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Old Posted Jul 11, 2018, 10:50 AM
CaliNative CaliNative is offline
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Iconic skyscraper of DTLA?

I would still say City Hall. Maybe others would say US Bank or Wilshire Grand or something else. But City Hall is it for me. Been there for over 90 years. Been in scads of movies and TV shows. Superman (The Daily Planet). Dragnet. War of the Worlds (1953 version). It is an icon, and a pretty good design for a govt. building. DWP building is also iconic modernist tower, but much shorter that City Hall. They used to light it up at night. If Richfield tower was still there, I might put that on the list (alas, gone since 1969). Thankfully blue Eastern Columbia is still there. But City Hall is still numero uno icon in my opinion, with perhaps US Bank a close second. If they did more to light up USBank & Wilshire Grand at night like they do the Empire State Building in shifting lighting schemes for the various holidays, that might help icon status for those.

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