Los Angeles Building And Construction To Alleviate Congestion - By: Matthew Paolini

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

The Center has many low-rise office buildings, as well as several tall skyscrapers, specifically three that are all in the same plot of land. There is also some residential and industrial, as well as some retail stores in places such as the Promenade Mall.

The three tallest buildings in the Warner Center are all next to each other in order to display a miniature skyline that corresponds with the other high rises of the Valley. The center building of the three is the tallest, having approximately 25 stories above ground. As of this year, the building has the company logo of AIG at the top. They are owned by Douglas Emmet Properties, which has an overview of these towers at their website.

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

The Warner Center is named for Harry Warner, the eldest of the Warner brothers. The family had owned the land since the 1940s as a minor part of a 1,100 acre horse ranch. Robert Voit took charge of the commercial development of the area after it was sold in the late-1970s. In 2003, the area employed 40,000 persons with only 10,000 residents.

The Harry Warner family provided 20 acres of land in 1967 that was turned into the Warner Center Park. It is also called the Warner Ranch Park. Today it is adjacent to the central, skyscrapers of the Center. Apart from picnic tables, the park features the 1.3 million dollar Lou Bredlow Pavilion, the permanent location of the Valley Cultural Center's Concerts in the Park. These free, outdoor concerts play on Sundays starting in June up till Labor Day annually.

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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