FourFortyFour South Flower
| FourFortyFour South Flower | |
|---|---|
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| Former names | Citgroup Center Wells Fargo Bank 444 Plaza Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 444 South Flower Street Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°03′06″N 118°15′18″W / 34.051612°N 118.255050°W |
| Construction started | 1978 |
| Completed | 1981[1] |
| Owner | Coretrust Capital Partners[1] |
| Management | Coretrust Management, LP |
| Height | |
| Roof | 191 m (627 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 48 |
| Floor area | 83,053 m2 (893,980 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 25 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Albert C. Martin & Associates |
| References | |
| [2][3][4][5] | |
Recently renamed 'Citigroup Center' is now FourFortyFour South Flower, a 627 ft (191 m) 48-story skyscraper at 444 S. Flower Street in the Bunker Hill area of downtown Los Angeles, California.[1] When completed in 1981, the tower was the fifth-tallest in the city.
The current owner, Coretrust Capital Partners, acquired the property in November 2016.[6] The building was previously owned by Beacon Capital Partners which purchased the property in 2003 for US$170 million, and later to Broadway Partners Fund Manager, LLC from December 2006 to September 2009.[7]
Public Artwork
FourFortyFour South Flower is home to one of the largest public art collections in Los Angeles.[8] When the building was constructed, five internationally recognized artists were enlisted to create public works that are represented throughout the gallery. The building's art consultant called this project "the first program of its type in North America where the intensities of artistic and architectural concerns have been married, producing a profound aesthetic experience."[9]
In addition to the pieces that were commissioned during the building's construction, a new mural by prominent local artist Augustine Kofie was unveiled in Spring 2019.[10]
- Marc Di Suvero - "Shoshone", 1981.
- Michael Heizer - "North, East, South, West", 1967-1981.
- Frank Stella - "Long Beach XXIII", 1982.
- Robert Rauschenberg - "Fargo Podium", 1982.
- Bruce Nauman - "Trench, Shafts, Pit, Tunnel, and Chambers", 1982.[11]
- Augustine Kofie - "Two-movement", 2019.[10]
In popular culture
- The building was the setting for the 1996 action thriller Skyscraper, starring Anna Nicole Smith.
- The building appears in the opening credits and establishing shots of the 1986-1994 NBC television drama L.A. Law as the office building in which the principal characters worked.[1]
- The building appears in the Los Angeles level of the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
- The building appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto V. It is located in downtown Los Santos (the game's equivalent of Los Angeles), however is renamed the Schlongberg Sachs Center, which is the game's equivalent of The Goldman Sachs Group.
- The building appears as Catco Enterprises in Supergirl.
- The building appears to collapse when the US Bank Tower collapses on top of it in San Andreas (2015).
- The building appears as the Los Angeles branch of the CIA in Gotcha!.
Major tenants
- WSP
- Bank of China
- Equinox
- Morgan Stanley
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Vincent, Roger (December 28, 2016). "A new look for the 'L.A. Law' building includes 'courtyards in the sky'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "FourFortyFour South Flower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ FourFortyFour South Flower at Emporis
- ^ "FourFortyFour South Flower". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ FourFortyFour South Flower at Structurae
- ^ Vincent, Roger. "A new look for the 'L.A. Law' building includes 'courtyards in the sky'". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Citigroup Center". Broadway Partners. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ Vincent, Roger. "A new look for the 'L.A. Law' building includes 'courtyards in the sky'". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "444 S. Flower Building, Los Angeles. Background information". www.publicartinla.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ a b "Augustine Kofie". augustinekofie.info. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ^ "Public Art at 444 S. Flower St., Bunker Hill, Los Angeles". www.publicartinla.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
External links
- FourFortyFour South Flower Main Website
- Citigroup Center at Hines Interests Limited Partnership
- FourFortyFour South Flower Tenant Handbook