Aon Center, Downtown Los Angeles

The Aon Center at 707 Wilshire in downtown Los Angeles was the tallest building in Los Angeles from 1973 until 1989. It is still the second tallest building in California. The 133rd tallest building in the world and the 31st tallest building in the United States.

Los Angeles Theatre, Downtown Los Angeles

Old Theatre...

 at Corner of 6th and Hill Street, Downtown Los Angeles

Taken at Los Angeles International Airport...

Some Downtown Los Angeles Skyscrapers

At the front on the lower left is the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel. When erected in 1923 it was the largest hotel west of the Mississippi. It's been in Chinatown, Beverly Hills Cop, Ghostbusters, National Treasure and Spider-Man. To the right is the Gas Company Tower, finished in 1991. And to the left in the back is the U.S. Bank Tower. Comleted in 1989, the U.S. Bank Tower is the the tallest building in California and West of the Mississippi, 10th tallest in the United States and the 47th tallest in the world. It is still the tallest building in the world that has a helipad on its roof.

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Some Travel Photos from July 2011

The Signature at MGM Grand Room 809, Floor 34 and Grand Canyon South Rim Yavapai Point at Sunset