Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Awful Tower

While less tall than the U.S. Bank Tower or Aon Center, L.A. Live's 54-story hotel and condo complex nonetheless dominates sightlines, immodestly isolated on downtown's Southwestern edge.

The sleekly framed Q-tip mass, designed by big project poobahs Gensler, is the latest big city skyline marring "signature structure," joining the ranks of San Francisco's One Rincon.

Checkboarded in blue tinted glass, the structure rises, exclamation point like, along the 110 freeway, defying scale, defiling scale.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please don't equate lack of comments with lack of interest. The missives are great, and a large number of us check back from time to time with a quiet "ditto" or "right on" under our breath. Thanks.

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