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Lois Beckett in Los Angeles

LA mayor ‘terrified’ of tragedy as half-built skyscraper becomes stunt magnet

The unfinished Oceanwide Plaza development in downtown Los Angeles.
The unfinished Oceanwide Plaza development in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

An abandoned high-rise tower in downtown Los Angeles has become a magnet for graffiti artists and parachuting stunts, leaving city officials furious.

“This isn’t art. It’s a crime,” the Los Angeles police chief, Michael Moore, warned on Monday, saying the police were remaining at the site of the half-built development “as the city mobilizes resources to remove the graffiti and fortify the location”.

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