Before and after: Wilshire Grand Hotel

The Wilshire Grand Hotel has been reduced to rubble in downtown Los Angeles. The demolition has created views of buildings that had been partially hidden, including the 21-story Wedbush Center that was seen mainly from the 110 Freeway. <br><span class=”center_label”><runtime:link slug=”la-fi-wilshire-grand-hotel-demolition-site-pano-20130626”>Panorama from the demolition site</runtime:link></span>

Before: Wilshire Grand Hotel on March 29, 2011. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).
After: June 21, 2013. (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)