1975 - Municipal Services Building Corridor to City Hall

1975

Interior view of the glass-enclosed elevated corridor connecting Burbank’s Municipal Services Building to City Hall in the 1970s. Built in 1965 by the architectural firm of A.C. Prescott, Raymond Walley and Robert White, the Los Angeles Times called it “ultra-modern.” Lined with rows of windows allowing natural light, the second-story passageway was utilized by city workers moving between City Hall at 275 E Olive Avenue and the adjacent Municipal Services Building on Orange Grove Ave. and 3rd St. In the photo beneath the windows and lining the corridor are wooden benches with high seatbacks resembling church pews. Employees from Building, Planning, Public Works, License and Purchasing, Finance, and Parks and Recreation used the walkway from 1966 until 2002 when the Municipal Services Building, deemed seismically unsafe from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, was demolished.

150 N 3rd St., Burbank, CA 91502

Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Buildings--Civic
Corridors--Hallways
Windows
Benches
City Halls
1970s

3½ x 3½ b&w print

Burbank Public Library, Burbank in Focus Office

cco01509

City Clerk's Office