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[Blesha13]

Anyone know when cladding will be done on the spine of the WG?

[King Kill 'em]

Originally Posted by Blesha13

Anyone know when cladding will be done on the spine of the WG?

There is no cladding on the spire. That's the finished product.

[Blesha13]

Originally Posted by King Kill 'em

There is no cladding on the spire. That's the finished product.

Lol no, the side facing Figueroa where the construction hoist elevator was. Cladding isn't finished yet.

[King Kill 'em]

Originally Posted by Blesha13

Lol no, the side facing Figueroa where the construction hoist elevator was. Cladding isn't finished yet.

Oh I thought you said spire not spine. I don't know when that will be finished. Soon.

[Just-In-Cali]

Originally Posted by Blesha13

Anyone know when cladding will be done on the spine of the WG?

Its going up right now. I was down there on Xmas day and the first few floors appeared to be installed above the lobby levels if I'm recalling. The internal elevators are now working and they are fitting out the hotel rooms right now it seems.

[chris08876]

Lots of cranes everywhere!


La Ciudad de Los Angeles by Michael Nyiri, on Flickr

[Justbuildit]

source: http://www.e-architect.co.uk/worlds-...tial-buildings photo: John Bek


Ha ha ha! Just found WG's twin in Gold Coast Australia! Anyone see this? It's called the Q1

[SLO]

Originally Posted by chris08876

Lots of cranes everywhere!


La Ciudad de Los Angeles by Michael Nyiri, on Flickr

Spectacular picture......the cranes too.

[BrandonJXN]

^ The right side of that picture will look wholly different in 2020.

[Eightball]

Amazing photo!

I grabbed some WG pics about 5 days ago I'll upload when I get a sec

Wilshire Grand #dtla by robb, on Flickr

Wilshire Grand #dtla by robb, on Flickr

Wilshire Grand #dtla by robb, on Flickr

Wilshire Grand #dtla by robb, on Flickr

tons more at my flickr too lazy to cut and paste

[Spantik]

dlt

[Mr Saturn64]

Sweet. And I hear this is opening on March 8 (my birthday!), right? Then LA will have the tallest building in the U.S outside of New York and Chicago, before losing that title to Philly.

And seriously though, that really does look like Q1. I never realized that until now.

[Blesha13]

Originally Posted by Mr Saturn64

Sweet. And I hear this is opening on March 8 (my birthday!), right? Then LA will have the tallest building in the U.S outside of New York and Chicago, before losing that title to Philly.

And seriously though, that really does look like Q1. I never realized that until now.

The WG has been the tallest outside of New York and Chicago since September 3, but opening won't happen till March 8.

[excel]

That panorama is amazing.

[skylinegazer]

fantastic to see this one nearly done. and love all the photos! :-D

[kaneui]

Check out nearly 50 new photos on the WG website, as project construction enters the final stretch:

http://www.wilshiregrandcenter.com/p...os/2017?id=217


Also, not sure if the anticipated grand opening will happen on March 8, as the hotel is not accepting reservations before March 22.

[badrunner]

I love that this tower doesn't overpower the library tower despite it being technically taller and downtown still retains that distinctive pyramidal shape, it just beefs it up some.

[CastleScott]

^ I agree and its a gorgeous addition to downtown LA-just think in a few short yrs that area around Staples is going to become LA's version of Toronto making downtown broader more!

[Blesha13]

Anyone know what those horizontal lights (they look like Christmas white lights) are on the 73rd floor, south side of the tower?

[sterlippo1]

not many cities do the snow covered mountains behind the skyline thing better than Los Angeles. That's a great clear shot of it.