Recently, the Wilshire Grand Center became the tallest building in Los Angeles at 1099 feet. Since 1989, the tallest has been the U.S. Bank Tower (which, by the way, just opened up their SkySlide attraction on the 70th Floor this summer). L.A. now has the tallest building west of the Mississippi. Once open, the Wilshire Grand Center will host an observation deck, office space, a 900 room hotel, restaurants, a 73rd floor rooftop pool, and retail shopping malls. Gone but not forgotten, the old Wilshire Grand Hotel from 1952 was demolished to make way for our new giant. This old hotel played host to dignitaries like Pope John Paul II and John F. Kennedy. During our private guided downtown L.A.
Wilshire Grand, The Tallest Building in Los Angeles
September 14, 2016
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