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Old Posted May 27, 2011, 4:43 AM
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Huh. I suppose that they have decided to push the demolition date a tinge. Like I said earlier, as long as they still finish construction on the planned date it's all coo.
     
     
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Nice proposal for LA, would like to see this one begin construction.
Ditto... I can't wait to see the impact it will have on the current skyline. Congrats LA!
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Umm, no. 21 1/2.


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I just happened on this post and am glad to see this is an approved project. Congradulations to you Los Angelinos on this cool new building I hope in gets built asap. I am curious about the amount of floors on it though. For a 1250 ft tall building it seems like there should be more than 65 floors. The Empire State Building is about the same height and has 102 floors.
     
     
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The spire is 1250' The roof is 1090'
     
     
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Old Posted Jun 4, 2011, 7:01 AM
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Actually, the helipad is at 1090 ft., but at that point, we're really splitting hairs. The glass fin, however, rises what looks to be another 40 or 50 feet, and will be the visual pinnacle of the mass of the tower, above 1,100 ft, with the spire reaching up another 100 - 130 ft. to 1,250.

But to answer AZRAM's question, modern office towers have taller floor plates for a number of reasons. Chief of which in this tower will be to achieve some sort of LEED status. With taller floor plates, more light gets in, reducing lighting requirements, and therefore energy usage. So newer office towers tend to have higher floor-to-ceiling heights than towers built in the '30's, or even 30 years ago. Hence the difference in overall height to floor ratio.
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[QUOTE=NYguy;4948204]Nice to have another supertall proposal...













Do you know where the top 65th floor is in these
     
     
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Thanks colemonkee, I appreciate the info.
     
     
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I am happy for you guys in L.A. Really I am... but this design is sub par. It looks like something someone put about three seconds of thought into. I know the inspiration is a sail (is LA much of a sail boating mecca? it always seemed like more of a speedboat town to me) and by that measure there are far better sail inspired buildings around the world (see Dubai). The US Bank Tower is a far better centerpiece, and it relates to so many of the shorter towers in L.A. (777 Tower, Figueroa at Wilshire, Westin Bonaventure Hotel, ect...) that maybe another tower along those lines would be better. Hopefully we get some high quality renders and maybe they will adjust and refine the design.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 2, 2011, 9:11 PM
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^ There are some very high quality renders of this tower, but that would take the effort of actually going through the thread.
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I am happy for you guys in L.A. Really I am... but this design is sub par. It looks like something someone put about three seconds of thought into. I know the inspiration is a sail (is LA much of a sail boating mecca? it always seemed like more of a speedboat town to me) and by that measure there are far better sail inspired buildings around the world (see Dubai). The US Bank Tower is a far better centerpiece, and it relates to so many of the shorter towers in L.A. (777 Tower, Figueroa at Wilshire, Westin Bonaventure Hotel, ect...) that maybe another tower along those lines would be better. Hopefully we get some high quality renders and maybe they will adjust and refine the design.
Looks like your criticism is something someone put about three seconds of thought into.
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Old Posted Nov 3, 2011, 8:53 PM
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Looks like your criticism is something someone put about three seconds of thought into.
Ha, I see what you did there
     
     
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Looks like your criticism is something someone put about three seconds of thought into.
I have gone through the thread. In my opinions they look crappy.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 3, 2011, 9:55 PM
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Looking at those diagrams again, I'm just now coming to the realization that they'll be digging down 82 feet for the parking. For perspective, that's well below the Red/Purple line tunnels. We should expect this project to be below ground for a very long time - perhaps a year - after construction has started.
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Does the Red/Purple lines run under the hotel?
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Old Posted Nov 23, 2011, 9:44 AM
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WILSHIRE GRAND TOWER whats the latest

so what is the latest on the wilshire grand towers
wilshire grand hotel is to be demolished by 2012ish does anyone know a start date on the construction
i am very eager to know much more have the construction start
i also have heard the first (hotel) tower will be up first from numerous sources and from few they will be going up roughly at the same time
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 23, 2011, 9:48 AM
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by the way
the red and purple line go just adjacent to the building not under it obviously as the structure will require underground parking that has been to have said to be at least a floor below the subways
     
     
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by the way i am new to the forum but not new to the discussion i have been inquiring for a bit but am MOST interested
i am born and raised in Los Angeles am 100% interested in architecture and beginning taking architecture courses
I love LA with all my heart LAKERS, DODGERS even KINGS, GALAXY and more
anything to do with LA is my SHIEEEET
     
     
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^In the future, edit all of these things into one post please. No sense in bumping the thread over and over to finish one paragraph.
     
     
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Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 7:59 AM
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according to SSC this should start real soon, if both this and the San Fran tower go through there will be 3 supertalls on the west coast total!
     
     
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