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Description
Order Number
00110022
Title
Parker
Center
Photographer
Harris, L. Mildred.
Collection ID
L. Mildred Harris Slide Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
GPC_b94_f1_i78
Date
1955
Physical Description
1
slide
:color
;5
x
5
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
Located
at
150
N
.
Los
Angeles
Street
, the
Police
Administration
Building
served
as the
headquarters
for the
Los
Angeles
Police
Dept
. from
1955
to
2009
.
Designed
by
Welton
Becket
in
association
with
J
.
E
.
Stanton
and
landscape
architect
Ralph
D
.
Cornell
, the
7-story
,
Modernist
structure
includes
a
horizontal
slab
with
bands
of
windows
on the
long
east
and
west
sides
, and
glazed
terra
cotta
panels
on the
short
north
and
south
sides
.
Horizontal
2-story
wings
extend
out
into the
surrounding
parking
lots
,
defining
an
entrance
plaza
and a
visual
base
for the
building
. The
design
of the
entrance
plaza
and
gardens
was
part
of the
Modern
landscape
architecture
trend
to
unite
indoor
and
outdoor
space
.
After
the
sudden
death
of
Police
Chief
William
H
.
Parker
on
July
16
,
1966
, the
building
was
renamed
Parker
Center
.
Description
The
newly
completed
Parker
Center
on
June
1
,
1955
.
Subject
Parker Center (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Police stations--California--Los Angeles.
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles.
International style (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles.
Architecture, Modern.
Parking lots--California--Los Angeles.
Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles.
Lawns--California--Los Angeles.
Streets--California--Los Angeles.
Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles.
Street lighting--California--Los Angeles.
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Street (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Slides
Stanton, J. E.
Cornell, Ralph D.
Welton Becket and Associates.
Coverage
1951
;
1952
;
1953
;
1954
;
1955
;
1956
;
1957
;
1958
;
1959
;
1960
Format
Photographic color slides
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Internal Notes
The
highest
resolution
available
for this
image
is
300
dpi
.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
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