Photograph of 1989 Employee Award recipients in front of City Hall. Notes on back of photo include: “Final Proof Print. Date submitted: 10/12/89. 1989 Employee Awards photo.” Burbank’s City Hall was designed by architects William Allen and W. George Lutzi in a 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 on Olive Avenue, 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.
City Hall's 50th Anniversary gathering in front of City Hall. City Manager, Bud Ovrom and former city manager Howard Stites were in attendance. Slide dated February 1993
The Burbank High School and John Burroughs High School choirs sing on the steps of City Hall on September 18, 2001 to honor and pay tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. According to the Burbank Leader, "dozens arrived at the steps at 275 E. Olive St. to join in an hour of prayer, reflection, speeches and patriotic songs".
Crowd watches the Tribute to America at City Hall on September 18, 2001. According to the Burbank Leader, "dozens arrived at the steps at 275 E. Olive St. to join in an hour of prayer, reflection, speeches and patriotic songs".
