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Background: LA City Hall
John Ferraro Council Chamber, Rotunda, Chandelier, and floor medallion, and Public Works Sessions Room.
Mural at First Street entrance.
Frank P. Flint Fountain
Sprint Street Forecourt
View of Downtown L.A.
Nighttime view of Lindbergh Beacon
Staircase to Mayor Tom Bradley Room

TOP TOWER

LINDBERGH BEACON 

  • Learn about L.A.’s unique beacon gifted to the city by famed U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh in 1928

OBSERVATION TOWER

  • Spectacular 360° view of Los Angeles, see as far as Catalina Island

  • Stand in the very same place where leaders envisioned the Los Angeles of today 

MAYOR TOM BRADLEY ROOM

  • Mayoral Portrait Gallery featuring portraits of L.A.’s mayors

  • Foyer and grand split staircase named after Tom Bradley, the city’s first African American mayor

JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER

  • Laid in the form of a Roman basilica

  • Monolithic marble columns

  • Open to the public during regular scheduled meetings

ROTUNDA & OTHER

POINTS OF INTEREST

  • Dome ceiling with eight characters, columns, a grand chandelier and a medallion

  • Elevator lobby and cabs

  • Mayor’s offices and gifts to the city

EDWARD R. ROYBAL BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS SESSION ROOM

  • Exquisite squared coffered ceiling bordered by four pairs of marble columns
    Herman Sachs decorated ceiling in gold, blue and green
    Open to the public during regular scheduled meetings.

TEMPLE AND FIRST STREET LOBBY ENTRANCES

  • Beautiful Temple and First Street entrances covered with Tennessee Pink marble

  • Balustrades or railings laid in Pink Kasota stone

  • Decorative ceilings by Anthony Heinsbergen

SPRING STREET FORECOURT

  • Original main entrance

  • Romanesque courtyard, ceramic murals of L.A. industries & commemorative plaques of veterans who served in Vietnam

  • Bronze doors by sculptor Henry Lion each with six sculptured panels

CITY HALL EXTERIOR, SOUTH LAWN & FRANK P. FLINT FOUNTAIN

  • Modern skyscraper rising from a Beaux-Arts base

  • California granite base with matte-glazed terra cotta upper floors

  • White marble fountain dedicated to California       Senator Frank P. Flint, who helped secure L.A.’s water rights and land toward the city’s first aqueduct

City Hall Fun Facts
  • 1940 – Image of City Hall adorns Los Angeles Police Department badges

  • 1976 – Declared a Historic-Cultural Monument on March 24

  • 2018 – Image of City Hall became a part of a commemorative patch for L.A. Dodgers 60th anniversary

IN THE MOVIES AND TELEVISION:

  • Approximately 50 shoots are hosted annually at City Hall

  • City Hall has been featured in movies such as: Mildred Pierce, Ocean’s Eight, The Nice Guys, The Green Hornet, Gangster Squad, Gattaca, Hail Ceasar!, and Ocean's Eleven

CITY HALL SEISMIC RETROFITTING AND

NEW ISOLATION SYSTEM

  • City Hall was the tallest building in the world to be retrofitted with base isolators (as of 2002)

  • 24 inches of lateral movement allowance with isolators

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CITY OF LA's 1932 & 1984 

  • Olympic & Paralympic Photo Gallery

Floor 3 Olympics

OLYMPIC/PARALYMPIC EXHIBITS

  • 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Flags

  • LA84 Olympic/Paralympic Exhibits

  • LA32 Olympic/Paralympic Exhibits

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