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. Parker Center, the headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department, with the L.A. City Hall in the background; view is from Union Street.
Parker Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Police stations--California--Los Angeles City halls--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Becket, Welton Union Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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