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[|Los Angeles City Hall] From **Wikipedia**

==== By:Jacob  Salloum, Ken Sanchez ==== ` Edited By: Max and Riley, Jenna and Karissa  Date: 5/16/14

Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the tallest base isolated structure in the world. It is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles. It houses the mayor's office as well as the meeting chambers of the Los Angeles City Council. It is located in the Civic Center district of Down town Los Angeles in the city block bordered by Main, Temple, 1st, and Spring streets. The building was designed By John Parkinson and Albert C. Martin Sr. The maximum height is 454 feet or 138 meters. The building was also in the movie Superman, and the movie War of the Worlds. This building is almost earthquake proof by having flexible compression zones that seperate each floor. Kind of like the human spine. It cost over one million dollars. It is 28 floors off the ground. In 2001 The Los Angeles city hall went under retro fit test to insure that the people would be safe incase of an earthquake. City hall has an observation deck free to the public.

It was an amazing journey and was very tall and fun to learn about.