Los Angeles Century Plaza Hotel Spared from Demolition
Marmol + Radziner will supervise the restoration of the 1965 building designed by World Trade Center architect, Minoru Yamasaki.
Los Angeles Times -- Interior Design, 2/11/2010 12:00:00 AM
From Los Angeles Times: The Los Angeles hotel that hosted a welcome-home party for the Apollo 11 astronauts and other historic events will remain standing under a deal reached between the mid-century landmark's owners and preservation groups that sought to stave off the structure's demolition.
Michael Rosenfeld, who leads the partnership that owns the glass and aluminum Century Plaza Hotel, said his group has agreed to preserve the crescent-shaped building, which it previously planned to replace with two soaring towers. The deal allows building on other parts of the nearly six-acre property.
"I think we found an opportunity to do something unique and special on this site," he said.
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