LOS ANGELES | Wilshire Grand Development | 1,100 FT | 73 FLOORS | U/C - Page 124

San Frangelino · #**2461** Posted **Feb 24, 2015, 4:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by chris08876

Go to 0:26 mark, video aerial and talk about Wilshire Grand:

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CTBUH
Feb 23, 2015

A good portion of the video is on Wilshire Grand.

Cool video. Thanks for sharing. I love watching this tower rise. It's the first 1,000 ft building I've ever seen do so.

They should have also included Salesforce Tower up in SF. That is an equally tall tower that is all office, not mixed use. I think it would have made the story more interesting to talk about that fact since this segment seems to suggest that mixed use is all that makes financial sense now when building skyscrapers.

Yackemflaber69 · #**2462** Posted **Feb 25, 2015, 10:15 PM**

I was looking at the metropolis webcam. It looks like steel has gone up on the north west side of the wilshire grand.

Eightball · #**2463** Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 2:40 AM**

Wilshire Grand by thaeisahtbizall, on Flickr

Wilshire Grand by thaeisahtbizall, on Flickr

That's from earlier today... will post more later

Zapatan · #**2464** Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 4:17 AM**

If you look on the core they skipped floors 13 and 14. 13 is obviously bad luck, but 14? Why skip that?

edwards · #**2465** Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 7:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Zapatan

If you look on the core they skipped floors 13 and 14. 13 is obviously bad luck, but 14? Why skip that?

Tetraphobia

chris08876 · #**2466** Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 12:18 PM**

Should of made this tower "88" floors, which signifies good luck or fortune. 88 being the lucky number, and also on the topic of skipping floors, that happens a lot in Asian developments. Its an interesting topic. Some of those numbers also correspond to sales on certain units. You will often find that Asian buyers tend to buy units with certain numbers if they are available. THis is done on purpose, and often symbolic. (Units in 432 or One57 for example).

HiRiser · #**2467** Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 1:24 PM**

This structure just exudes awesome strength. Great photos Eightball!

Eightball · #**2468** Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 3:36 PM**

Thanks! Here's some more from yesterday. First and sixth are for Yackemflamber

Wilshire Grand by thaeisahtbizall, on Flickr

upward 2000 · #**2469** Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 4:15 PM**

[QUOTE=Eightball

See the steel plate embeds standing up on top in this older shot.

upward 2000 · #**2470** Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 4:20 PM**

[QUOTE=Eightball;6929646]Thanks! Here's some more from yesterday. First and sixth are for Yackemflamber

Look at floor 26 there they are.

Yackemflaber69 · #**2471** Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 7:54 PM**

Kenchiku desu · #**2472** Posted **Mar 1, 2015, 8:46 PM**

With all the sections of crane tower stacked up at ground level, t looks like a big jump in cranes will happen soon.

Downtown Los Angeles · #**2473** Posted **Mar 3, 2015, 5:05 PM**

Why hasn't the core jumped in like weeks? it seems like it was jumping a floor every 4-5 days like a month ago. Will it ever jump at that pace again?

Eightball · #**2474** Posted **Mar 3, 2015, 9:18 PM**

3 hours ago

#WilshireGrand by thaeisahtbizall, on Flickr

Yackemflaber69 · #**2475** Posted **Mar 3, 2015, 9:34 PM**

This makes me wanna cry

Roadcruiser1 · #**2476** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 1:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Downtown Los Angeles

Why hasn't the core jumped in like weeks? it seems like it was jumping a floor every 4-5 days like a month ago. Will it ever jump at that pace again?

They are letting the steel catch up, and build it together. It's am American practice. Other Countries usually top off the core of the building before erecting steel. It's still going up regardless. So don't worry.

Downtown Los Angeles · #**2477** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 9:09 AM**

Video I took of the site earlier today
http://youtu.be/PrAo9iG6GCk

Downtown Los Angeles · #**2478** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 2:54 PM**

HiRiser · #**2479** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 3:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by HiRiser

I'd be guessing the steel at about L20 before curtainwall starts to appear. IMO.
May start to see some anchors going down soon.

Actually the steelwork needs to start seeing some fireproofing before we start seeing curtainwall...expecting it soon.

tony26 · #**2480** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 8:53 AM**

Amazing shots from Instagram user Copterpilot