The recreation center, which still bears its mid-century modern lettering, barely escaped the wrecking ball in 2001. It was recognized in an L.A. City Council proclamation issued during the events, on the building’s 57th anniversary, as “the only surviving example, worldwide, of Neutra design for this kind of facility.”

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The recreation center, which still bears its mid-century modern lettering, barely escaped the wrecking ball in 2001. It was recognized in an L.A. City Council proclamation issued during the events, on the building’s 57th anniversary, as “the only surviving example, worldwide, of Neutra design for this kind of facility.”

Photo by Erika Heet.