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Originally Posted by HossC
LAPL has quite a few pictures showing the construction of the Cinerama Dome from different angles in black & white and color (including the one above). I came across them looking for pictures of the Vine Street Coffee Dan's a couple of weeks ago. Note the NBC building on the left.
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Their notes put the date at 1963:
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Historical Notes
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The 1963 18-story International Style Sunset Vine Tower, designed by architect Douglas Honnold of the firm Honnold & Rex, was the first skyscraper built in Los Angeles after the city repealed its 14-story building height limit.
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Lee Tower at 5455 Wilshire was was erected by '61 and is 22 floors. I thought it held the distinction of first skyscraper built after repeal of 150' height limit?
See:
http://www.ciclavia.org/files/ciclav...3_web-9809.pdf
http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/01/97/03/67_big.jpg
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show....php?p=5156605