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Westin Bonaventure Hotel

October 20, 2023

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites is a 367-foot (112 m), 33-story hotel in Los Angeles, California, constructed between 1974 and 1976.[6] It was designed by architect John C. Portman Jr.. The top floor has a revolving restaurant and bar. It was originally owned by investors that included a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation and John Portman & Associates. The building is managed by Aimbridge Hospitality (IHR), and is valued at $200 million.

Westin Bonaventure Hotel
Westin Bonaventure Hotel, 2006
Location in Central Los Angeles
Hotel chainWestin Hotels
General information
Location404 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°03′10″N 118°15′21″W / 34.052778°N 118.255833°W / 34.052778; -118.255833
Opening1976
ManagementAimbridge Hospitality
Height367 ft (112 m)
Technical details
Floor count33
Design and construction
Architect(s)John C. Portman Jr.
Other information
Number of rooms1,358
Number of suites135
Number of restaurantsBona Vista Lounge
Hotel Food Court Restaurants
L.A. Prime
Lakeview Bistro
Lobby Court Coffee Bar
Website
www.westin.com/bonaventure
[1][2][3][4][5]

Postmodern design Edit

 
The hotel under construction in 1976

The hotel and its architect John Portman have been the subject of several documentaries and academic analyses.[7][8]

In his book Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory (1989), Edward Soja describes the hotel as

a concentrated representation of the restructured spatiality of the late capitalist city: fragmented and fragmenting, homogeneous and homogenizing, divertingly packaged yet curiously incomprehensible, seemingly open in presenting itself to view but constantly pressing to enclose, to compartmentalize, to circumscribe, to incarcerate. Everything imaginable appears to be available in this micro-urb but real places are difficult to find, its spaces confuse an effective cognitive mapping, its pastiche of superficial reflections bewilder co-ordination and encourage submission instead. Entry by land is forbidding to those who carelessly walk but entrance is nevertheless encouraged at many different levels. Once inside, however, it becomes daunting to get out again without bureaucratic assistance. In so many ways, its architecture recapitulates and reflects the sprawling manufactured spaces of Los Angeles.[9]

Fredric Jameson discusses the hotel in his book Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism.[10][11]

Floors and elevators Edit

The hotel is a 33-story building, with no floors numbered "7" or "13"; the top floor is therefore numbered "35". The four elevator banks (each containing three cars for a total of 12) are named by colors and symbols: Red Circle (the only one that goes to "35"; the other three only go to "32"), Yellow Diamond, Green Square, and Blue Triangle. The color-coded system of directions was a later addition, as visitors found the space confusing and hard to navigate.[12]

Location filming Edit

Several bronze plaques commemorate elevator scenes from three major films:

It has been featured in many movies and television series over the years, including Interstellar, Strange Days, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (as part of the city of New Chicago), Wonder Woman,[13] Blue Thunder, It's a Living, Starsky & Hutch, L.A. Law, The A-Team, Breathless, Matlock, This Is Spinal Tap, Nick of Time, Midnight Madness, Showtime, Hard to Kill, The Lincoln Lawyer, Chuck, Heaven Can Wait, Xanadu, The New Dragnet, Time After Time, Moby Dick,[14] The Fantastic Journey[15][16] and was destroyed (via special effects) in Escape from LA, Epicenter and San Andreas. You can see it under construction in the 1975 film The Wilderness Family (released a year before the hotel opened). In cartoon form, the building can be seen in the first shot of Jem in the episode "The Beginning", and in the anime Steins;Gate. In November 1979, the ABC soap opera General Hospital videotaped some on location scenes there dealing with Luke Spencer, played by Anthony Geary who was hired to assassinate Senator Mitch Williams. In 1999, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy used the building as the administration building of the space colony Terra Venture, with Red Ranger Leo falling from the building after a battle with main villain Trakeena.

