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View along the north elevation; In 1961 developer William Zeckendorf and Alcoa bought about 180 acres (0.73 km2) from 20th Century Fox after the studio had suffered a string of expensive flops. The new owners conceived Century City as "a city within a city" with the arc-shaped, 19-story, 726-room Minoru Yamasaki designed Century Plaza as the centerpiece of the new city. On December 18, 2008, the new owners announced plans to demolish the hotel and build a pair of fifty story towers in its place. On April 28, 2009, The Century Plaza Hotel was added to The National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of the 11 most endangered historic places in America. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/21/2009)