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The Theme Building is a structure at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), considered an architectural example of the Space Age design style. Influenced by " Populuxe " architecture, it is an example of the Mid-century modern design movement, later to become known as " Googie ". [ 2 ]
From 2015 to 2017, the building was remodeled into the NoMad Los Angeles Hotel, with additional investments from billionaire Ronald Burkle. [4] [6] The hotel opened in 2018, [7] but closed in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened in 2022 as the Hotel Per La. [8]
[15] [14] The airport was renamed Los Angeles International Airport in 1949. [17] The temporary terminals remained in place for 15 years but quickly became inadequate, especially as air travel entered the "jet age" and other cities invested in modern facilities. Airport leaders once again convinced voters to back a $59 million bond on June 5, 1956.
Century Boulevard is a major east–west thoroughfare in the southern portion of Los Angeles, California.Century Boulevard acts as a continuation of Tweedy Boulevard at Alameda Street in South Gate in its east end (Tweedy Boulevard in its east end starts slightly east of Atlantic Avenue), and ends in the west at the passenger terminals at Los Angeles International Airport.
Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1970s [16] 4 Two California Plaza: 750 (229) Arthur Erickson: 54 1992 Office Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1990s [17] [18] 5 Gas Company Tower: 749 (228) Richard Keating: 52 1991 Office 77th-tallest building in the United States [19] [20] 6 Bank of America Plaza: 735 (224 ...
At the time, the airport consisted of a dirt landing strip in the middle of bean and barley fields. The building was constructed by the city for $35,000, and leased to the Curtiss Wright Flying Service. [2] The airport opened in 1930 as the Los Angeles Municipal Airport, and was purchased by the city in 1937 and renamed the Los Angeles Airport. [3]
The Century is a 42-story, 146.5 m (481 ft) condominium skyscraper in Century City, California. Completed in late 2009, the building has 42 floors and rises to a height of 481 feet, making it the 41st-tallest building in Los Angeles. The 140 unit building was designed by the firm of the 2011 Driehaus Prize winner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects.
On April 29, 1992, the airport closed for cleanup after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots over the Rodney King beating. [citation needed] The airport closed again as a 2-hour precaution on January 17, 1994 after the Northridge earthquake. [citation needed] In 1996, a $29 million, 277-foot-tall (84 m) air traffic control tower was built near the Theme ...