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City National Plaza 
Paul Hastings and City National TowersAlternative names ARCO Center
ARCO Plaza
ARCO Plaza North Tower
ARCO Plaza South Tower
Atlantic Richfield Towers
Bank of America TowerGeneral information Type Commercial offices Location 505 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, CaliforniaCoordinates 34°03′03″N 118°15′25″W / 34.0508°N 118.2569°WCoordinates: 34°03′03″N 118°15′25″W / 34.0508°N 118.2569°W Construction started 1970 Completed 1972 Height Roof 213.1 m (699 ft) Technical details Floor count 52 Floor area 206,000 m2 (2,220,000 sq ft) Elevator count 64 Design and construction Management Thomas Properties Group Architect Albert C. Martin & Associates References [1][2][3][4][5][6] City National Plaza is a twin tower high-rise complex located in downtown Los Angeles, California, comprising City National Tower and Paul Hastings Tower. The 213.1 m (699 ft) 52-storey structures are located on the site of the Art Deco Richfield Tower, that was designed by Morgan, Walls & Clements in the 1920s, and what is now the Paul Hastings Tower, became the new world headquarters for the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO).[7]
Upon completion in 1972, the towers of City National Plaza 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 constructed of steel frames covered with polished panels of forest green granite and panes of bronze glass[8]
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References
- ^ City National Plaza at Emporis
- ^ City National Tower at Glass Steel and Stone
- ^ Paul Hastings Tower at Glass Steel and Stone
- ^ City National Tower at SkyscraperPage
- ^ Paul Hastings Tower at SkyscraperPage
- ^ City National Plaza at Structurae
- ^ "ARCO...A Global Energy Company". Atlantic Richfield Company. Tuesday, 09 December 1997. Archived from the original on 13 January 1998. http://web.archive.org/web/19980113043324/http://www.arco.com. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ "City National Plaza - History". City National Plaza. Tuesday, 17 February 2009. http://www.cnp-la.com/building/history.htm. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
Further reading
- Cameron, Robert (1990). Above Los Angeles. San Francisco: Cameron & Company. ISBN 091868448X.
External links
Continental Building (46 m) (1903) · Security Building (50.3 m) (1906) · A.G. Bartlett Building (58 m) (1911) · Park Central Building (62 m) (1916) · Texaco Building (74 m) (1927) · Los Angeles City Hall (138 m) (1928) · Union Bank Plaza (157 m) (1968) · 611 Place (189 m) (1969) · City National Plaza (213 m) (1972) · Aon Center (262 m) (1973) · U.S. Bank Tower (310 m) (1990)
Categories:- Office buildings in Los Angeles, California
- Skyscrapers in Los Angeles, California
- Buildings and structures completed in 1972
- Skyscrapers between 200 and 249 meters
- Oil company headquarters in the United States
- ARCO
- Twin towers
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