611 Place
| 611 Place | |
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| Alternative names | 611 West 6th Street AT&T Center Crocker-Citizen Plaza |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 611 West 6th Street Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°02′57″N 118°15′20″W / 34.04905°N 118.255619°WCoordinates: 34°02′57″N 118°15′20″W / 34.04905°N 118.255619°W |
| Construction started | 1967 |
| Completed | 1969 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 189 m (620 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 42 |
| Floor area | 715,463 sq ft (66,468.7 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Dinwiddie Construction |
| Architect | William L. Pereira & Associates |
| Developer | Chetrit Group |
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611 Place is a 189 m (620 ft) skyscraper at 611 West 6th Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, designed by William L. Pereira & Associates and completed in 1969. The building was commissioned by the now-defunct Crocker Citizen's Bank, and served as its headquarters for many years before being bought by AT&T. It was the tallest building in Los Angeles upon completion, and the first building to surpass Los Angeles City Hall in terms of structural height (many buildings had surpassed City Hall with decorative spires, the first being Richfield Tower). It consists of a cross-shaped tower clad in vertical aluminum beams, and supported on its west side by an immense, blank slab of concrete running the entire height of the building, which is used to display corporate logos.
The building has a strange habit of making unusual appearances in popular movies; it appeared twice in 2004, first in The Day After Tomorrow where it mysteriously appeared in shots of Manhattan, and later in Along Came Polly, where it was the starting point of an ill-fated BASE jump. 611 Place is also destroyed by an earthquake in the 2000 movie Epicenter.
Since being vacated by AT&T, there have been plans to turn its upper levels into high-end condominiums, in a re-development scheme similar to the one executed on the nearby Eastern Columbia Building.
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