Originally Posted by craigs (Post 9401231)

I finally got some time off and went to the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook today. Sorry about the low quality snapshot, but what is the tall building under construction?

Originally Posted by colemonkee (Post 9401498)

It's also possible that we get another Eric Owen Moss-designed high rise in that surface lot to the south along Jefferson, though I wouldn't hold my breath on it starting this year. Or even next. The Wrapper was in the planning stages for years.

https://urbanize.city/la/post/anothe...-baldwin-hills

Originally Posted by ChelseaFC (Post 9401424)

Here you go:
https://urbanize.city/la/post/steel-...ferson-station

Originally Posted by ocman (Post 9402090)

Renzo’s Revenge: The new Academy Museum has landed — and it’s out of this world


The first review of the museum opening at the end of the month. Infinitely better than Renzo Pianos’ work for LACMA which I still contend looks like a southern California high school.

Originally Posted by badrunner (Post 9409010)

$2.5b sounds ridiculously high for that project considering that the Wilshire Grand came in at around $1b.

Originally Posted by badrunner (Post 9409010)

$2.5b sounds ridiculously high for that project considering that the Wilshire Grand came in at around $1b.

Originally Posted by craigs (Post 9409190)

I cannot find any source for the heights of the new residential towers behind the renovated Fairmount Century Plaza. Anybody have an idea?

Originally Posted by craigs (Post 9409190)

I cannot find any source for the heights of the new residential towers behind the renovated Fairmount Century Plaza. Anybody have an idea?

Originally Posted by Boerumer (Post 9409953)

https://ladbsdoc.lacity.org/

Do you have the address?

This looks rather specific:
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/bui...th-tower/14946

Originally Posted by plinko (Post 9165896)

According to Google Earth, the elevation at the drive entry/sidewalk into the Theme Towers is about 270ft. The elevation at the lowest entry into the new twin towers is about 264ft at Solar Way (the backside). The elevation of Avenue of the Stars in front of the Century Plaza Hotel (which may be the official entry to these two new towers) is about 300ft.

So if you count from Solar Way, the entry is 6ft lower and the towers appear just slightly taller from a distance (23ft would make them an even 600ft). If you were to count from Avenue of the Stars, they would be about 564ft tall? That's still significantly taller than the 537ft listed in the World Almanac and at CTBUH. It's possible that their entry is elevated even from Avenue of the Stars, though 27ft seems unlikely.

Actually, I just watched the fly-through video on the Century Plaza website. I would guess that the entry to the new towers is about 10ft above Avenue of the Stars. So if they are indeed 40ft above the Theme Towers, that gets pretty close.

Theme Towers 270ft+571ft = 841ft
Century Plaza Towers 310ft + 537ft = 847ft

Given that there is rounding involved and I'm using Google Earth and rendered videos, I would say that 537ft is likely the correct height unless you measure from Solar Way, which puts it around 583ft.

Originally Posted by plinko (Post 9410185)

craigs, we talked about this here early this year. The World Almanac lists them at 537ft, which seems impossible until you really look. I actually think it's correct if the lowest entry is on the Ave of the Stars side (see explanation below):

Originally Posted by LA21st (Post 9413639)

The new tower at LaJolla and Wilshire looks nice.
I think it's almost done.:cheers:

That stretch of Wilshire could easily tear down more of those boring midrises and add more 20-25 story blocks.