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Wilshire Grand Center is a 1,100-foot (335.3 m) skyscraper in the financial district of downtown Los Angeles, California, occupying the entire city block between Wilshire Boulevard and 7th, Figueroa, and Francisco streets.
Los Angeles skyline in 2024, with Downtown Los Angeles in the background and Westwood in the foreground Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles. The Wilshire Grand Center is the tallest building in Los Angeles, California, measuring 1,100 feet (335.3 m) in height.
The building actually is not located on municipal Los Angeles land, but in a small (0.90-square-mile (2.3 km 2)), unincorporated area of Los Angeles County enclosed by the city, known as unincorporated Sawtelle. Construction on the Wilshire Federal Building began in 1968 and was completed in 1969. [4] It is 79.43 metres (260.6 ft) high. [4]
Wilshire Boulevard originated as one of the central pathways constructed by the Tongva tribes residing in the region prior to the exploration of the conquistadores. [6] At the time of the founding of Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard was one of the main arteries connecting the largest Tongva village in the area, then known as Yaanga, which eventually became Union Station, to the Pacific Ocean.
Figueroa at Wilshire, formerly Sanwa Bank Plaza, is a 53-story, 218.5 m (717 ft) skyscraper in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the eighth-tallest building in Los Angeles. It was designed by Albert C. Martin & Associates, and developed by Hines Interests Limited Partnership. It won the Rose Award for "Outstanding New Office ...
1100 Wilshire is a 37-story, 151.18 m (496.0 ft) residential and commercial skyscraper completed in 1987 in the Central City West neighborhood of Los Angeles. It is the 37th tallest building in the city. The 35,262 m 2 (379,560 sq ft) tower was designed by AC Martin Partners. The bottom 16 floors are primarily parking, with commercial space on ...
Wilshire Tower is a nine-story tower at 5514 Wilshire Boulevard on the Miracle Mile in the city of Los Angeles. It was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood , who was also the architect of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park , the North Rim lodge at the Grand Canyon, and the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
5900 Wilshire, known originally as the Mutual Benefit Life Building, is a 132-metre (433 ft), 32-story skyscraper completed in 1971 in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the tallest building in the Miracle Mile district, the second-tallest in the Wilshire Area , and the 38th-tallest in Los Angeles.