City National Plaza
| City National Plaza | |
|---|---|
 Paul Hastings and City National Towers | |
 | |
| Alternative names | ARCO Center ARCO Plaza ARCO Plaza North Tower ARCO Plaza South Tower Atlantic Richfield Towers Bank of America Tower Los Angeles Twin Towers |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 505-555 South Flower Street Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°03′03″N 118°15′25″W / 34.0508°N 118.2569°W |
| Construction started | 1970 |
| Completed | 1972 |
| Management | CommonWealth Partners |
| Height | |
| Roof | 213.3 m (700 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 52 |
| Floor area | 206,000 m2 (2,220,000 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 64 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Albert C. Martin & Associates |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |
City National Plaza is a twin tower skyscraper complex on South Flower Street in western Downtown Los Angeles, California. It was originally named ARCO Plaza upon opening in 1972.
History
Richfield Tower
The present complex is on the site of the landmark Richfield Tower, that was designed in the Art Deco style by Morgan, Walls & Clements, and completed in 1929. It was the headquarters of the Atlantic Richfield Oil company. It was demolished in 1969.
ARCO Plaza
The current skyscraper complex was built as the ARCO Plaza, with a pair of 213.3 m (700 ft) 52-story office towers. One became the new world headquarters for the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), the present day The Paul Hastings Tower.[9] An underground shopping complex was accessed by open escalators from the street level plaza.
Upon completion in 1972, the ARCO Plaza towers were the tallest buildings in the city for one year before being overtaken by Aon Center, and were the tallest twin towers in the world until the completion of the World Trade Center in New York City. The towers are the tallest twin buildings in the United States outside of New York City, where the 55-floor Time Warner Center stands at 750 ft (230 m).
The towers are constructed of steel frames covered with polished panels of forest green granite and panes of bronze glass.
City National Plaza
The ARCO Plaza complex was renamed City National Plaza, and the south and north towers, respectively, were renamed City National Tower and Paul Hastings Tower. The low-rise building at the back of the plaza is known as the Jewel Box, and is occupied by the Gensler architectural firm.
Tenants
"Jewel Box"
Paul Hastings Tower
- Crowell & Moring[11]
- McGladrey
- Grant Thornton
- Northwestern Mutual - Los Angeles
- Paul Hastings
- Regus[12]
City National Bank Tower
- City National Bank
- AECOM
- Foley & Lardner [13]
- Fulbright & Jaworski [14]
- Jones Day [15]
- Katten Muchin Rosenman [16]
- Kroll [17]
- Rottet Studio [18]
- Squire Patton Boggs
- Turner Construction [19]
In popular culture
- Featured throughout the 1971 movie The Omega Man, which was filmed during the Plaza's construction phase.
- Plaza area and water sculpture featured in the 1976 film, Marathon Man.
- The north "Paul Hastings" tower was depicted as being struck by an air-to-air Sidewinder missile (a shot which utilized a detailed miniature of both towers), in the 1983 film, Blue Thunder.
- In the 2015 film San Andreas, the twin towers were shown swaying violently during an earthquake and in a later shot, the Paul Hastings tower was shown falling on the City National Tower.
Gallery
See also
City National Plaza.
References
- ^ "Paul Hastings Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "City National Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ City National Plaza at Emporis
- ^ City National Tower at Glass Steel and Stone (archived)
- ^ Paul Hastings Tower at Glass Steel and Stone (archived)
- ^ "City National Tower". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ "Paul Hastings Tower". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ City National Plaza at Structurae
- ^ "ARCO...A Global Energy Company". Atlantic Richfield Company. 9 December 1997. Archived from the original on 13 January 1998. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ Roger Vincent (February 4, 2011). "Architecture firm Gensler to move from Santa Monica to downtown L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ Our Offices
- ^ Regus Office Space in Los Angeles
- ^ Law Firm Takes Two Floors in City National Tower
- ^ Thomas Properties Group Signs Law Firm Fulbright & Jaworski At City National Plaza
- ^ Jones Day’s Los Angeles office relocates to City National Tower In downtown L.A.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Kroll Office Locations
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Turner Construction Office Network: Los Angeles / Anaheim". Turner Construction. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
Further reading
- Cameron, Robert (1990). Above Los Angeles. San Francisco: Cameron & Company. ISBN 0-918684-48-X.