A large group of people assembled on the front steps of City Hall for an unknown event commemorating the department of Parks and Recreation’s “Summer Daze” day camp. Notes on the back of the photo read: “City Hall circa late 1960’s early 1970’s ‘Summer Daze’.” 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 existing city hall, in 1941 and construction was completed in 1943. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Burbank in Focus is guessing this is more likely the 1980s as some of the surrounding buildings were built after the 1960s and there is another image of the city hall definitely taken in the 80s in which the trees on the sidewalk were shorter than they are in this picture, so that would mean this picture was taken after that.
A local Burbank Meals On Wheels volunteer loads precooked meals into a hot food container inside the open hatchback cargo area of a station wagon. An open insulated cooler holds packages of cold items. There is a "Burbank" license plate frame on the car and a sign in the background reads "Loading Zone 10 am - 1 pm." In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Older Americans Act providing funds, under Title VII, to offer seniors a hot meal free of charge or with a suggested donation. According to the Los Angeles Times, in 1981, Burbank was serving hot lunches to 350 seniors five days a week at both senior centers and outreach locations. Sponsored by the Burbank Supplemental Nutrition Program under the Parks and Recreation Department, Burbank's Meals On Wheels volunteers loaded their vehicles at the McCambridge Park Nutrition site and delivered meals to seniors, 65 and older, with a requested donation of $1.
Two unidentified employees pose outside the "Kids at Play" van. This was a program established by Parks and Recreation and the Police Department in which city staff would travel around the city enabling children to play with sports equipment and try out different activities. April 1995.
Local children and Mayor Murphy at the ribbon cutting for Parks and Recreation "Got Wheels" youth bus kickoff. The program was designed to help get Burbank youth around town, specifically to parks and community centers. July 1999.
