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Order Number	00111302
Title	Parker Center Landscape
Photographer	Grogan, Brian.
Collection ID	Los Angeles County Building Survey Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b95_f4_i47
Date	2005
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 13 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Center.; In 2009, construction of the new LAPD Metropolitan Detention Center was completed replacing the older and outdated jail facility at Parker Center. Much of the landscaping that was part of the original design for Parker Center was removed to make room for the new 172,000 sq. ft. metro jail.
Description	View of Parker Center as seen from the northeast corner of Los Angeles Street and 1st Street looking east. Los Angeles Street is at center with Parker Center in the background to the left and the LAPD Metropolitan Communications Dispatch Center to the right. Trees line the sidewalk creating a natural perimeter around the buildings.
Publisher	Heritage Documentation Programs (U.S.). Historic American Landscapes Survey.
Subject	Parker Center (Los Angeles, Calif.). Police stations--California--Los Angeles. International style (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles. Architecture, Modern. Urban landscape architecture--California--Los Angeles. Office buildings--California--Los Angeles. Trees--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--Los Angeles. Automobiles--California--Los Angeles. Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). First Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Heritage Documentation Programs Collection photographs. Stanton, J. E. Cornell, Ralph D. Welton Becket and Associates. Photography + Preservation Associates.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Photographs taken for Historic American Buildings Survey or the Historic Landscapes Survey: documentation is on file.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles County Building Survey Photo Collection