Promenade Towers

{{short description|High-rise apartment complex in Los Angeles, California, United States}}

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|location = 123 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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|completion_date = 1985

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|architectural_style = Modernist

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|architect = Kamnitzer & Cotton
Abraham Shapiro & Associates

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|developer = Jona Goldrich
Sol B. Kest
Nathan Shapell

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Promenade Towers is a high-rise apartment complex in Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California, U.S.. Developed by three Holocaust survivors, it was designed in the modernist architectural style, with palm trees and exotic plants between the towers, and completed in 1985.

History

The towers were developed by Jona Goldrich, Sol B. Kest and Nathan Shapell, three Holocaust survivors.{{cite news|last1=Furlong|first1=Tom|title=Developer Jona Goldrich : Deal Maker Transforms Downtown L.A.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-17-fi-16773-story.html|access-date=June 28, 2016|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=August 17, 1986}}{{cite news|last1=De Wolfe|first1=Evelyn|title=Promenade Aims to Set Urban Life Style : Downtown Gets Its First Privately Developed Apartments in 16 Years|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-28-re-5742-story.html|access-date=June 28, 2016|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=July 28, 1985}} Their construction cost US$60 million to develop. The three developers had already built the Promenade and the Promenade West Condominiums in Downtown Los Angeles.{{cite news|title=3 Downtown Apartment Towers Planned : Promenade's Rental Success Spurs New Development|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-02-re-3675-story.html|access-date=June 28, 2016|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=February 2, 1986}}

The towers, built on 4.26 acres in Bunker Hill, were completed in 1985.{{cite web|title=Promenade Towers Apartments South|url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/231390/promenade-towers-apartments-south-los-angeles-ca-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813124908/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/231390/promenade-towers-apartments-south-los-angeles-ca-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 13, 2016|website=Emporis|accessdate=June 28, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Promenade Towers Apartments North|url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/116583/promenade-towers-apartments-north-los-angeles-ca-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813150423/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/116583/promenade-towers-apartments-north-los-angeles-ca-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 13, 2016|website=Emporis|accessdate=June 28, 2016}} At the time, they formed the first privately owned apartment complex built in Downtown Los Angeles since 1970. In 1986, tenants included University of Southern California students.{{cite news|last1=Groves|first1=Joel|title=Life in a Posh Tower: Not All Is Dolce Vita|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-09-21-re-8866-story.html|access-date=June 28, 2016|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=September 21, 1986}} Meanwhile, the three developers decided to build the Grande Promenade, another apartment complex in Downtown Los Angeles, this time for US$200 million.

Former Los Angeles Dodger's manager Tommy Lasorda, leased an apartment in the Promenade Towers.

Architecture

The buildings were designed in the modernist architectural style by Kamnitzer & Cotton-Abraham Shapiro & Associates. The northern tower is higher, reaching {{convert|252|ft|m}} with 19 stories, while the southern tower is {{convert|225|ft|m}} high, with 17 stories. They span 849,298 square feet.

In the spirit of architect Peter Kamnitzer, who believed apartment complexes should include greenery, there are palm trees and exotic plants between the two towers.{{cite book|last1=Gebhard|first1=David|last2=Winter|first2=Robert|title=An architectural guidebook to Los Angeles|date=2003|publisher=Gibbs Smith|location=Salt Lake City|isbn=9781586853082|page=237|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WWl29hn0C9gC&q=Kamnitzer+%26+Cotton-Abraham+Shapiro+%26+Associates&pg=PA237|oclc=51559096}}

References

External links

[https://www.thepromenadetowers.com/ thepromenadetowers.com website]

Category:Apartment buildings in Los Angeles

Category:Residential buildings completed in 1985

Category:Modernist architecture in California

Category:Residential skyscrapers in Los Angeles