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LA City Hall Opens Free Observation Deck to Public Weekdays

Los Angeles City Hall offers free public access to its observation deck on weekdays.

By The Daily Los Angeles · Published July 24, 2026

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Los Angeles City Hall was completed in 1928 as a 32-story, 454-foot Art Deco skyscraper designed by architects John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin according to item [1].

The building's concrete contains sand from all 58 California counties and water from the state's 21 historic missions according to item [1].

City Hall is the tallest base-isolated building on Earth after a seismic retrofit between 1998 and 2001 according to item [1].

The public observation deck is located on the 27th floor and is free but restricted to Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. according to item [1].

Sources: perplexity-sonar.

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laconservancy.org · Los angeles city hall

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