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In 1958 the Downey City Council voted to establish its own library and withdraw from the county system. The city library services were originally provided out of the back of a bookstore. The city library opened in the former cafeteria of the former Downey Elementary School, then being used as the city hall and police station, on July 1, 1958.
Downey's City Council voted 3-2 to approve a neutral flag policy in the city, reversing a previous policy that allowed for the flying of other flags, including the LGBTQ+ Pride flag.
In 1999, when the Downey Plant closed, the City of Downey began a redevelopment effort, including an educational component. In early 2007, a builder — Tower General Contractors — was selected, and ground was broken on April 12, 2007, on the 18,000 square foot project. [3] STS-107 mission insignia
1914, the collection was kept on the “10th floor of the Hall of Records, North Broadway and Franklin Streets.” [6] The library system , headquartered in Downey, California , is overseen by the Library Commission of 20 appointed members who report on administration, operation, and service to the County Board of Supervisors who operate County ...
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In 1962, the department's headquarters moved to the new Los Angeles County Hall of Records at Civic Center, and Leland C. Carter was appointed chief probation officer. [4] In 1965, the department opened the San Fernando Valley Juvenile Hall in the San Fernando Valley in the county's northeast, relieving overcrowding elsewhere. [4]
The Promenade at Downey is a 77-acre (31 ha), 656,000-square-foot (60,900 m 2) retail power center in Downey, California, built on the 1,500,000-square-foot (140,000 m 2) mixed-use development on the site of the former Downey Studios, which before that was the site of a Boeing/NASA industrial complex, originally built in 1948 by North American Aviation.