Wells Fargo Center is a twin tower

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complex in

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on Bunker Hill, in

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. It comprises South and North towers, which are joined by a three-story glass

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. The project received the 1986–1987 and 2003–2004

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(BOMA) Office Building of the Year Award, and numerous others. A branch of the

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is located at the center.

Wells Fargo Tower

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. When it opened in 1983, it was known as the Crocker Tower, named after

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. Crocker merged with

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in 1986. During initial construction it was featured in the 1983 film, ''

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''. The top upper floors were not completed at the time of filming, so

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's character shot a helicopter chasing him and the pilot ejects and drifts by the Crocker Center under construction and lands in the street. It was actually the base jumper Carl Boenish (1941–1984), off the Crocker Tower that performed the jump without permission on November 9, 1981, and it was front page news in the ''

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'' with photography from several angles. ;Anchor tenants: *

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(Floors 1,5,7,9,11,12) *

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(Floors 31–32) *

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(Floors 44–54) *

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(Floors 23–25, 27–30, 34)Vincent, Roger (November 14, 2014
"Oaktree Capital agrees to expand offices in downtown Los Angeles"
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South Tower

South Tower (Tower II) is , and was completed in 1983 with 45 floors. It is the 17th tallest building in the city. ;Anchor tenants: *

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(Floors 1–11,14) *

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(Floors 28-30) *

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(Floors 31-32) *

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(Floors 34–39)

Fredric Jameson

Cultural critic Fredric Jameson used Skidmore, Owings and Merrill's Crocker Bank Center (as it was then named) as an example of what he sees as

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's "depthlessness":

Wells Fargo Tower

South Tower

Fredric Jameson

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