Photos: They built towering new cities in China. Now they’re trying it in Downtown L.A.
A model of the completed Metropolis site.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Construction continues at the Metropolis building site.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Residential units under construction in downtown Los Angeles.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Electrician Jaime Sanchez at Greenland’s Metropolis building site.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)The kitchen of a nearly completed unit in a new collection of residential towers in downtown Los Angeles.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Construction is underway at Greenland’s Metropolis.
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One of four towers at the Metropolis site in downtown Los Angeles.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)One of several towers at the Metropolis site in downtown Los Angeles.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Winston Yan of Greenland USA walks through nearly completed units in residential towers in downtown Los Angeles.
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