Los Angeles City Hall
Dedication ceremonies for the sixth City Hall in Los Angeles were held on April 26, 1928. Three of Los Angeles’ leading architects, John Parkinson, Albert C. Martin, and John C. Austin, joined together to receive the commission for City Hall. The concrete in its tower was made with sand from each of California’s 58 counties and water from its 21 historical missions. It has 32 floors and, at 454 feet (138 m) high, was the tallest building in Southern California until 1968. It remains the tallest base-isolated (seismically protected) structure in the world. It is the center of the government of the City of Los Angeles housing the mayor’s office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. It is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Photographer: John Bare