I'm not totally into modern architecture but I will admit from time to time I cheat on this thread and check out others on the forum. And by coincidence last night I saw pics of the new LAPD digs on this forum.
Check out the modern LAPD at this link:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1193
It is quite an upgrade for the police from the old LAPD building traffic building in 1942.
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Originally Posted by kznyc2k
LAPD's Traffic Division moves into its new home at 123 South Figueroa, 1942:
And a shot of it undergoing renovation with the 1st Street bridge of Figueroa being erected on March 7th, 1940:
Originally built in 1925 as an office building on the edge of Bunker Hill, according to On Bunker Hill:
Here's a shot of it from the mid-'60s:
On Bunker Hill
And as for its fate: |