Wilshire Grand
The installation of the spire atop L.A.’s 73-story Wilshire Grand, the tallest skyscraper in the West, in September 2016. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A crane lifts the final segment of the spire to be installed on top of the Wilshire Grand in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Steelworker Eric Madrigal raises his hands after the successful installation of the final segment of the spire atop the 73-story Wilshire Grand in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Steel workers Eric Madrigal, right, and Dan Cobb wait high above downtown Los Angeles for a crane to bring the final segment of the Wilshire Grand’s spire.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Steelworkers Eric Madrigal, left, and Dan Cobb perch high in the sky waiting for a crane to bring the final segment of the spire to be installed on top of the Wilshire Grand in Los Angeles.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
From left, iron workers Pete Veliz, Vince Parker and Ray Shoats sit inside a spire, attached to the Wilshire Grand Center in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Ironworker Eric Madrigal makes preparations for the final section of a spire rising above the Wilshire Grand in Los Angeles. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)