CBS Los Angeles: Final Piece Of Tallest Building West Of Mississippi Put In Place
The final piece of the tallest building west of the Mississippi was put in place this weekend.
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LAist: The Wilshire Grand Tower Is Officially The Tallest Building In The West!
At about 8 a.m. Saturday morning, the Wilshire Grand tower in downtown Los Angeles—that enormous building that’s been growing for the past couple of years—officially became the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.
CBS This Morning: “Skyslide” off the side of the tallest skyscraper in the West
It’s not the only skyscraper in L.A. reaching new heights. Just blocks away, the $1.2 billion Wilshire Grand Tower is less than a year away from completion.
Curbed Los Angeles: A Look at the Top of LA’s Newest, Tallest High-Rise
The 73rd floor of the Wilshire Grand tower—soon to be the tallest tower in the West—was poured earlier this month and now work is started on the part that’s going to help it garner that “tallest tower” designation.
Curbed Los Angeles: The Terrifying View From the Top of the Future Tallest Tower in the West
Yesterday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti took a trip up to the 69th floor of the under-construction Wilshire Grand in Downtown. The structure, which, thanks to its spire, will be the tallest building in the West when it’s finished, topped off its 73 stories last month and is heading towards its expected completion date in March 2017.
89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio: First look from the top —almost — of the Wilshire Grand in downtown LA
Get up early any morning and stand where Wilshire crosses the 110 Freeway, and you’ll see a parade of men and women carrying lunch boxes, wearing Carhart and Dickies, steel-toed Red Wings and hard hats, safety glasses and gloves, all them converging on the Wilshire Grand, which is rising inexorably over downtown Los Angeles.
LAist: A View From The 69th Floor Of The Wilshire Grand
Mayor Eric Garcetti stood before 900 workers at the downtown Wilshire Grand construction site early Monday morning and said “You ain’t seen nothing yet.” “This town is not only rising physically,” Garcetti said, “but we’re rising spiritually.”
The Real Deal: This stunning 1,100-foot skyscraper will be the tallest building on the West Coast
The West Coast finally has its own supertall. The under-construction Wilshire Grand Center in Downtown Los Angeles will top off at 1,100 feet. That cements its place as the tallest building west of the Mississippi.
Curbed Los Angeles: The Terrifying View From the Top of the Future Tallest Tower in the West
We’ve watched the 73-story Wilshire Grand grow via time-lapse and we saw last month as the future tallest tower in the West topped out, but views from inside the building have been few and far between.
Los Angeles Times | Thomas Curwen: Three-year Wilshire Grand build reaches a new milestone: ‘topping out’
Rick Smegelski pulled back the hoist lever with his right hand, calculating how fast his load was rising.
