Bank of America Center, International Style skyscraper in Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, United States.
The Bank of America Center is a 224-meter skyscraper in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles, built in the International Style. Its facade is clad in vertical granite piers set at a 45-degree angle to the street, with all four sides of the tower aligned to the cardinal directions.
Completed in 1974 as the headquarters of Security Pacific National Bank, the tower was originally called Security Pacific Plaza and carried that bank's logo until 1992. Bank of America's acquisition of Security Pacific that year ended the logo's presence; the ARCO logo of a tenant went up on the roof, and the owner's Bank of America signage has appeared since 2004. Capital Group, a tenant since 1978, purchased the building in 2026 and consolidated its Los Angeles offices there.
The building's name changed with its owners: it carried the Security Pacific Bank logo from 1974 until the 1992 takeover, then the ARCO logo of an oil company tenant, and since 2004 the Bank of America sign. The tower has stood in for fictional corporate offices in films including The Towering Inferno, Pretty Woman and The Muppets.
The tower stands on a 4.21-acre site on Bunker Hill, entered from the plaza where Calder's Four Arches faces the main doors. Nine basement levels hold parking, and 30 elevators serve the 55 floors above. The garden of over 200 trees and three 24-foot waterfalls is open to walk through.
The plaza features three waterfalls, each roughly 24 feet (7 meters) tall, whose sound can be heard clearly above the surrounding street noise. More than 200 trees, including Eucalyptus and Jacaranda, ring the water features and form a green boundary between the plaza and the street.
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