Friday, May 11, 2007 - Cityscapes

Fourth and Olive, downtown Los Angeles, reflections and verticals -

The nearby US Bank Tower (design architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Ellerbe Becket, Inc.) - the tallest building in the United States west of the Mississippi River, designed to withstand an earthquake of 8.3 on the Richter Scale, with the highest helipad in the world on the roof, and the first building to be destroyed by alien invaders in the 1996 movie "Independence Day."  The tower has four glass-crowned setbacks, at the 48th, 57th, 61st, and 69th floor levels.

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Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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