In 2002, the hotel was the location for a Fear Factor stunt which involved crossing a bridge of plexiglass discs on cables suspended on the lobby's fifth floor.[17] The television series It's a Living was set in a restaurant atop the Bonaventure. The hotel is also showcased in episodes of CSI and its exterior can be seen in Americathon, Mission: Impossible III, Almighty Thor, Hancock, and at the beginning of the Lionel Richie "Dancing on the Ceiling" music video. The building made appearances in the 1991 Kylie Minogue music video Step Back in Time, the 1985 Survivor music video "The Search Is Over", the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the 2012 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II (in the "Aftermath" multiplayer map) and in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V with the name "Arcadius Business Center" (having three towers instead of four towers and featuring glass elevator animations). The hotel was also used as a setting for R&B singer Usher's music video for the 2002 hit single, "U Don't Have to Call". A pivotal scene in the season four (2005) episode "Another Mister Sloane" of the espionage drama Alias took place in the Bonaventure Hotel as well, while it was also featured in season one (2017), episode 5 of another espionage drama, Counterpart. The hotel hosted the first task for the final leg of The Amazing Race 33, which aired in 2022.[17]

References Edit

  1. ^ "Westin Bonaventure Hotel". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. ^ . Emporis. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ at Glass Steel and Stone (archived)
  4. ^ "Westin Bonaventure Hotel". SkyscraperPage.
  5. ^ Westin Bonaventure Hotel at Structurae
  6. ^ "PCAD - Bonaventure Hotel, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  7. ^ Soja, Ed. The Postmodern City / Bonaventure Hotel (Flash) (video). BBC2 (via YouTube). Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  8. ^ pls4e (6 November 2018). "Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  9. ^ Soja, Edward W. (1989). Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory. London: Verso. pp. 243–44. ISBN 9780860912255. OCLC 18190662. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  10. ^ Jameson, Fredric (1991). Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. pp. 39–. ISBN 9780822310907. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Postmodernism and the Bonaventure Hotel". Ethical Martini. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  12. ^ Jameson, pp. 43–44
  13. ^ "Wonder Woman" The Man Who Could Not Die (TV Episode 1979) - IMDb, retrieved 24 December 2020[unreliable source?]
  14. ^ Boloxxxi (23 November 2010). "2010: Moby Dick (Video 2010)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 March 2015.[unreliable source?]
  15. ^ Fantastic Journey - Ep2 - Atlantium (3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROmqJVtlEqw&NR=1
  16. ^ Photograph of some of the cast in front of the building http://www.snowcrest.net/fox/journey/GR/journey4.JPG
  17. ^ a b Andy Dehnart (3 March 2022). "Did Amazing Race 33's winners make history, break a streak, or repeat a pattern?". reality blurred. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

Further reading Edit

  • Cameron, Robert (1990). Above Los Angeles. San Francisco: Cameron & Company. ISBN 0-918684-48-X.
  • Webb, Michael (2000). Architecture + Design LA. Berkeley: The Understanding Business Press. p. 8. ISBN 0-9641863-6-5.
  • Jameson, Frederic (1991). Postmodernism or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-0929-7.
  • Joseph-Lester, Jaspar (2009). Revisiting the Bonaventure Hotel. London: Copy Press. ISBN 978-0-9553792-2-2.

External links Edit

 
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exterior can be seen in Americathon Mission Impossible III Almighty Thor Hancock and at the beginning of the Lionel Richie Dancing on the Ceiling music video The building made appearances in the 1991 Kylie Minogue music video Step Back in Time the 1985 Survivor music video The Search Is Over the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto San Andreas the 2012 video game Call of Duty Black Ops II in the Aftermath multiplayer map and in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V with the name Arcadius Business Center having three towers instead of four towers and featuring glass elevator animations The hotel was also used as a setting for R amp B singer Usher s music video for the 2002 hit single U Don t Have to Call A pivotal scene in the season four 2005 episode Another Mister Sloane of the espionage drama Alias took place in the Bonaventure Hotel as well while it was also featured in season one 2017 episode 5 of another espionage drama Counterpart The hotel hosted the first task for the final leg of The Amazing Race 33 which aired in 2022 17 References Edit Westin Bonaventure Hotel CTBUH Skyscraper Center Emporis building ID 116577 Emporis Archived from the original on 22 April 2016 Westin Bonaventure Hotel at Glass Steel and Stone archived Westin Bonaventure Hotel SkyscraperPage Westin Bonaventure Hotel at Structurae PCAD Bonaventure Hotel Downtown Los Angeles CA pcad lib washington edu Retrieved 10 June 2020 Soja Ed The Postmodern City Bonaventure Hotel Flash video BBC2 via YouTube Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 Retrieved 15 March 2014 pls4e 6 November 2018 Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites SAH ARCHIPEDIA Retrieved 10 June 2020 Soja Edward W 1989 Postmodern Geographies The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory London Verso pp 243 44 ISBN 9780860912255 OCLC 18190662 Retrieved 15 March 2014 Jameson Fredric 1991 Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism Durham NC Duke University Press pp 39 ISBN 9780822310907 Retrieved 15 March 2014 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