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Title: Century Plaza Towers
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Contributor: Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued: 1978
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Exterior view of the Century Plaza Towers. With 44-stories and 571 feet tall, the two soaring towers have triangular floor plans. Minoru Yamasaki designed the towers, which were built in 1969-75. The Towers have aluminum exteriors that reflect the sun, making them clearly seen around the Los Angeles Westside. They are the tallest buildings in Century City and sit on top of one of the world's largest underground parking garages. Photograph dated March 25, 1978.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 24 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00074232
Herald Examiner Collection
HH_b064_f3_i2
CARL0000076806
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/28046
Subject: Century Plaza Towers (Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Office buildings--California--Century City (Los Angeles)
Century City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Yamasaki, Minoru,1912-1986

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