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Old Posted Apr 26, 2008, 12:58 AM
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Thumbs up LOS ANGELES | Trump Wilshire - Ambassador | HEIGHT | 125 FLOORS | 1990 | NEVER BUILT

I remember as a kid being very excited at the prospect of the world's tallest building in LA. And of course it would not have been downtown, but in the Mid-Wilshire area. It would have been built on the site of the Ambassador Hotel, most notable for being the site of the RFK assassination. It would have been 1 block from the Wilshire/Normandie Metro station. I wonder if any of the other LA forumers have more info on this?

Source: Antelope Valley Press, April 15, 1990


The article mentions the LAUSD wanting to take over the site, which they eventually did. The hotel was demolished in 2006, but I am unsure whether or not the new high school has opened on the site as of yet.

Richard Keating of SOM designed the winning scheme for Trump, a 125 story monster of a tower (there would have been a hotel component as well).

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Looks like a giant column. I was expecting this blocky, setback full of, dark blue tower. Not bad for that time but I wonder if it could've been built back then?
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I don't like the location.
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Looks like Taipei 101.
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So glad this one didn't get built. It would've been so out of place.
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If only it was built. More than likely, it would have spurred more development in mid-wilshire. And, I actually like the way the tower looks.
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Thank God this wasn't built. It belongs in New York.
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I've always wondered how it looked like, Well I'm mixed with this tower, I really like the design, but LA? I dont know, it would have been cool, but tottaly out of place.
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^I think it would have been absolutely fitting for LA. The city of nodes builds the world's tallest building at yet another one. At least it was proposed next to a subway station and not say...at the 405 and Santa Monica?

I think it would have been a great project (though I do wonder about FAA clearances given the approach to the northern runways at LAX).
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Surprised me, I've never heard of this proposal.

It would be cool if someone with photoshop (or whatever)
placed it in it's local in a overview of L.A.

Wouldn't it be about halfway between downtown and Century City
...a bit closer to downtown no doubt....but still west of Bullock's Wilshire?
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^ It would be about a block or 2 from the Wilshire/Normandie subway station. Itself about 3 or 4 miles from downtown LA.

Anyway, while looking for more info for this tower, I found some pics of a failed plan to redevelop the Ambassador Hotel from 1957.




It would've been called Ambassador International.
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^^^ Yummy


The subject of this thread however is gross. I'm glad it didn't get built...
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So what if anything is on the site now? I remember some people wanting to save the hotel, while the city wanted to build a new high school on there...
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^^^ Yummy


The subject of this thread however is gross. I'm glad it didn't get built...
WHAT?! It looks great!
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I actually might have liked this if this was built in the LA Live Spot, just imagine!
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So what if anything is on the site now? I remember some people wanting to save the hotel, while the city wanted to build a new high school on there...
A vast majority of the hotel has been destroyed and the LAUSD school complex is under construction.
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Quote:
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It would be cool if someone with photoshop (or whatever)
placed it in it's local in a overview of L.A.

Wouldn't it be about halfway between downtown and Century City
...a bit closer to downtown no doubt....but still west of Bullock's Wilshire?
My estimates for placement and height put it here:

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