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AKA: First Interstate Bank, Building #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA; Aon Center, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - banks (buildings); built works - commercial buildings - corporate headquarters; built works - commercial buildings - office buildings
Designers: Luckman Partnership, Incorporated (firm); Charles Irving Luckman Sr. (architect)
Dates: constructed 1970-1973
Building History
United California Bank and the Equitable Group financed the development of this 62-story, 1.2 million square-foot building in Downtown, Los Angeles, CA. When built, this 858-foot high office building was the tallest structure in the city. In 1976, the Equitable became the new managers and lessors of the UBC Building. Construction on the United Bank of California's new corporate headquarters ended in 09/1973. It was known as the First Interstate Bank Building from 1984-1989, when First Interstate built an even larger tower at 633 West Fifth Street in Downtown.
A fire on 05/04/1988 occurred in the First Interstate Bank Building, killing one and injuring 40 office workers. A lack of fire sprinklers contributed to the damage.
Building Notes
This 262-meter, 858-foot office building ranked as the tallest building west of the Mississippi River from 1974-1982. (It was surpassed in 1982 by the completion of the 1,005-foot-tall Texas Commerce Tower (later known as the J.P. Morgan Chase Building, I.M. Pei, architect, Houston, TX.)
PCAD id: 6162
