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Park La Brea (Spanish: La Brea—"The tar", after the nearby La Brea Tar Pits) is an apartment community in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles, California.With 4,255 units located in eighteen 13-story towers and thirty-one two-story buildings, it is among the largest apartment complexes in the continental United States. [1]
The Town Council’s 6-2 vote to rezone 5101 Barbee Chapel Road allows developer Toll Brothers Apartment Living to build several apartment buildings and townhouses. The 10.5-acre site is across ...
The current tallest residential building, Central Park Tower, was topped out during September 2019 and completed in 2020. The percentage of residential buildings whose height exceeds 200 metres increased from 34 percent in 2009 to 45 percent in 2010, [ 8 ] making Burj Khalifa the world's first megatall building to include residential space.
The towers themselves are typically simple, brick or concrete-clad high-rise buildings with little ornamentation. The footprint was designed with simple geometry to minimise construction costs whilst maximising light, air, and views of the surrounding open space for occupants, sometimes including balconies for the apartments.
The northern tower is higher, reaching 252 feet (77 m) with 19 stories, [5] while the southern tower is 225 feet (69 m) high, with 17 stories. [4] They span 849,298 square feet. [2] In the spirit of architect Peter Kamnitzer, who believed apartment complexes should include greenery, there are palm trees and exotic plants between the two towers. [7]
It is bordered by the high rise City Towers Apartments and low rise Mohr Apartments to the South, Cypress Village to the West, Market Street to the east and 10th Street to the north. Originally consisting of three housing units, Acorn 1, Acorn 2 and Acorn 3, The City of Oakland Housing Authority renovated the entire Acorn housing complex during ...
The penthouse apartment of Donald Trump at the Trump Tower was the primary residence of Trump and his family from the tower's construction in 1983 until 2019 when Trump moved his primary residence to Mar-a-Lago. The original decorator of the apartment was Angelo Donghia; it was subsequently remodeled in gold by Henry Canversano. The stated size ...
The Barrymore Film Center was built adjacent to the towers. [10] An adjacent project called Hudson Lights includes retail, hotel and office space, including a three-screen movie theater. [ 11 ] The 16-acre (6.5 ha) site on which the Modern (east parcel) and Hudson Lights (west parcel) are built had been undeveloped for close to 47 years. [ 12 ]