611 Place

611 Place

Alternative names	611 West 6th Street AT&T Center Crocker-Citizen Plaza
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Modernism
Location	611 West 6th Street Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°02′57″N 118°15′20″W / 34.04905°N 118.255619°W / 34.04905; -118.255619Coordinates: 34°02′57″N 118°15′20″W / 34.04905°N 118.255619°W / 34.04905; -118.255619
Construction started	1967
Completed	1969
Height
Roof	190.1 m (624 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	42
Floor area	715,463 sq ft (66,468.7 m²)
Design and construction
Architect	William L. Pereira & Associates
Developer	Chetrit Group
Structural engineer	Brandow & Johnston Inc
Main contractor	Dinwiddie Construction
References
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611 Place is a 190 m (620 ft) skyscraper at 611 West 6th Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, designed by William L. Pereira & Associates and completed in 1969. The building was commissioned by the now-defunct Crocker Citizen's Bank, and served as its Southern California headquarters until 1983, when it moved to Crocker Center, now Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles). It was subsequently bought by AT&T. It was the tallest building in Los Angeles upon completion, and the first building to surpass Los Angeles City Hall in terms of structural height (many buildings had surpassed City Hall with decorative spires, the first being Richfield Tower). It consists of a cross-shaped tower clad in vertical aluminum beams, and supported on its west side by an immense, blank slab of concrete running the entire height of the building, which is used to display corporate logos.

The building has a strange habit of making unusual appearances in popular movies; it appeared twice in 2004, first in The Day After Tomorrow where it mysteriously appeared in shots of Manhattan, and later in Along Came Polly, where it was the starting point of an ill-fated BASE jump. 611 Place is also destroyed by an earthquake in the 2000 movie Epicenter. In the 1997 film Con Air the building be seen from an aerial view and street view as a dead body falls from an aircraft and lands on a car near the base of the building in what is supposed to be the city of Fresno, California.

References

↑ 611 Place at CTBUH Skyscraper Database
↑ 611 Place at Emporis
↑ 611 Place at Glass Steel and Stone
↑ 611 Place at SkyscraperPage
↑ 611 Place at Structurae

Timeline of the tallest buildings in Los Angeles

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)

Downtown area, Los Angeles

Districts and neighborhoods	Arts District Bunker Hill Chinatown Civic Center Fashion District Financial District Gallery Row Historic Core Jewelry District Little Tokyo Naud Junction Old Bank District Skid Row South Park Spring Street Financial District Toy District Wholesale District

Points of interest	Angels Flight The Broad Broadway Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels City Hall Convention Center Grand Park L.A. Live MOCA Music Center Olvera Street Pershing Square Staples Center Union Station

LA Regions Crescenta Valley Downtown Eastside Harbor Area Greater Hollywood Northeast LA Northwest LA San Fernando Valley South LA Westside Wilshire Mid-City West Mid-Wilshire

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611 Place

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