Century City, Business district in Los Angeles, United States
Century City is a business district in Los Angeles in the United States, built on land that once belonged to a film studio. The towers of glass and steel rise between wide streets and landscaped plazas, while a large shopping center anchors the southern portion of the district.
The district took shape in the mid-1960s when a film studio began selling large portions of its property for urban development. Over the following decades, office towers and residential buildings grew here, making the area a key location for law firms and entertainment companies.
The Westfield Century City mall serves as a central gathering space with 422,000 square feet of retail spaces, restaurants, and entertainment venues.
Walking through the area, you will find wide sidewalks and crosswalks at most intersections, though distances between buildings can be long. The district is easy to reach by car, and parking is available in several structures beneath the shopping centers and office towers.
Many films and television series use the modern facades and plazas of the district as a filming location for scenes set in fictional big-city offices. The glass skyline appears in numerous productions as an anonymous backdrop for urban life.
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