View looking north from 9th and Grand streets in downtown Los Angeles. The brown building in the foreground is Chase Plaza. In the background, the tallest building in the cluster of high-rises is the U.S. Bank Tower building. Also known as the Library Tower or First Interstate World Center, it is the seventh tallest building in the United States, the tallest North American skyscraper west of Chicago, the tallest building in California, and the tallest building with a helipad on the roof (required by the city building code). Standing 1,018 feet high and consisting of 73 stories above ground, it is also one of the tallest in the world (25th as of 2005). Photo dated: August 9, 2005.
Chase Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.) U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.) Central business districts--California--Los Angeles Tall buildings--California--Los Angeles Skyscrapers--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Gary Leonard Collection photographs Cityscape photographs
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