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I have loved this building since the first time I saw it (in Independence Day). I like the "crown" and how tall it is for it's height. The proportions really make it soar. I think it is a great centerpiece for L.A.
Detroit needs something like this to shift the visual center of downtown back away from the Ren Cen. |
Ah glorious Liberty Tower.
One of the VERY few High Rises built past 1940 I actually approve of! I may get in trouble for saying this, but it has always felt like a "Round" version of a classic Art Deco Tower with a modern twist. The flow of it, the crown, the decorations. If only more modern works tried to be so orginal and different |
The most dominant and perhaps best tower on the West Coast.
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This has always been one of my favourite skyscrapers. It looks fantastic in the shape and crown. A spire would turn this beauty into a monstrosity.
Personally I would love to see something very similar looking constructed in Toronto. I think it would add to and blend perfectly with our skyline. |
I went to Downtown LA last weekend to see the Lakers play and I also got some pictures of the Library Tower.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/7...fff24689_b.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8007/7...4e001f90_b.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5112/7...82e10f91_b.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7...bd3701ed_b.jpg The lobby of the building http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8025/7...5d62c3bb_b.jpg The lobby of the building http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7...e3be972b_b.jpg A model of the US Bank Tower http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5236/7...945b45f3_b.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/7...c4492b03_b.jpg Me from the Hotel Bonaventure |
It's pretty cool that they let you into the building lobby, and let you take pictures!
Security at One Penn Plaza in NYC wouldn't let my friend and I take pics of the lobby, and One Penn is a much less high profile building. I love the decorations, those angels are gorgeous. And it was hard to make out the writing on the wall, but it looks like they've inscribed it with a bit of Los Angeles history. Talk about civic pride:) |
Very impressed by your photographs, especially of the lobby WTCman7301.
Thanks for sharing them with us. |
Well my plan was to go to the top of the building, but the security guard told me I wasn't allowed in the building. So on my way out I decided to take some nice pictures of the lobby, I tried to take a panorama, but the guard told me to leave. AGAIN!
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^Didn't know that. I like that lobby in One Penn..Minimalist, but they use some nice materials- lots of unpolished black granite and stainless steel. I've seen pics showing the building's "1" logo in red granite on the floor, too bad it's often covered up with floormats.
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Love this tower!!! My favorite. I do wish those pictures of the lobby were posted again. I haven never been in it! Also someone had asked about the top floor with continuous window all around. I also wonder what's on that floor.
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Why dont they make the tower tourist friendly? You'd think the city with the tallest building in the west coast would take pride in it's status on that side.
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The only way (I know of) to get inside the building is to run in the stair run they have every summer. Or if you know someone that works there.
I did the run in 2008 and it was a whole lot of fun, if not tiring. But man, the view from the roof was amazing. |
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I think this building deserves some kind of an observation deck on some of the uppermost floors. It would make LA a better place to visit or for the locals a good place to drive up to.
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re. Observation Decks...Were getting one on the 72nd floor of the Wilshire Grand Tower so it fills a big void in LA. The fact that its a hotel and not an office building really makes more sense too.
I think we are also getting one at the taller Millennium tower in Hollywood. |
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