LOS ANGELES | Wilshire Grand Development | 1,100 FT | 73 FLOORS | U/C - Page 10

Just-In-Cali · #**181** Posted **Jan 20, 2011, 11:47 PM**

Off the stadium topic, but something interesting on the Wilshire Grand Project. It appears to have a dedicated website now. Im not sure if its been mentioned or posted yet, but it has a some interesting insight into the project.

It also features a couple of videos and a downloadable PDF. The video seems a bit dated, as I had seen it on a news report in 2009, before the official heights were released...so the rendering seems a bit short compared to the newest rendered images that more clearly show the heights given of 1'250 ' for Twr A and 750' for Twr B
www.wilshiresquare.com

Follow the link...and add your thoughts!

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**182** Posted **Jan 20, 2011, 11:50 PM**

Heres the website for the project!

http://www.wilshiresquare.com/

JDRCRASH · #**183** Posted **Jan 22, 2011, 7:15 AM**

Interesting. It appears there's a Google Earth 3d Model of the building shown in one of the videos.

detroitmetro101 · #**184** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 1:34 AM**

looks like the bank of amrica center in nyc

Just-In-Cali · #**185** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 8:06 AM**

Here are a couple of pics I found from the meeting that took place on the project. The model really shows the soaring height of the towers and how much they will impact the skyline. Its more accurate of the height of the towers than the previously seen models.

Tony73 · #**186** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 11:22 AM**

Very good job

But the spire can be increase, from 1250 ft to 1300 ft???

SD_Phil · #**187** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 10:23 PM**

Models look great. I'm still very impatiently waiting for news. Just-in-Cali, did you go to the meeting or did you find the pics on the web? If you went, did you get any more info on financing, clearing of developmental hurdles?

Fabb · #**188** Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 10:47 AM**

Nice model !
From that angle, the taller tower looks really slender, very elegant.

Just-In-Cali · #**189** Posted **Feb 1, 2011, 12:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by SD_Phil

Models look great. I'm still very impatiently waiting for news. Just-in-Cali, did you go to the meeting or did you find the pics on the web? If you went, did you get any more info on financing, clearing of developmental hurdles?

Im sorry to say I didnt go to the meeting, found the picture by a simple google image search under "wilshire grand project". The pics come from a facebook page that seems to be for a group called the "International brotherhood of Electrical Workers". Couldnt find any further info. There is a short video someone took of the same model in the pics, but no details

Im keepin my eye open on it though!

http://www.facebook.com/ibewlocal11
Here is the facebook.

QuarterMileSidewalk · #**190** Posted **Feb 1, 2011, 7:23 AM**

I like that model. So much altitude!

Obey · #**191** Posted **Feb 1, 2011, 11:37 AM**

Great model.

NYguy · #**192** Posted **Feb 1, 2011, 3:28 PM**

Yeah, the model is worthy of its height. Very nice.

Totojuice · #**193** Posted **Feb 18, 2011, 8:21 PM**

Beautiful building, only wish the spire finished more elegantly as opposed to simply looking like an after thought....

Illithid Dude · #**194** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 7:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

That's nice. The first real spire for LA? They should combine the towers to make it the most prominent in the city, a new tallest.

It already is a new tallest. 1200 feet is much bigger then the U.S. Bank Towers current 1018 (I believe that is the height). They have released newer renders that show the height much better.

NYguy · #**195** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 4:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

It already is a new tallest. 1200 feet is much bigger then the U.S. Bank Towers current 1018 (I believe that is the height).

Well, yeah, we know that now.

Complex01 · #**196** Posted **Feb 27, 2011, 6:35 PM**

Wow that is a nice project. It looks good. Very Kewl...

Easy · #**197** Posted **Mar 26, 2011, 1:12 AM**

From today's LA Times. More in the link.

from curbed LA

Quote:

Billion-dollar Wilshire Grand project could light up downtown Los Angeles with ads

A pair of new Los Angeles skyscrapers could dramatically alter the lights of downtown, reigniting the city's long-running fight over outdoor advertising.

If developers of the proposed billion-dollar Wilshire Grand project have their way, such colorful images as stars, butterflies and waterfalls would fade in and out along the upper floors of both their planned 45-story hotel and their 65-floor office tower, thanks to thousands of tiny lights embedded in the buildings' surface.

Both skyscrapers would see their lowest 10 floors emblazoned with an array of commercial images, from flashing digital signs to streaming "news ribbons."

Supporters say the plan, modeled after similar technology on the Chanel building in Tokyo and the Cira Centre in Philadelphia, would bring energy and vibrancy to a stretch of downtown — the Figueroa Corridor — that already is being remade by the L.A. Live complex a few blocks to the south.

Opponents say the plan would reopen the way for turning high-rise towers into massive versions of the electronic billboards that have generated protests in many parts of the city.

Obey · #**198** Posted **Mar 26, 2011, 2:00 AM**

^^^ Woah, thats incredible. Taking it to a whole new level.

SD_Phil · #**199** Posted **Mar 26, 2011, 2:12 AM**

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Both skyscrapers would see their lowest 10 floors emblazoned with an array of commercial images, from flashing digital signs to streaming "news ribbons."

Two cool things about this. BOTH skyscrapers and 10 FLOORS. Those are big, potentially awesome, billboards.

So what's all this about the taller one being unofficially dead? What's stoking that pessimistic fire?

JDRCRASH · #**200** Posted **Mar 26, 2011, 4:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by SD_Phil

Two cool things about this. BOTH skyscrapers and 10 FLOORS. Those are big, potentially awesome, billboards.

So what's all this about the taller one being unofficially dead? What's stoking that pessimistic fire?

Because the smaller one is being built first. And well..... you know how things go in this economy.