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Torrance

About Torrance

147,027 in city
17,820,893 in metro
53 km² (20 mi²)
26.6651744842 m
Located 17 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, Torrance is the commercial and financial center of the Southern Bay region of Los Angeles Country. Principle industries are oil wells, petroleum refining, and steel, electronics, and aircraft manufacturing. The city was founded in 1912 by Jared S. Torrance, who employed Frederick Law Olmsted to design it as an industrial and residential city.

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No. of Buildings

No. Current status
60 All Buildings
60
existing

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 Golden West Tower - 1973
2 DoubleTree Hotel Torrance - 1974
3 California Bank & Trust Tower - 1967
4 Computax Tower - 1988
5 21535 Hawthorne Boulevard - 1968

Building types

No. Type
48 low-rise building
5 mast (pole)
4 open-air structure
3 high-rise building