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Location

The Gateway West Building is located on the southwest corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and the Avenue of the Stars in Century City, a district in the city of Los Angeles.

History

Completed in 1963, Gateway West was the first building erected in Century City—an architectural plan that converted the back lot of

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into a modern neighbourhood with skyscrapers. Designed in the International Style by renowned architect Welton Becket (1902–1969), it was 13 stories tall and high and had a façade made of aluminum. Gateway West's twin-sister building, Gateway East, was located directly across from it on Avenue of the Stars. Gateway East, was the second high-rise building completed in the new redevelopment. Gateway West was demolished in 2015 to make way for an expansion of

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Heritage significance

As the first high-rise building erected in Century City, this building represented the new style of the neighbourhood.

References

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