Building the Broad: museum milestone
Philanthropist Eli Broad attends a “topping out” ceremony recognizing the placement of steel beams framing the downtown Los Angeles structure that will become the Broad, a contemporary art museum. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Eli Broad, in red tie, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sign a beam that was to be placed atop the structure being built at Grand Avenue and 2nd Street. The Broad is scheduled to open in 2014. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Ironworker Mark Larson stands at the beam signed by Eli Broad, Antonio Villaraigosa and others. Cultural leaders of L.A.’s downtown have expressed optimism about the role the contemporary art museum would play in the revitalization of the area. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Construction workers surround Eli Broad, who thanked unions that have worked on the Broad. “I myself grew up in a union household,” he said. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
A beam is lifted into position at the Broad, and a banner proclaims the year of its scheduled opening. The Broad will be an addition to the downtown Grand Avenue project. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
The Broad, whose construction began last year, is a three-level, 120,000-square foot building. The New York firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro is the museum’s designer. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Eli Broad said he and his wife, Edythe, want the museum -- which will feature works from the Broads’ private collection -- to be a “gift to the city of L.A.” (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
