A vertigo-inducing video shows a man braving a nighttime rainstorm to walk along the edge of the 50th floor of an abandoned $1 billion skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles that has become a prime attraction for graffiti markers.
The footage, published Tuesday by GRAFFTV’s Instagram channel, shows the thrill-seeker, identified by the nickname “73ER PEC,” walking around steel beams and stepping onto the building’s outer ledge with no visible safety ropes as rain drenches the city. .
Red and blue graffiti can be seen on the walls of the building as urban climbers, dressed in pink hoodies and jeans, carefully make their way across the facade of the skyscraper, before turning a corner and disappearing from view.
According to an accompanying note by GRAFFTV, which bills itself as “Los Angeles’ Leading Source of Graffiti Culture,” the video was taken on the 50th floor of the towering Oceanwide Plaza complex.
An eerie video shows graffiti markers on the ledge of an abandoned Los Angeles skyscraper in the pouring rain. The Devil is said to have climbed the 50th floor of the tower, apparently without a safety belt.
“As he huddled between the skyscrapers, a powerful thunderstorm unleashed its fury, drenching him in a torrential downpour,” the caption writer breathlessly described. “This daring feat transforms high-rises into a surreal but dangerous playground for acrobatic street killers.”
As of Wednesday, the video of the marker’s gravity-defying antics has been viewed more than 350,000 times. It’s not clear from the footage who recorded it, or when.
At least half a dozen people have been arrested since last week for trespassing on abandoned property overlooking the Crypto.com area, home to the LA Lakers, Clippers and Kings.
Taggers have flocked to downtown Los Angeles from far and wide to leave their mark on the empty skyscrapers.
The image shows a scene of swirling traffic under a towering skyscraper.
The three-building Oceanwide Plaza property had been touted as a $1 billion luxury apartment and mixed-use commercial hub, but construction on the project stalled in 2019, when the developer ran out of money.
The skyscraper was unfinished for the past five years, before graffiti markers took an interest in it.
Tags have been painted on 27 balconies in the building, according to a video that has gone viral online.
At least 27 floors of the three-building Oceanwide Plaza complex were damaged by markers. Getty Images Construction on the $1 billion project halted in 2019, after its developer ran out of funds. Gene Blevins/ZUMA/SplashNews.com
Street artists are pointing the finger at the stalled project’s developer, Beijing-based Oceanwide Holdings.
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“With all due respect, s–t left, did nothing,” a tagger identified as Hopes told station KTLA. “Let’s put some color on these b—h and do what we do if they don’t get the job done.”
Los Angeles Police Department write on X late last month that officials, property management company representatives and city officials have met to discuss adding security measures at the inactive construction site.
“The measures will be implemented immediately and the graffiti will be removed,” the LAPD promised on Jan. 31.
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