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Massive skylight would be New Wilshire Grand’s signature element, but at what cost?

Tammy Jow helped defend the skylight concept. "In the eyes of estimators and contractors, anything square is better," she says. "The fact that we had something lyrical and poetic in the design is a conflict in their minds."
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
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Construction manager Scott Borland had no doubt that the skylight rising above the entrance to the New Wilshire Grand was spectacular.

But then, everything looks good on paper.

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