Century City Skyline on an unusually smog-free day as seen from Runyon Canyon. Feb. 19th, 2006

View of the Century City skyline from the Getty Center. Downtown Los Angeles (Bunker Hill district) can faintly be seen to the north-west of Century City. Taken December 22, 2004.

Century City is a 176 acre (712,000 m²) commercial and residential district on the West Side of Los Angeles, California. It is bounded by Westwood on the west, Rancho Park on the southwest, Cheviot Hills and Beverlywood on the southeast, and the city of Beverly Hills on the northeast. Its major thoroughfares are Santa Monica, Olympic, and Pico Boulevards (its northern boundary, central artery, and southern boundary, respectively), as well as Avenue of the Stars and Century Park East and West. Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 315 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 315 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... West Los Angeles (West L.A. in the short form) or the Westside is generally considered to be the portion of Los Angeles, California and its suburbs that lies east of the Pacific Ocean, west of La Cienega Boulevard (or, occasionally, Fairfax or even La Brea Avenue), south of the... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... High-rise buildings line Wilshire Boulevard through the Westwood area Another view of the Westwood skyline Westwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California. ... Rancho Park is a small neighborhood in western Los Angeles, California. ... Cheviot Hills is a small residential district on the West Side of Los Angeles, California. ... Beverlywood is a district on the West Side of Los Angeles, California. ... Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. ... California State Route 2; the Santa Monica Boulevard segment is highlighted in red, Alvarado Street is highlighted in green, the Glendale Freeway is highlighted in blue, and the Angeles Crest Highway is highlighted in purple. ... Olympic Boulevard is a major arterial road in Los Angeles, California. ... Pico Boulevard is a major Los Angeles street that runs from Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica to South Central Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. ...

Century City is an important business center, and many law firms and executives--particularly those with ties to the film, television, and music industries--have offices there. Its Westfield-owned shopping mall is one of the major retail centers in Los Angeles. It is one of the original edge cities in the country, although it has always been a part of the city of Los Angeles. The Westfield Group ASX: WDC is an Australian-owned company that owns shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ... The King of Prussia Mall, one of the largest in the world, located in Pennsylvania, United States For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see pedestrian street or promenade. ... Edge city is an American term for a relatively new concentration of business, shopping and entertainment outside a traditional urban area, in what had recently been a residential suburb or semi-rural community. ...

Skyscrapers

The high-rise buildings along Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood appear to blend in with those of Century City when seen at a distance, although they are separated by over three-fourths of a mile (1.2 km). Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile District, looking east toward Downtown Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood, looking east toward the Millionaires Mile Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California. ...

Its gleaming high-rises stand in stark contrast to the small apartment buildings and single-family detached homes in the lower-density neighborhoods surrounding it, and were some of the first skyscrapers built in Los Angeles after the lifting of earthquake-related height restrictions in the early 1960s. Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei. ...

One of the buildings of Century City is Fox Plaza, most well known for being Nakatomi Plaza in the movie Die Hard. Fox Plaza (which was used as Nakatomi Plaza) Fox Plaza is a tall skyscraper (492 ft, 34 floors) in Century City, Los Angeles, California, a local landmark. ... Fox Plaza (which was used as Nakatomi Plaza) Fox Plaza is a tall skyscraper (492 ft, 34 floors) in Century City, Los Angeles, California, a local landmark. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... The phrase die hard was first used during the Peninsular war to describe the Middlesex regiment. ...

History

Fox Plaza up close.

Once a backlot of 20th Century Fox, which still has its headquarters just to the south, the Fox studio commissioned a master-plan development from Welton Becket Associates, which was unveiled at a major press event on the 'western' backlot in 1957. In 1963 the first building, Century City Gateway West, was complete, followed the next year by Minoru Yamasaki's Century Plaza Hotel. Fox Plaza in Century City, Los Angeles, California as photographed from Avenue of the Stars on March 20, 2005 by user Coolcaesar. ... Fox Plaza in Century City, Los Angeles, California as photographed from Avenue of the Stars on March 20, 2005 by user Coolcaesar. ... A backlot is an area behind or adjoining a movie studio with permanent exterior sets for outdoor scenes in motion picture and/or television productions. ... Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... The 3,000-seat Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, opened in 1958. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Minoru Yamasaki (ミノル・ヤマサキ) (December 1, 1912–February 6, 1986) was a Japanese American architect, born in Seattle, Washington, a second-generation Japanese American. ...

It originally was planned to be served by the Beverly Hills Freeway and on a rapid transit corridor. However, neither of these transportation improvements came to pass, and so Century City is a source of traffic irritation for the residents of Cheviot Hills to the south, since there is no direct freeway access to the center. It is likely that any westward extension of the Los Angeles MTA's Metro Red Line subway will include a stop at Century City. The Beverly Hills Freeway was the name for a never-built freeway intended to link the Los Angeles districts of Westwood and Echo Park along the route of Santa Monica Boulevard. ... The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (also known as Metro, MTA or LACMTA) is the regional transportation planning and public transportation operating agency for the county of Los Angeles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Skyline of Century City from a parking lot at USC.

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 850 KB) Skyline of Century City in the haze as seen from the top story of a parking lot on the northeast edge of the University of Southern California. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 850 KB) Skyline of Century City in the haze as seen from the top story of a parking lot on the northeast edge of the University of Southern California. ... Edward L. Doheny Jr. ...

External links

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 34.05556° -118.41694°
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• Los Angeles Times, Real Estate section, Neighborly Advice column: "Century City: Upscale living in Tinseltown's back lot" (11 Jan 2004)

• History of the Century Plaza Hotel

At the southern end of Century City, Fox Plaza towers over the nearby neighborhoods.