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The Theme Building was part of a $50 million over-all Los Angeles Jet Age Terminal Construction project, which began in April 1960 and was completed in August 1961 at a cost of $2.2 million dollars. Architects Pereira & Luckman Associates, Welton Becket & Associates, and Paul R. Williams designed the building's 135-foot-high parabolic arches to symbolize the optimism of a futuristic Los Angeles in the space age. A restaurant that provides a sweeping view of the airport is suspended beneath two intersecting arches that form the legs. Approximately 900 tons of structural steel was required for the entire building. In 1992, the Los Angeles City Council designated it a cultural and historical monument. Photograph caption dated October 6, 1947 reads, "Mobile office - John Ekstrom is about to enter Theme Building of Los Angeles International Airport where he holds executive position but has no office nor desk to work at. He's just on the go."
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Theme Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles International Airport Executives--California--Los Angeles Airports--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs Williams, Paul R.,1894-1980
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