citywatch, make sure to cite your source when quoting a news article. That is great news, though.
I'm really excited about the Korean Air Wilshire Grand project now. Reading the archpaper article, it's pretty clear that they're working with LAFD to re-write the fire code to allow alternatives to the helipad requirements. So we may have to wait a bit longer as they work that out, but not only could we get our first true pitched roof skyscraper (and hopefully more beyond that), but we might also get a new tallest. And it's just a massing model, but it looks like the base fills the lot and meets the street pretty well from the one angle we have. I'm very excited to see more renders.
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Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon
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