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Parker Center, the famed Los Angeles Police Department headquarters known for its roles in both cop shows and real-life dramas, is taking another step toward demolition. The city’s Bureau of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
City Council members Wednesday launched a review of a proposal to replace the LAPD’s aging headquarters amid agreement that conditions at Parker Center are deplorable and uncertainty about where ...
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 ...