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Advertisement Altadena Community Church — founded in 1940, with its sanctuary built seven years later — stood near Altadena Drive and Lake Avenue, with the San Gabriel Mountains visible just beyond its red-tile roof and stately bell tower.—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025 The hotel, parts of which occupy a historic bell tower that’s been part of the city’s beachfront landscape for nearly a century, is designed as a celebration of the local culture of surfing, art and exploration.—Ann Abel, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 The main structure, including the bell towers and rose windows, was also unharmed.—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024 Channeling one’s focus on the Lego version of a flying buttress, repeated dozens of times across the exterior, means not scrolling social media, and to click the bell towers into place is to hear the sound of satisfaction.—Amy Verner, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bell tower
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