LAPD Parker Center

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Exterior view of Parker Center, the headquarters building of Los Angeles Police Department. This view is from Los Angeles St. The Parker Center is headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Dept., and is a Modernist, 7-story horizontal slab with bands of windows on the long east and west sides, and glazed terra cotta panels on the short north and south sides. Horizontal 2-story wings extend out into the surrounding parking lots, defining an entrance plaza and a visual base for the building. Architect: Welton Becket. Built in 1955.