1978 - Opening of City Hall Parking Structure
1978
Burbank mayor, Byron Cook, is surrounded by city officials August 10,1978 as he prepares to cut the ribbon on the ground level of a new parking structure on Orange Grove Ave. Behind them are the concrete columns supporting the upper levels of the parking lot and a "Keep Right" sign. According to the Los Angeles Times, SyArt Construction Company of Gardena, California submitted the winning bid of $897,000 in October 1977 to create 307 new parking spaces to provide relief for the congested Civic Center and Golden Mall area. The project architect was Witemberg, Hyosaka & Associates whose design called for two levels of the garage to be suspended over a street adjacent to the mall. Financed by a Federal Economic Development Administration grant and stipulating a construction timeline of six months, the grant also required a minimum of 10% of the work to be done by minority subcontractors. An advertisement in the Burbank Daily Review in August 1978 promoted free, two-hour ground level parking and free parking all day in the upper levels. Keeping pace with area growth, the Orange Grove lot was the third parking structure built in Burbank's downtown area in 1978. Officials in attendance alongside Mayor Cook (center) include Virgil Pinkley, Burbank Daily Review editor (Cook's right); Vice Mayor E. Daniel Remy (Cook's left).
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