777 tower’s most prominent viewpoint is from the south and west. This new residential building has a podium extending on the south side giving space for 777 Tower. Look at the rendering below showing the old Metropolis designs in the background.
Los Angeles city code no longer allows for significant blockages of view points on tall buildings in this close a proximity; which is why the other 8th and fig tower by Mitsui Fudosan is oddly in the center of its podium (mid-block) rather than on the corner, so as to not block 777 towers air rights. And if you look at the shape of the lot on an aerial google map, you will also see that the angle of 7th street also doesn’t allow the residential building to block the Ernst & Young tower
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