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, 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. After the sudden death of Police Chief William H. Parker on July 16, 1966, the building was renamed Parker Center. Close up view of one of the mosaic art walls located in Parker Center. Mosaic mural depicts scenes of Grauman's Chinese Theater, Prudential Insurance, CBS Building and a cable car. The lobby of Parker Center, Los Angeles Police Department headquarters, features a modernist palette of materials including mosaic tile, terrazo, and marble.
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Parker Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mosaics--California--Los Angeles Police stations--California--Los Angeles Welton Becket and Associates
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