The Equitable Life Building is a
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skyscraper in the
Koreatown neighborhood of
Los Angeles
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,
California
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. It was completed in 1969 and has 34 floors. It is tied with the
Los Angeles City Hall
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for the 36th tallest building in Los Angeles.
Welton Becket & Associates
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Biography
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designed the building for the
Equitable Life Insurance Company
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. The facade is made of precast concrete that was sandblasted to expose the beige Texas limestone aggregate.
The lobby of the Equitable Life Building hosts art in its vitrines. This space is calle
Equitable Vitrines These vitrines have hosted art including