48 LANDMARKS AND MUSEUMS / CIVIC CENTER, DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles City Hall
Concrete mixed with sand from all 58 California counties. For decades the only tower allowed to break LA's height limit, City Hall is a civic symbol built from pieces of the whole state and later retrofitted to float on base isolators.
The facts
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| Where | 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Downtown Los Angeles |
|---|---|
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect or builder | Austin, Parkinson and Martin |
| Kind | Landmarks and museums |
| Status | standing |
| Visiting | public |
| From El Segundo City Hall | 13.5 miles, straight line |
| Coordinates | 34.0536, -118.243 |
What the sources say
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- Its tower concrete used sand from every California county and water from the 21 missions.
The concrete in its tower was made with sand from each of California's 58 counties and water from its 21 historical missions.
Wikipedia ↗ reported - It was the city's tallest building from 1928 to 1966.
It was the tallest building in Los Angeles from 1928 until 1966.
Wikipedia ↗ reported - It is the tallest base-isolated structure in the world.
is the tallest base-isolated structure in the world.
Wikipedia ↗ reported
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- Bradbury Building, Downtown Los Angeles 0.3 mi
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- Los Angeles Union Station, Downtown Los Angeles 0.4 mi
← No. 47: The Grand LA · No. 49: Sixth Street Viaduct → · All on the map
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Los Angeles City Hall. elsegundo.xyz Architecture, checked Nov 3, 2026. https://elsegundo.xyz/architecture/la-city-hall/
Machine-readable: this entry is record 48 in catalog.json. Not an official City of El Segundo page, and not written with or for the owner.