2. California

L.A., City Hall

The City Hall is 28 stories - 452 feet - tall. From 1928 to 1964, it was the tallest building in California. The top is modeled after the tomb of Mausolus in what is now Turkey.
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Los Angeles City Hall 1 - The 1971 Sylmar earthquake seriously cracked the building. 20 years later, a $299,000,000 renovation inserted the necessary foundation structures to, hopefully, allow the building to remain standing after an 8.2 quake.
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Los Angeles City Hall 1 - The 1971 Sylmar earthquake seriously cracked the building. 20 years later, a $299,000,000 renovation inserted the necessary foundation structures to, hopefully, allow the building to remain standing after an 8.2 quake.

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  • Los Angeles City Hall 1 - The 1971 Sylmar earthquake seriously cracked the building. 20 years later, a $299,000,000 renovation inserted the necessary foundation structures to, hopefully, allow the building to remain standing after an 8.2 quake.
  • Los Angeles City Hall 2<br /> The top of the building is a recreation of the 305 B.C. Turkish tomb of King Mausolus, the foundation of the word "Mausoleum". Ironically, that Wonder of the Ancient World was destroyed by an earthquake sometime before the 15th century. The building's stones were used in the construction of numerous other buildings.
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  • South Entrance 1
  • South Entrance 2
  • Frank Putnam Flint Fountain Dedication Plaque
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  • Asian Cuckoo Clock
  • The Mikoshi, replica of a Shinto Shrine - 1
  • The Mikoshi, replica of a Shinto Shrine - 2
  • President Benito Juarez
  • Mrs. Margarita Juarez
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