Outskirts Los Angeles Building And Construction To Relieve Traffic

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Warner Center is an outskirts city located inside of the Woodland Hills district of Los Angeles. It was constructed to relieve traffic to and from downtown Los Angeles. It was also proposed to generate jobs in the San Fernando Valley area. First contemplated in the 1970s, the project was regarded as complete by the mid-1990s.

The Center has many low-rise office buildings, as well as several high rise skyscrapers, notably three that are all in the same lot of land. Also present are some residential and commercial establishments, as well as some retail such as the Promenade Mall.

The three tallest skyscrapers of the Warner Center are all adjacent to each other as to create a miniature skyline that blends in with the other high rises of the Valley. The center building of the three is the tallest, at a height of about 25 floors above ground. As of this year, the building has the company logo of AIG at the top. All of the buildings are owned by Douglas Emmet Properties, which has an overview of these towers at their website.

The skyscrapers of the Warren Center are visible from the 101 freeway, with the farthest view of the entire skyline viewable to the west from the off-ramp of Parkway Calabasas Rd., in the city of Calabasas, and with the nearest western view being shortly after the Fallbrook Ave. exit in Woodland Hills. The farthest eastern view has not been ascertained, but on clear days, can most likely be seen from Van Nuys.

The Warner Center was named for Harry Warner, who was the eldest of the Warner brothers. The family had controlled the land since the 1940s as a small part of a 1,100 acre horse ranch. Robert Voit led the commercial development of the land after it was sold in the late-1970s. In 2003, the Warren Center employed 40,000 workers with only 10,000 residents.

The Harry Warner family donated 20 acres of land in 1967 that was turned into the Warner Center Park. It is also known as the Warner Ranch Park. Currently it is adjacent to the central, skyscrapers of the Warner Center. Apart from picnic tables, the park showcases the 1.3 million dollar Lou Bredlow Pavilion, the permanent home to the Valley Cultural Center\'s Concerts in the Park. The free, outdoor concerts play on Sundays starting in June up till Labor Day on a yearly basis.

About the Author:
Matt Paolini is a construction writer for CityBook, the family-safe Los Angeles Yellow Pages, which carries an extensive directory on Los Angeles commercial and industrial building contractors.



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