The site is one of the eleven original buildings and one very large hangar constructed by Howard Hughes for his growing aviation enterprise during WW2. The buildings housed his operation when he moved from Glendale. The massive hangar has been utilized by the film industry for years for such features as Aviator and Titanic. This building, now unoccupied is being renovated.
Tim McCarthy P.E. developed the engineered reinforcement process for the reinforcement of the bowstring trusses on this project.
