New Towers of Healing Rise Over the Loma Linda Campus and the Valley Floor

The steel frame that was seemingly forever ensconced within the four corners of the concrete pit imperceptibly crested above the safety fence surrounding the construction site. Little by little, over the last few months, the steel began to take on the shape of the buildings that could only be imagined through an artists pen. Floor by floor two new towers of healing rise above the Loma Linda University Health Sciences campus.   The steel frame of the Children’s Hospital tower has reached its apex at nine full floors. The Adult hospital tower has reached the tenth floor and will rise another six before topping out at the 17th floor (the roof) making the structure the tallest in San Bernardino County, and the second tallest in Riverside County surpassed only by the San Manuel Hotel and Casino in Cabazon, California. The steel columns of the replacement Adult Hospital tower now rivals the existing Medical Center as they now crest above to where they can be seen at random locations in and around the Loma Linda University campus. And so, this blog

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The east elevation, as viewed from Anderson Street, of the structure with the temporary lights illuminating the building from within presents a spectacular view of the building at sunset. As seen in the feature photo above, the temporary points of light meld with the other lights in the valley symbolizing a oneness with the community and beyond.

The east elevation from Anderson Street during the day is stunning in that the amount of steel rising from the pit now obscures the postcard view of the Medical Center and its iconic cloverleaf towers.

The Columns

As Viewed in Around the Loma Linda University Campus

Since it was a such a spectacular day, I began my photographic adventure at one of my favorite spots in Loma Linda: The West Lawton Avenue Cul de sac above the campus in the south Loma Linda Hills. The spot didn’t disappoint.

My second favorite spot in the Loma Linda Hill is Anderson Street. which is south of Barton Road. The road is narrow and curvy, but the return down the hill provides another beautiful view even with the foliage in the foreground.

Just down the hill a few feet there was a break in the foliage where I was able to get a shot of the steel skeleton bisected by a juniper. To the left of the center juniper is the parking structure P4, and to the right is a portion of the Faculty Medical Office (FMO) building.

Just before the incline ends on south Anderson Street, there was one last spot where one could see the steel towers and two of the  existing Medical Center clover leaf towers.

At the main entrance to the Faculty Medical Office Building on Anderson Street, just south of Barton Road, one has a spectacular view of the steel structure as it rises in front of the existing Medical Center.

Three ironworkers are silhouetted against the sky on ninth floor girders as they patiently wait for another load of infill steel.

At last the load of steel arrives, and now it is time to manhandle the steel nine floors above grade.

The Adult Hospital steel tower rises high above the Bank of America Building, which fronts Anderson Street.

A view of the columns from Shepardson Drive, just east of the mound (hill).

The steel columns as viewed at the intersection of Hill Drive, and Sanitarium Drive. The Campus Hill Church is to the right.

The Adult Tower as viewed from the Campus Hill Church parking lot off of Sanitarium Way.

As viewed from Farm Drive just south of Loma Linda Elementary School.

From the north end of Campus Street.

From the Anderson Street turn out at the quadrangle.

The columns a viewed from Campus Street and University Avenue with the Loma Linda University Church and chapel construction project in the foreground.

The top floors of the new Children’s Hospital tower over the existing Children’s Hospital. To the left are column for the Adult hospital tower.

The Adult Hospital tower as viewed from the Stater Bros. Plaza at the corner of Barton Road and Mountain View Avenue. A VA multistory parking structure is in the center of the photo.