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LA Goes Live
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
(
Dan Carino
)
Dec 13, 2008
LA Goes Live
Beers aren't the only things that get "topped off." The head of the ironworkers union tells John that skyscrapers get the same treatment.
The beams--the last to be installed--will ascend to the top of the 54-story LA Live Tower. The fir trees symbolize a job done without serious injury. The beams are signed by the Japanese steelworkers who made them, the job's 1,000 construction workers, and local schoolkids.
The beams--the last to be installed--will ascend to the top of the 54-story LA Live Tower. The fir trees symbolize a job done without serious injury. The beams are signed by the Japanese steelworkers who made them, the job's 1,000 construction workers, and local schoolkids.
(
John Rabe
)

Beers aren't the only things that get "topped off." The head of the ironworkers union tells John that skyscrapers get the same treatment.

Beers aren't the only things that get "topped off." The head of the ironworkers union tells John that skyscrapers get the same treatment.