300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building

The 300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building, located across the street from the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse, is a federal building of the United States that opened in 1965 and is now on the National Register of Historic Places.[1][2] The building is also notable as the site of a 1971 bombing that killed an 18-year-old worker.[3]

Recognition of All Foreign Lands mosaic by Richard Haines

Art and architecture

The building hosts three glass mosaics by Los Angeles artist Richard Haines: Celebration of our Homeland, Recognition of All Foreign Lands, and Of the People, for the People, by the People.[4] The building design was a collaboration between Welton Becket & Associates, Albert C. Martin & Associates, and Paul R. Williams & Associates.[4] The building is part of Los Angeles Civic Center Historic District.[1]

Bombing
Main article: 1971 L.A. federal building bombing

Access

B Line  D Line  J Line  Civic Center/Grand Park station is located four blocks from 300 N. Los Angeles. The DASH Downtown D line also circulates past the building on a regular schedule.[5]

See also

References
  1. "300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building". www.gsa.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  2. "Weekly List 2021 03 12 - National Register of Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  3. Federal Building bomb kills man, 1971, retrieved 2023-02-05
  4. "Meet the New Historic Buildings on the Block". www.gsa.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  5. "DASH Downtown Los Angeles". LADOT Transit. Retrieved 2023-02-05.

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