The Beverly Hills Civic Center is a landmark building serving as a civic center in Beverly Hills, California .
15-690: The Beverly Hills Civic Center stands at 455 North Rexford Drive in Beverly Hills, California. In 1982, as the adjacent Beverly Hills City Hall was being renovated, the project to build this civic center was put forward. The building was designed by Charles Moore (1925-1993). Drawing upon the Spanish Revival architecture of the city hall, Moore designed this building in a mixture of Spanish Revival, Art Deco and Post-Modern styles. It includes courtyards, colonnades, promenades, and buildings, with both open and semi-enclosed spaces, stairways and balconies. It
30-550: A Walking Man can be seen. In May 2013, the Beverly Hills City Council voted to add the building to its list of historical preservations. In the 1910s and 1920s, before this building was constructed, city administration services took place at the Beverly Hills Hotel . However, in 1925, a two-storey building was erected on Burton Way to serve as a city hall and fire department building. Yet five years later,
45-461: A bond issue for a new building failed by 464 votes. A second bond issue to fund the construction of the library, however, passed in 1963. The library opened in August 1965. The facade of the library served as Mike Brady's office on the television show The Brady Bunch . The library underwent extensive renovation in 1990 under Charles Moore's Renovation Group design. The plan included a new building for
60-575: A petition signed by 2,000 residents which was presented to the Beverly Hills City Council called for a new building in a new location. Thus, in 1930, land was purchased from the Pacific Electric to build the city hall. Construction lasted from 1931 to 1932. The building was designed by architects William J. Gage and Harry G. Koerner in the California Churrigueresque style, a type of Spanish Revival architecture . The building
75-588: Is a historic building and city hall in Beverly Hills, California , United States. The building houses the city administration, including the office of the Mayor of Beverly Hills and board meetings of the Beverly Hills City Council. Additionally, it houses the Municipal Gallery, an evolving art space designed by interior designer Gere Kavanaugh . Inside the building, a sculpture by Auguste Rodin called Torso of
90-598: Is located next door to the BHPD headquarters, opposite the Beverly Hills Fire Department, and near the Beverly Hills City Hall . On December 23, 1929, the Beverly Hills City Council passed an ordinance creating a Municipal Public Library. The city rented a small space in the E. J. Krause Building, located at 401 North Canon Drive. A three-member Library Board supervised the library with appropriations from
105-513: Is the Beverly Hills Fire Department, next to the Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden . Behind it, on South Santa Monica Boulevard, is the Beverly Hills Civic Center . 34°04′22″N 118°24′02″W / 34.0729°N 118.4005°W / 34.0729; -118.4005 Beverly Hills Public Library The Beverly Hills Public Library (abbreviated BHPL) is a public library in Beverly Hills, California . The library
120-609: The Guittard Chocolate Company and decorated by Rosselle and Marina Sousa. It cost US$ 200,000 to make. As part of the Beverly Hills Centennial Arts of Palm Installation, sculptor Brad Howe designed four sculptures outside the City Hall. According to The Beverly Hills Courier , it is "the largest short-term public art installation ever to be held in Beverly Hills." In the midst of the 2015 drought ,
135-597: The city government replaced the grass in front of the city hall with Mexican sage to reduce their water consumption. The building is surrounded by North Santa Monica Boulevard , North Rexford Drive, South Santa Monica Boulevard, and North Crescent Drive. Its main entrance is at 455 North Rexford Drive, which faces the Beverly Hills Public Library , adjacent to the Beverly Hills Police Department . A few doors below on North Rexford Drive
150-484: The general fund. By 1930, Beverly Hills' population had reached 17,428. With a collection of 10,288 volumes, 5,152 registered borrowers, and an annual circulation of 100,797, the library outgrew its limited shelving space and needed to move. In 1932, the library was relocated to the North Wing in the new City Hall. In the early 1940s, the number of borrowers once again increased and the collection quadrupled to 43,036. There
165-409: The library, which opened September 11, 1990. In January 2013, the children's section was reopened after a facelift. (Previously, it was temporarily housed on the second floor.) Currently, the library is open to all members of the public and any resident of Ventura, Orange, or Los Angeles Counties may become a member. The library also offers free computer cards to anyone with a valid photo ID. As part of
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#1732858959730180-610: Was an annual circulation of 202,930. This resulted in the expansion of the library to two floors in the city hall. Another change occurred in 1945 when the City Council voted to eliminate the Library Board. This decision enabled the library to fall under the auspices of the Mayor and the City Council. The Friends of the Beverly Hills Public Library, founded in 1959, raised funds to enhance the library's services. In 1962,
195-519: Was completed in 1990. As part of the Beverly Hills Centennial Arts of Palm Installation in 2014, the Palm Court of the Civic Center displayed a temporary mosaic mural by R. Kenton Nelson and an art piece by Michael C. McMillen . This article about a California building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Beverly Hills City Hall The Beverly Hills City Hall
210-523: Was constructed by the Herbert M. Baruch Corporation . When the city hall opened in 1932, it was called by the Los Angeles Times the "largest and most expensive City Hall of any municipality its size in the country." The building was renovated in 1982. Additionally, it was expanded from 49,000 to 67,000 square feet. Moreover, the ground-floor reception area was renovated in 2008, when the main entrance
225-573: Was moved from North Crescent Drive to North Rexford Drive. The building appears in the movie In a Lonely Place (dir. Nicholas Ray , 1950). It is also used as the police department building in Beverly Hills Cop (dir. Martin Brest , 1984). For the Beverly Hills centennial in 2014, a 15,000-slice cake in the shape of the Beverly Hills City Hall was designed by chef Donald Wressell of
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