I feel absolutely proud to be a part of this job,” says Nevarov. With the long hours that we are working, almost 13 hour a day, 6 to 7 days a week, so it’s very demanding physically.” Ironworker John Nevarov is one of the approximately 700 people now working on the Wilshire Grand construction site.” This is a job that not too many people get to do. Many guys come in, and you see many guys leave, because they just can’t handle it. It’s very demanding, physically demanding on the body,” said Nevarov. Nevarov said ironwork on skyscrapers is far safer than it used to be, say compared to the days when the Empire State Building was being built, but the labor still exacts a toll. “We’re building America here,” said John Nevarov, who was leading a crew of men installing metal decking to the tower’s metal frame. On the 45th floor, about two dozen ironworkers were busily at work welding and drilling. The only thing that separated me from a very long fall were thin metal cables stretched between the building’s girders. Stepping out of the elevator on the 45th floor and onto the steel deck, I was struck by the views of surrounding downtown skyscrapers and vistas of the wider city beyond, from the Hollywood Hills to the beaches of Santa Monica.īut they were also slightly unsettling views because there were no walls or windows, just views and open air. A ride inside a cage-like construction elevator bolted to the side of Wilshire Grand Tower took me to one of the top floors now being built. I recently got an opportunity to visit this skyscraper-in-the-making - and met the “punks” and senior construction workers who are building it. (Photo: Saul Gonzalez) (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.) When built, the 1,100 foot tall skyscraper will edge out L.A.’s Union Bank Tower, completed in 1988, as the city’s tallest building. The Wilshire Grand Tower seen from the street. When it’s done, the Wilshire Grand, at 1,1100 feet high,will be the tallest building in L.A. If you’re in downtown Los Angeles or just driving by, it’s easy to spot the construction of the Wilshire Grand Tower as it rises ever higher into the sky.
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