611 Place

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611 Place
Location within the Los Angeles metropolitan area 611 Place (California) 611 Place (the United States) Show map of the Los Angeles metropolitan areaShow map of CaliforniaShow map of the United StatesShow all
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	189 m (620 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 42-story, 189 m (620 ft) skyscraper at 611 West 6th Street in Downtown Los Angeles, California,^[6] 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 houses elevator and utility shafts and is used to display corporate logos. The building features a number of Pereira's design trademarks, including cleft vertical columns, grid patterned ceilings, and architectural lanterns fitted to the exterior.

The building has appeared in several movies:

• Mr. Mom (1983), where it appeared as the location of the Richardson Advertising Agency.
• Con Air (1997), 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 the city of Fresno, California.
• (2000), This building is destroyed by an earthquake in this movie.
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004), where it appeared in shots of Manhattan.
• Along Came Polly (2004), where it was the starting point of an ill-fated BASE jump.

See also[]

• List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles

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