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He US Bank Tower , also called Library Tower , it is a skyscraper located in downtown Los Angeles, California. With its 310 meters high and 73 plants, it became the one that remains the second highest skyscraper in the city and the entire west coast of the United States, being only surpassed by the Wilshire Grand Tower. Its construction was carried out between 1988 and 1989. It was designed by Thomas Boada. His profile is one of those responsible for the city of Los Angeles to have such a characteristic horizon. [ first ] ​

It is an extremely projected building in most Hollywood films with theme in the city of Los Angeles, California.

This building is built to support the frequent earthquakes that take place in California, being able to support one of up to 8 degrees on the Richter scale.
The tower is crowned by a glass crown that lights at night and sometimes in celebrations the crown lights in various colors.

In 2014, a project that consists of the renewal of the Lobby of the Torre began and also the renewal and construction of a viewpoint and a restaurant in the floors 72 and on the 69th floor.

In 2015, the construction of a glass slide and a viewpoint between floors 69 and 71 began.

On August 3, 2016, the U.S. Bank Tower ceased to be the highest skyscraper in Los Angeles and the west coast of the United States, when the Wilshire Grand Tower skyscraper exceeds 335 meters high.

Objective of attacks [ To edit ]

The original plan of the attacks of September 11, 2001 was to kidnap 12 planes, of which one was going to impact the U.S. Bank Tower. But the operation was unbeatable, since there were too many objectives, so the objectives were reduced to 5 and one of those who removed was the U.S. Bank Tower.

On October 6, 2005, the White House announced that the Federal Government had aborted an attack on Los Angeles in 2002. In a speech on television, President George W. Bush said that the US departments of counterterrorism prevented terrorist plans to fly aircraft to the “Libertad” building, (“Liberty Tower”). The president was wrong saying “freedom”, instead of a library, the nickname is ” Library tower “, (” Library Tower “in English). For this background the building has increased its safety and surveillance.

Popular culture [ To edit ]

  • The building made a remarkable appearance in Independence Day, in which the tower is the first structure to be destroyed during the beginning of a mass extraterrestrial invasion.
  • In The Kid, Bruce Willis’s character, an image advisor, works in the building.
  • In the 2007 film, D-War, a giant dragon is shown to first destroy and uproar through the city and then climbs to the tower.
  • In the 2007 Southland film, the building stands out by US-IDS, a Big Brother surveillance agency that is under the pretext of the national security of a reflection group.
  • In the 2012 film, it is one of the many Los Angeles buildings that are destroyed by a great magnitude earthquake.
  • Video games, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) and Grand Theft Auto V (2013) each have a version of the tower that is known as Maze Bank Tower and are the main headquarters of Maze Bank, a fiction bank inside of the latter mentioned. It is the best known building of the games, being able to buy to have offices.
  • In the 2015 San Andreas film, the tower sways violently and collapses against the nearby Citigroup Center when Ray loses control of the helicopter.

Image gallery [ To edit ]

  • With the AT&T Switching Center on the left and the Mellon Bank on the right

  • (From left to right) The Citibank Center, U.S. Bank Tower, and The Gas Company Tower in downtown Los Angeles

  • The U.S. Bank Tower rises on the central library in downtown Los Angeles

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