1943 - Engineering Department at City Hall Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Buildings--Civic--Architecture--Desks--Filing cabinets--Drafting Tables--Interior Decor--Ceiling Lamps--Offices--City Halls--City Staff--1940s Interior view of the Engineering Department at City Hall in 1943. Burbank’s City Hall was designed by architects William Allen and W. George Lutzi in the Streamline Moderne style, a type of Art Deco architecture (also sometimes described as “WPA Moderne”) that became popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Ground was broken across the street from the old city hall in 1941 and construction was completed in 1943. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Notes on rear of photo: “4534-2. 0353. Engineering City of Burbank 1943." (Photographer) 1943 2017-06-07 nonprojected graphic 7½ x 9¾ b&w print islandora:1286 local: cco01324 City Clerk's Office Burbank Public Library, Burbank in Focus Office