1960 - Municipal Services Building

Exterior of the Municipal Services Building at the corner of Orange Grove Ave. and 3rd Street in the 1960s. Constructed on the parking lot behind City Hall, the 46,400- sq. ft. annex provided more space for expanding city agencies and served as headquarters for Planning, Building, Public Works, License and Purchasing, Finance, and Parks and Recreation. Designed by the architectural firm of A.C. Prescott, Raymond Walley, and Robert White, its $650,000 cost was funded by a bond issue approved by Burbank voters in 1963. The contractor was Enco Construction Company. The Los Angeles Times called the three-story building “ultra-modern” with its glass-enclosed corridor (cco01509) connecting it to City Hall. City workers occupied the Municipal Services Building from 1966 until 2002 when, according to the Los Angeles Daily News, the City Council determined it should be replaced as it no longer met the public’s needs and had been damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. The Municipal Services Building was demolished in 2002 and the Community Services Building at 150 N 3rd St. was erected in its place in 2008. From notes on back of photo: “City Hall Annex Parking on Orange Grove, 1960s.”

150 N 3rd St., Burbank, CA 91502

Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Architecture
Buildings--Civic
Automobiles
Streets--Roads
Parking Lots
1970s

8 x 10 b&w print

Burbank Public Library, Burbank in Focus Office

cco01512

City Clerk's Office