U.S. Bank Tower Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids U.S. Bank Tower

Former names	Library Tower First Interstate Bank World Center
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	633 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Construction started	1987
Completed	1989
Cost	$350 million
Owner	Library Square Associates LLC
Management	MPG Office Trust
Height
Architectural	310.3 m (1,018 ft)
Antenna spire	310 m (1018 ft)
Top floor	294.92 m (967.6 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	73 2 below ground
Floor area	1,300,000 sq ft (120,000 m²)
Lifts/elevators	24
Design and construction
Architect	Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Ellerbe Becket
Developer	Maguire Properties
Structural engineer	CBM Engineers James A. Knowles & Associates
Main contractor	Turner Construction Company

U.S. Bank Tower is a skyscraper in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is 310 meters (1018 feet) tall and has 73 floors. It was built in 1989 and is one of the tallest buildings in the United States. It is the tallest building in the United States that is west of the Mississippi River.

At first it was named Library Tower, but in 1993 it became U.S. Bank Tower.

Images for kids

Interior of the OUE Skyspace on the seventy-first floor of the US Bank Tower looking northwest.
OUE Skyspace entrance
OUE Skyspace outside terrace
From The Maguire Gardens of the Los Angeles Public Library
From Hope and 8th Streets
From South Hope street
Lit in purple and gold to root on the Los Angeles Lakers advancement into the 2009 NBA Finals
With the AT&T Switching Center to the left and CBRE Tower to the right
The US Bank Tower, the tallest building west of the Mississippi River
(From left to right)The Citibank Center, The US Bank Tower, and The Gas Company Tower in Downtown Los Angeles
The US Bank Tower towering over Central Library in Downtown Los Angeles