from each other.

[gramsjdg]

I really like this design. Beats the heck out of the US Bank Tower, which just screams "late 1980's!" :facepalm:

[NYguy]

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=151747

Separated at birth...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/plinko923/Richard%20Keating/W-AMB03.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2071/2204987374_59a9e58841_o.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/148782121/original.jpg


Or neither...we should have known Trump was crazy, even back then.

[gramsjdg]

Tripletts? (Yokohama Landmark Tower)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Yokohama-Landmark-Tower-02.jpg