Promenade Towers

Promenade Towers
Promenade Towers in 2016
General information
Status	Complete
Architectural style	Modernist
Location	900-933 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Completed	1985
Technical details
Floor count	17; 19
Design and construction
Architect	Kamnitzer & Cotton Abraham Shapiro & Associates
Developer	Jona Goldrich Sol B. Kest Nathan Shapell

Promenade Towers is a high-rise apartment complex in Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California, U.S.. Developed by three Holocaust survivors, it was designed in the modernist architectural style, with palm trees and exotic plants between the towers, and completed in 1985.

The towers were developed by Jona Goldrich, Sol B. Kest and Nathan Shapell, three Holocaust survivors. Their construction cost US$60 million to develop. The three developers had already built the Promenade and the Promenade West Condominiums in Downtown Los Angeles.

The towers, built on 4.26 acres in Bunker Hill, were completed in 1985. At the time, they formed the first privately owned apartment complex built in Downtown Los Angeles since 1970. In 1986, tenants included University of Southern California students. Meanwhile, the three developers decided to build the Grande Promenade, another apartment complex in Downtown Los Angeles, this time for US$200 million.

The buildings were designed in the modernist architectural style by Kamnitzer & Cotton-Abraham Shapiro & Associates. The Northern tower is higher, reaching 76.76 metres with 19 storeys, while the Southern tower is 68.68 metre high, with 17 storeys. They span 849,298 square feet.

In the spirit of architect Peter Kamnitzer, who believed apartment complexes should include greenery, there are palm trees and exotic plants between the two towers.