Parker Center in the crosshairs as Los Angeles City Council gets into the real estate development business
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Gentle reader... When the Cultural Heritage Commission recommends that a building is made a protected city landmark, City Council usually follows their expert advice. But last month, citing a history of racist policing by its LAPD tenants and opining that it is not a great building, Councilman Jose Huizar put forward a motion to demolish Welton Becket's iconic mid-century police administration building, Parker Center (1955). The motion passed without much debate.
Parker Center in the crosshairs as Los Angeles City Council gets into the real estate development business
Parker Center in the crosshairs as Los…
Parker Center in the crosshairs as Los Angeles City Council gets into the real estate development business
Gentle reader... When the Cultural Heritage Commission recommends that a building is made a protected city landmark, City Council usually follows their expert advice. But last month, citing a history of racist policing by its LAPD tenants and opining that it is not a great building, Councilman Jose Huizar put forward a motion to demolish Welton Becket's iconic mid-century police administration building, Parker Center (1955). The motion passed without much debate.