Downtown's Parker Center, former headquarters for the LAPD, is no stranger to rumors of an imminent end. In the early 2000s, there were rumblings that the building could get demolished so that new ...

According to the LAPD's "History of Parker Center," an estimated 8,000 people toured the structure in 1955, when it was brand new. "The hours spent conducting the tours had proved to be a sound ...

An attempt to halt demolition of Parker Center has failed, and a plan to raze the former headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department is moving ahead. Fencing and scaffolding are already in ...

When Parker Center opened in 1955, it was home to cutting-edge police facilities: a crime lab, a traffic map room and a communications center. While its International Style architecture is ...

‘It is the ghosts and the glory of Parker Center that has made us what we are,’ Beck said, referring to the mix of scandal and good police work the department embodied while it was housed in ...

Here comes the wrecking ball. The City of Los Angeles is moving forward with its plans to demolish the Parker Center and has started reaching out to contractors for the project, Urbanize reported ...

The projected cost of replacing the Parker Center has continued to rise. In 2015, a report by the city Bureau of Engineering found that tearing it down and replacing it would run around $514 million.